Mindfulness Week Keynote Lecture: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Our keynote lecture will be delivered online by the Venerable Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on September 25th at 10-11am. You can view the entire lineup for Mindfulness Week on our dedicated event webpage.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a teacher, best-selling author and the Spiritual leader of the Tergar Sangha worldwide. He possesses a rare ability to present the ancient wisdom of Tibet in a fresh, engaging manner. His profound yet accessible teachings and playful sense of humor have endeared him to students around the world. Most uniquely, Rinpoche’s teachings weave together his own personal experiences with modern scientific research, relating both to the practice of meditation.
Born in 1975 in the Himalayan border regions between Tibet and Nepal, Mingyur Rinpoche is a much-loved and accomplished meditation master. He began his life
of contemplation early, spending much of his childhood in retreat, and at age seventeen became a teacher at his monastery’s three-year retreat center. After completing the traditional Buddhist training in the meditative and philosophical traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, he founded a monastic college at his home monastery in north India. In addition, Mingyur Rinpoche has had a lifelong interest in Western science and psychology. He has worked with famed neuroscientists Francisco Varela, Richard Davidson, Antoine Lutz, and others, examining the effects of meditation on the brains of advanced meditators. The results of this groundbreaking research were reported in many of the world’s most widely read publications, including National Geographic and Time.
Mingyur Rinpoche’s best-selling books, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, and In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying, were on the New York Times bestseller list and have been translated into over twenty languages. Rinpoche is also the author of: Turning Confusion into Clarity: A Guide to the Foundation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism, Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom, and illustrated children’s books entitled Ziji: The Puppy that Learned to Meditate, and Ziji and the Very Scary Man. His recent TED Talk is entitled How to tap into your awareness — and why meditation is easier than you think.
Rinpoche currently teaches throughout the world, with Tergar meditation centers on six continents. His social engagement projects include: schools, women’s empowerment, environmental, and medical projects. For more information visit the Tergar meditation website.