2025–26 TRANSMISSION

Blueprints of Awakening Immersion

An experiential course on the five buddha families and other core principles of Vajrayana
  OPEN TO EVERYONE
This is the heart of the Blueprints of Awakening transmission, with new lessons released monthly from November 2025 through July 2026.

This course will be available starting November 1.

About the Course

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Welcome by Mingyur Rinpoche

In this nine-month immersion course, we will explore the underlying principles, or blueprints, of Vajrayana practice, revealing how even the most challenging emotions and obstacles are, in fact, fuel for awakening.
Our journey begins with the three ways of relating to emotions, a comprehensive framework for working with our inner world. We will explore three progressive practices: “removing,” by creating supportive conditions and applying antidotes, “transforming,” like alchemy turning base metal into gold, and “transcending,” by recognizing the inherent enlightened essence within the emotions themselves.
From there, we will delve into the transformative practice of pure perception. For the first time, Mingyur Rinpoche will offer an in-depth teaching on each of the five buddha families, introducing how each of the five primary negative emotions becomes medicine on our path. We will also explore how to work with the guru principle, including learning from the three aspects of a guru. The immersion will culminate in the profound practice of self-liberation, offering a path that infuses every moment with the opportunity to recognize our innate wakefulness.
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 ways of relating to emotions: removing, transforming, and transcending
  • Why pure perception is so important on our path and is the essential principle of the development stage, completion stage, and nature of mind practices
  • The five buddha families and how anger, pride, desire, jealousy, and ignorance can be liberated into wisdom qualities
  • The guru principle and how to work with the three aspects of guru — outer, inner, and ultimate

THE JOURNEY AHEAD

Course Outline

This course consists of eight modules with a total of 31 lessons. In each lesson, you’ll receive a teaching, along with an introduction, reflection, guided meditation, and practice for daily life.

MODULE 1  -  AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1

Laying the Foundation — The Three Ways of Relating to Emotions

LESSON 1
Introducing the Three Ways of Relating to Emotions
LESSON 2
Removing
LESSON 3
Transforming
LESSON 4
Transcending
MODULE 2  -  AVAILABLE DECEMBER 1

Pure Perception

LESSON 5
Introducing Pure Perception
LESSON 6
Development Stage
LESSON 7
Completion Stage
LESSON 8
Nature of Mind
LESSON 9
Pure Perception in the Modern World
MODULE 3  -  AVAILABLE JANUARY 1

The Buddha Family

LESSON 10
Introducing the Five Buddha Families
LESSON 11
The Poison (of Ignorance)
LESSON 12
The Wisdom (of Dharmadhatu)
MODULE 4  -  AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 1

The Vajra Family & Ratna Family

LESSON 13
The Poison (of Anger)
LESSON 14
The Wisdom (Mirror-Like Wisdom)
LESSON 15
The Poison (of Pride)
LESSON 16
The Wisdom (of Equality)
MODULE 5  -  AVAILABLE MARCH 1

The Padma Family & Karma Family

LESSON 17
The Poison (of Desire)
LESSON 18
The Wisdom (of Discernment)
LESSON 19
The Poison (of Jealousy)
LESSON 20
The Wisdom (All-Accomplishing Wisdom)
MODULE 6  -  AVAILABLE APRIL 1

The Guru Principle

LESSON 21
Introducing the Lineage and Guru Principle
LESSON 22
Faith and Devotion as Path
LESSON 23
Blessings as Path
LESSON 24
The Teacher-Student Relationship
MODULE 7  -  AVAILABLE MAY 1

The Three Kinds of Guru

LESSON 25
The Outer Guru
LESSON 26
The Inner Guru
LESSON 27
The Ultimate Guru
MODULE 8  -  AVAILABLE JUNE 1

Self-Liberation

LESSON 28
The Three Modes of Liberation
LESSON 29
Self-Liberating the Kleshas
LESSON 30
Self-Liberating the Senses
LESSON 31
Self-Liberation with Happiness and Suffering
INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE

Guided Meditations

To give you a taste of the guided meditations in this course, we’re sharing a powerful practice led by Kunsang Palmo: Purifying the Subtle Body. In this session, you’ll explore some of the Vajrayana methods for purifying the subtle body: body scan, imagination, and resting in the empty clarity of mind.
Find a comfortable position and hit play to begin your practice now
Guided meditations in the first two modules
(more coming soon):
  • Removing Negative Emotions
  • Transformation
  • Transcending
  • Short White Tara Practice
  • The Three Characteristics (Clear Image, Recollection of Purity, Stable Pride)
  • Purifying the Subtle Body
  • Getting a Glimpse of Buddha Nature
Practices for daily life in this course:
  • Removing Negative Emotions
  • Transformation
  • Transcending in Daily Life
  • Dissolution Practice in Daily Life
  • The Subtle Body and Daily Life
  • Coming Back to Who You Truly Are During the Day

PRACTICE TOGETHER

Live Sessions

Enrich your self-paced learning by joining our live sessions and connecting with the Vajrayana Online community!

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Antonia Sumbundu leading a Heart-to-Heart session

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Study and Practice for a Year 
with Mingyur Rinpoche!

A joyful moment from the recording days with Rinpoche

Receiving Vajrayana instructions from Mingyur Rinpoche is a truly precious opportunity. This nine-month immersion is your chance to receive the complete transmission, including the first-ever public teachings from Rinpoche on the five buddha families. This program is a rare opportunity to deepen your practice and study under Rinpoche’s guidance.
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.
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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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.
According to Vajrayana, we are trapped in this realm of endless birth and death because of our impure perceptions. We believe that what we see is solid, ordinary, and defiled. We see ourselves as impure beings. The antidote to this is to develop pure perception, or pure vision. If we understand this, the whole Vajrayana path makes sense. The way to go beyond samsara is to realize that it has always been nirvana.
— Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Frequently Asked Questions

This seems like too much for me . . . How much time will it take?

Don’t worry, you will only need about one hour to complete each lesson, and you can take the course at your pace.

Is it possible to begin the immersion after it has already started?

Yes! You can join anytime and access all the material. You won't miss anything.

Who can take this course?

There are no prerequisites for this course. It is appropriate for practitioners of all levels.

I'm already practicing the Joy of Living/Path of Liberation. How can I integrate this course into my practice?

Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings make it easy to integrate the Abhidharma view into the practices you already do. Your daily practice will be enriched, and there’s no need to accumulate additional meditations from Stainless Prajna. There is no extra homework!

What is Vajrayana, and what do you mean by Blueprints of Awakening?

Vajrayana is known as the most direct path to awakening — profound and powerful, yet often misunderstood. In this transmission, we will explore the underlying principles, or blueprints, of Vajrayana practice, revealing how even the most challenging emotions and obstacles can become fuel for awakening when seen clearly.
For the first time, Mingyur Rinpoche will personally guide us through the transformative system of the five wisdom energies — a profound Buddhist framework for recognizing your true nature and transforming even the most afflicted states into wisdom qualities.

What does it mean to receive a transmission?

Transmission holds a profound place in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Preserved in an unbroken lineage from teacher to student since the time of the Buddha, transmissions represent living expressions of the deepest truths that we gain through meditation. Since 2019, Mingyur Rinpoche has generously imparted a complete lineage transmission to our community following a rich three-year cycle, progressing through sutra, tantra, and nature of mind teachings. 
By joining Vajrayana Online, you will gain access to all past transmissions. Learn more on this page.