2025–26 TRANSMISSION

Essence of Vajrayana Buddhism

From Pure Perception to Self-Liberation
  OPEN TO EVERYONE
This is the introductory course in the Blueprints of Awakening year-long transmission. Running September–October 2025, you’re welcome to join at any time.

About the Course

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Welcome by Mingyur Rinpoche

Among the numerous Vajrayana Buddhist courses available online, this one is truly special. Mingyur Rinpoche has expertly distilled the vast teachings into their very essence — the key principles that form the backbone of this profound wisdom tradition. Although the Vajrayana path may seem complex, this course presents a journey that is clear, easy to follow, and deeply transformative. These are the blueprints of awakening!
Pure perception, the five buddha families, the guru principle, and self-liberation — these essential teachings from Rinpoche will bring you back home to your unchanging nature. They will imbue every aspect of your life, illuminating the many ways you can recognize your innate wakefulness in any moment.
VAJRAYANA ONLINE GUIDES

Meet Your Teacher and Guides

In this course, you will receive teachings from Mingyur Rinpoche, Tergar lamas, and Vajrayana Online guides.

Mingyur Rinpoche

TEACHER

Mingyur Rinpoche was born in 1975 in the border region between Tibet and Nepal. He was attracted to a life of contemplation from an early age and spent many years of his childhood in strict retreat. Mingyur Rinpoche studied with some of the greatest masters in living memory. Nowadays, he heads the Tergar Meditation Community and takes care of the monasteries under his responsibility. He supports students in over thirty countries.

LEARNING EVERY MOMENT

Your Course Includes

Video Teachings from Mingyur Rinpoche

Exclusive new teachings from Rinpoche in his characteristically clear and playful style — with audio and transcript

Guided Meditations

Step-by-step instructions to refresh your practice and deepen your experience on the cushion

Practices for Daily Life

Short times, many times — simple ways to bring the teachings into everyday moments, anytime, anywhere

Introductions and Reflections from Tergar Guides

Lived insights and practical context to support your understanding and real-world application of the teachings

Journaling and Community Resources

Invitations for integrating the teachings through personal reflection and discussion groups

Weekly Live Sessions

Live sessions with experienced guides to ask questions, share experiences, and stay connected
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What You Will Learn

  • The three yanas as practiced in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition
  • The meaning of “taking fruition as path” in Vajrayana
  • How pure perception transforms our view of self and world
  • Ways to recognize the five buddha families in your own experience
  • The role of the guru and how devotion supports awakening
  • How to rest in awareness and allow thoughts and emotions to self-liberate

THE JOURNEY AHEAD

Course Outline

This course consists of 6 lessons. In each lesson, you’ll receive a teaching from Mingyur Rinpoche, along with an introduction, reflection, guided meditation, and practice for daily life.

LESSON 1
Introducing Vajrayana
Mingyur Rinpoche introduces the three yanas, the unique features of Vajrayana, and the idea of “taking fruition as path,” offering a glimpse into the nature of awareness as the foundation of the journey.
LESSON 2
Pure Perception
Learn how viewing the world and ourselves as inherently pure unlocks deep compassion and wisdom, revealing the sacredness of ordinary experience and the essence of our true nature.
LESSON 3
The Five Buddha Families
By understanding our patterns and emotions through the lens of the five buddha families, we discover how confusion itself contains wisdom.
LESSON 4
The Guru Principle
Explore how the guru serves as a mirror of our own awakened mind. With devotion and pure perception, the relationship becomes a powerful gateway to recognizing awareness directly.
LESSON 5
Self-Liberation
Thoughts and emotions are self-liberated when we recognize their true nature. This practice reveals the mind’s spacious clarity and offers a taste of freedom right within our daily experience.
LESSON 6
The Vajrayana Path
View, meditation, and action come together in this complete path. By weaving these elements into everyday life, we ground our practice and walk the path of awakening with confidence.
INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE

