Tergar Bozeman is excited to offer a screening of the film Wandering… But Not Lost detailing the account of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s four-and-a-half-year wandering retreat on Friday, May 31 from 7-9 PM.

The Wandering . . . But Not Lost film is an intimate account of Rinpoche’s four-and-a-half-year retreat (June 2011 – November 2015) interspersed with the master’s own guidance in applying Buddhist wisdom to our daily modern lives.

Under cover of darkness and with no word of his plans, much-beloved Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche walked away from his life on the international stage to live that of a wandering yogi. Unheard of among eminent teachers today, such a practice is rife with hardships. For Mingyur Rinpoche, these challenges—begging, finding food and shelter, illness, and all the attendant risks of wandering incognito from place to place with the barest of possessions—present fertile ground for deepening insight into the true nature of the mind.

Layered over this story is exotic footage of ancient and holy places, such as Langtang, Nubri, Dolpo, and Lapchi where Tibet’s most famous yogi and poet Jetsun Milarepa (1052-1135) lived in solitary meditation. Kushinagar, where the Buddha passed away, Varanasi, Rishikesh, Ladakh, and Amritsar are also featured, along with one of the holiest Hindu shrines on the subcontinent: Vaishno Devi, reached by an arduous 14-kilometer hike up a mountain path full of joyous Hindu pilgrims.

About the Directory/Producer

The director and producer of the Wandering But Not Lost film is Paul MacGowan. In the video production business for over 33 years, Paul MacGowan has brought his well-honed skills to a wide range of film and video projects. His credits include award-winning films, such as an editor on Jeff Stimmel’s The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale (2008), winner of the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Programming in Arts and Culture, and recipient of a New England Emmy in 2001 as producer/director for Lives in Transition, a documentary that aired on Public Television. Paul’s other documentary producer/director work includes Herb Savel Carves the Holocaust in Wood, Speak Out for Understanding I & II, It’s the Numbers Game and A Joyful Mind, a film made with Mingyur Rinpoche about what it means to meditate, on what modern science reveals about its benefits, and on how meditation and mindfulness can be used in workplaces and schools. Paul is a longtime meditator and Buddhist; he attended Naropa University in 1981 and first travelled to Nepal 1983 where he met Mingyur Rinpoche’s brother, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and
practiced under his guidance.

No registration necessary. Donations to support Tergar Bozeman are gratefully accepted. Suggested donation $5-$15.

Guest teacher Khenpo Norgay Rinpoche will offer a public talk on Cultivating Compassion using Tonglen Meditation at the Bozeman Dharma Center on Saturday, May 18.  This events is hosted by the Palyul Tibetan Buddhist Sangha, No registration necessary. Suggested donation of $10 to support the teacher.

Additional teachings will be given May 16th-19th

For further information please contact: Palyul Montana
Email: info@palyulmontana.org
Phone: 406-587-2907

Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche was born in the Tashigang District of Bhutan in 1965. After completing Jigme Sherubling High School in 1986, he joined Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, the prestigious Buddhist studies and research center, at Namdroling Monastery in Mysore. At the Institute he studied under Khenchen Pema Sherab, Khenpo Namdrol Tsering and Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso and other visiting professors, including Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok and Khenpo Pema Tsewang from Tibet.

He completed the Shedra program at the Institute in 1995 and joined the Institute staff, teaching there for three years. He was formally enthroned as Khenpo by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in 1998 and was assigned by His Holiness to teach at the Buddhist college at Palyul monastery in Tibet.

He has received all the major empowerments of the Rinchen Terzod, Nam Cho, Nyingthik Yabshi and Nyingma Kama from His Holiness Penor Rinpoche as well as the Mipham Kabum from His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

Because of his knowledge and experience, and fluent command of the English language, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche has assigned him to teach students in the United States in conjunction with the ongoing teaching programs offered by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche.

Apologies to the Tergar Bozeman Joy of Living Group for forgetting to update their topics in the July newsletter! Here they are:

 Please join us for the following new practices in July :

• July 5th – Meditating with Visual objects and Sounds 
• July 12  – Meditating with Smell and Taste
• July 19  – Integrative practice session on senses 
• July 26 – We begin a new topic – Essential elements of meditation Practice  – Forming a compassionate motivation

 Our sense of sight is often the most dominant aspect of our experience.  In meditation, all the objects that fill or visual field can be a tremendous support for awareness. Sounds have a naturally soothing quality on the mind.  When sounds are experienced with meditative awareness, even those that we ordinarily consider abrasive can elicit a sense of deep stillness and contentment.  

 Smells and tastes often go unnoticed in daily life.  Taking time to bring awareness to them can calm and strengthen your mind.  

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Practice held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, beginning November 20th

The Palyul Sangha aspires to nurture, strengthen and serve our community through study, practice and living the Buddhadharma. We follow the principle of Bodhicitta- loving kindness and concern for others- which brings happiness and benefit to all living beings. We are under the direction of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche and our spiritual guide Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche. All are warmly welcome to join us!

Newcomers are welcome to come early (10-10:30am) and practice will begin at 10:30am