Tergar Bozeman Practice Group
Wednesdays, 5:30 – 7 PM (Mountain Time)
Tea Social Time: 5-5:25
In person and via Zoom
Group/Practice Co-Coordinator: Sheila, Janet & Rex Email: bozeman@tergar.org
No Registration Necessary
Ter is a Tibetan word for treasure, Gar means gathering. So, Tergar can be understood as a place where people come together to find the sublime treasure … that helps us calm our minds, open our hearts and awaken wisdom.
General Schedule
5:00 – 5:25 Tea Social Time
5:15 Newcomer Instruction
5:25 Gather
5:30 Opening Aspiration
Participants check in on their practice
Meditation (15-20 minutes)
Group discussions on particular questions related to the current topic.
Meditation (15-20 minutes)
Q&A
7:00 Closing Dedication
* We do two 10 min walking meditations every 3rd week in the Practice only session
Under the guidance of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Tergar Meditation Practice Group of Bozeman gathers to study and practice meditation. Mingyur Rinpoche’s approach to meditation focuses on the practice of mindful awareness, which unlocks the door to a calm mind, compassionate heart, and insight into the challenges of day-to-day life. Rinpoche’s teachings emphasize universal principles that are of profound benefit to people of all faiths and belief systems. If you are new to meditation and would like to learn more, or if you are a seasoned practitioner and would like to deepen your practice, please join us. Each session will include guided meditation and group discussion.
Monthly Session Topics
Tergar’s Joy of Living With newly revised material and videos.
Tergar’s Joy of Living is a curriculum developed by Mingyur Rinpoche and Tergar International. Our Leaders present these materials weekly.
We learn, contemplate and meditate to become familiar with our mind, to open our hearts and to fully develop the wisdom of knowing we are whole and complete just as we are…we are not broken, in knowing this we see its true also of all others.
“We are not training in order to learn about objects. We are training to learn about our mind, because our mind holds the source of all possibilities—good and bad, happy and sad, sane and neurotic. Freedom exists within our very own heart and mind.” ~Mingyur Rinpoche
Topic for August – Joy of Living 2 – Opening the Heart – The 4 Immeasurables
Aug 5 – Loving Kindness and Compassion
Aug 12 – Review of the topic and Practice session
Aug 19 – Sympathetic JOY
Aug 26 – Deepening
Sept 2 – Practice Session
Sept 9 – Equanimity
Sept 16 – Deepening
Sept 23 – Practice session
Sept 30 – Topic TBD
The program includes recorded video teachings from Mingyur Rinpoche and other Tergar instructiors. All are welcome to join us in this exploration of these beautiful teachings and practices. Those who are subscribed to our weekly newsletter will receive additional information and practice tools related to the topic.
Learn more about Tergar International! Find more information on The Joy of Living course here. Learn more about Tergar Bozeman here.