Guided Meditations

To get a taste of the guided meditations in this course, we’re sharing this powerful practice led by Mingyur Rinpoche: Taking and Sending (Tib. tonglen). This practice helps open the heart to suffering — our own and that of others — while cultivating compassion and the courage to transform pain into love.
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Guided meditations in this course:
  • Open Awareness Meditation by Mingyur Rinpoche
  • Recognizing the Fundamental Quality of Mind
    by Kunsang Palmo
  • Pure Perception Using the Imagination by Myoshin Kelley
  • Taking and Sending by Mingyur Rinpoche
  • Tonglen — Sending Happiness and Relieving Suffering
    by Cortland Dahl
  • Guru Yoga by Myoshin Kelley
  • Transcending Meditation by Mingyur Rinpoche
  • Transcending Anger by Kunsang Palmo
  • Dissolving the Unhealthy Sense of Self by Kunsang Palmo
Practices for daily life in this course:
  • Recognizing the Fundamental Quality of Mind in Daily Life by Kunsang Palmo
  • Seeing the Guru in Everyone by Myoshin Kelley
  • Tonglen in Daily Life by Cortland Dahl
  • Guru Yoga in Daily Life by Myoshin Kelley
  • Self-Liberation in Daily Life by Kunsang Palmo
  • Everyone is Buddha by Kunsang Palmo

PRACTICE TOGETHER

Live Sessions

Alongside the self-paced lessons, the course includes live sessions with Vajrayana Online guides and community. Recordings are always available if you cannot join live.

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Antonia Sumbundu leading a Heart-to-Heart session

  • Vajrayana Online Webinars with Lama Trinley
    Once a month on Saturdays, 10 AM US ET
    Live teachings to deepen your practice and insight into the course material
  • Practice Sessions with Lucas Henriksson, Kasumi Kato, and Kunsang Palmo
    Every Tuesday, 10 AM US ET
    Live weekly 30-minute guided meditations throughout the entire year
  • Heart-to-Heart Sessions with Tim Olmsted and Antonia Sumbundu
    Twice a month on Thursdays, 10 AM US ET
    Intimate, engaged, and heartfelt sessions to explore the teachings and ask questions
  • Dharma Geek Sessions with Cortland Dahl
    Once a month on Wednesdays, 10 AM US ET
    Insightful sessions to study traditional texts and integrate their wisdom into our life and practice
BECOME A MEMBER

Join Vajrayana Online

This course is included in your membership, which also gives you access to our full platform with over 25 self-paced courses, weekly live sessions, webinars, personal interviews with Tergar guides, guided meditations, and much more. We aim to make Vajrayana Online accessible to everyone by providing three different pricing options. Feel free to choose the one that best suits your needs.
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If your circumstances hinder your ability to pay the standard rate, you may choose the reduced rate.

  • 10-day free trial
  • 25+ courses included

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$5000

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The standard rate will cover the basic costs of offering the program.

  • 10-day free trial
  • 25+ courses included

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  • 25+ courses included
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  • 10-day free trial
  • 25+ courses included
  • Vajrayana Online App

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  • 10-day free trial
  • 25+ courses included
  • Vajrayana Online App

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$6250

USD per month, billed annually
at $750/year after a 10-day free trial.
Cancel anytime.

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Your generosity will help us to offer a discounted rate to those in need of financial assistance.

  • 10-day free trial
  • 25+ courses included
  • Vajrayana Online App
  • Includes free access to the Joy of Living online program
You will make the first payment after the free trial period. The membership will automatically be renewed in accordance to the frequency you have selected. You can cancel anytime, and no additional fees will be charged. For more questions about the membership, please visit our FAQs section.

Tergar is committed to making the benefits of Buddhist teachings and practices available to everyone. If the membership rate of $25 USD per month is a hindrance for you financially, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via volsupport@tergar.org to ask for a further reduced rate. We offer financial assistance rates for certain countries, for students with limited budgets, and for the monastic community.

Study and Practice for a Year 
with Mingyur Rinpoche!

A joyful moment from the recording days with Rinpoche

If you wish to go deeper with the topics introduced in this course and turn them into a lived experience, we recommend joining the full Blueprints of Awakening transmission.
Vajrayana Online members receive access to all three courses in Tergar’s 2025–26 transmission with Mingyur Rinpoche:
  • Voices of Awakening (August 1–27 — all recordings available)

  • Essence of Vajrayana Buddhism: From Pure Perception to Self-Liberation (Sep 1–Oct 31)
  • Blueprints of Awakening Immersion (Nov 2025–July 2026)
    The heart of the transmission: a nine-month course on pure perception, the five buddha families, the guru principle, and self-liberation. New content will be released monthly, and you can move at your own pace.
To learn more, please visit the transmission page.
I feel that happiness is really found in appreciation and rejoicing. Everything is a display of clarity, love, and wisdom. This is related to the main view of Vajrayana Buddhism: that we all are buddhas. This enlightened nature is not just within you. It’s everywhere. You can see it and appreciate it. That’s the main cause of happiness — gratitude and appreciation.
— Mingyur Rinpoche