Weekend Tergar Mindfulness Meditation Retreat - The Joy of Living - Level I: Calming the Mind

Tergar Logo Open Letter TO UCB Program participants:

"Learning is not to accumulate or imitate... Put your intention on your attention in order to become a reflective receiver... Do not think or judge... With mindfulness we learn, or look into our body, feeling, mind and nature." - Master Sam F.S. Chin

As I Liq Chuan students, Master Sam F.S. Chin encourages us to engage in seated meditation to build up concentration and balance our 'activist' practice. After searching the last few years I've decided to attend a Tergar Meditation Teaching Retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Weekend and Weeklong Practice retreats are to follow upon completion of the 'Joy of Living' Teaching series. This is exciting since completion of one or more week long meditation retreats are required to complete the I Liq Chuan curriculum.

The Tergar International Meditation Community, under Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a worldwide organization with an active group right here in Tucson. I plan on attending these retreats regularly and invite students to join me.

As many know, I often cite recent brain science that supports our Internal Kung Fu practice. The most actively conscious minds ever measured belong to Tibetan Buddhists while performing 'Harmony Meditation'. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is in fact one of the subjects of the oft mentioned studies.

I seek to develop a long term relationship with the Tucson Tergar group.

Any questions not in the Tergar FAQ should be directed to me.

Hope to see you there.

Best regards,

Kelley Graham
"Rediscover Natural Power & Grace"
http://ucbprogram.com

520-770-1200
I Liq Chuan 2nd Generation Disciple

****************FROM THE TERGAR WEBSITE*********************

http://tergar.org/tucson/joyofliving1.shtml

In this series of video presentations, Tibetan meditation master and best-selling author Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche teaches how meditation can help create a peaceful mind and joyful heart. With his characteristic clarity and wit, he shows how any experience, even powerful emotions and chronic pain, can be transformed into a source of joy. This weekend is suitable for people of all faiths, as well as both beginning and experienced meditators.

This retreat will be led by Tergar instructor Cortland Dahl. The schedule will include video teachings by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, along with guided meditations, discussion, and short presentations by Cortland.

EVENT DETAILS

When:

Friday, Sept. 24, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 25, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (break for lunch at Lodge)
Sunday, Sept. 26, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (break for lunch at Lodge)

Where: Lodge On The Desert,
306 N. Alvernon Way,
Tucson, AZ 85711-2855
www.LodgeOnTheDesert.com

Recommended Donation: Sliding scale: $90 to $130 includes retreat plus a vegetarian lunch at the Lodge on Sat. & Sun. A few work-study opportunities are available – no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Registration: If you would like to attend, please fill out our online registration form. Because we need to guarantee a meal count, we’ll need your registration on or before Sept. 20

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Kalama Sutta (Kalama Sutra)

Do not simply believe what you hear just because you have heard it for a long time.
Do no follow tradition blindly merely because it has been practiced that way for many generations.
Do not be quick to listen to rumors.
Do not confirm anything just because it agrees with your scriptures.
Do not foolishly make assumptions.
Do not abruptly draw conclusions by what you see and hear.
Do not be fooled by outward appearances.
Do not hold on tightly to any view or idea just because you are comfortable with it.
Do not accept as fact anything that you yourself find to be illogical.
Do not be convinced of anything out of respect and deference to your spiritual teachers.

You should go beyond opinion and belief. You can rightly reject anything which when accepted, practiced and perfected leads to more aversion, more craving and more delusion. They are not beneficial and are to be avoided. Conversely, you can rightly accept anything which when accepted and practiced leads to unconditional love, contentment and wisdom. These things allow you time and space to develop a happy and peaceful mind. This should be your criteria on what is and what is not the truth; on what should be and what should not be the spiritual practice.