Essence of Buddhist Psychology Course

NEW COURSE
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Open to everyone
This course runs from September 1–October 31, 2024, and remains available anytime for Vajrayana Online participants.

About the Course

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This course will help us gain a deeper understanding of the Abhidharma tradition’s unique approach to identifying the causes of suffering and how to uproot them. We will receive essential instructions on how we can use both resting and analytical meditation to overcome various degrees of suffering that we currently experience. 

We will also explore the importance of mindfulness and how we can apply it to all aspects of our experience, including our bodies, feelings, minds, and the phenomena around us. The result of this exploration can lead us to an inner freedom that doesn’t depend on any circumstance and is always with us. 
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Meet Your Teacher and Guides

In this course, you will receive teachings from Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, with additional support from experienced Vajrayana Online guides.
 Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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Lama Trinley
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Edwin Kelley
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Kasumi Kato
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Kunsang Palmo
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Lucas Henriksson

Your Course Includes

  • a series of video teachings from Mingyur Rinpoche highlighting key points of the Abhidharma view and practice
  • webinars and exclusive interviews with leading Buddhist teachers
  • live practice sessions and Heart-to-Heart sessions with Tergar guides
  • guided meditations and detailed instructions on how to practice in daily life
  • peer-to-peer forums to discuss the topics
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Course Texts

  • Stainless Prajna by Mingyur Rinpoche (some chapters of the draft translation will be available as part of the course)
  • The Buddhist Psychology of Awakening by Steven D. Goodman
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Course Outline

This course consists of 9 lessons, each clarifying a major theme of the text.
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Special Events, Monthly Webinars, and Live Sessions

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At any time, you can review the key instructions and practice them again and again

If we’re really engaged in mindfulness while walking along the path to the village, then we will consider the act of each step we take as an infinite wonder, and a joy will open our hearts like a flower, enabling us to enter the world of real.
— Thich Nhat Hanh

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Your subscription includes access to our full library of 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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  • 25+ courses included

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

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

Tergar is committed to making the benefits of Buddhist teachings and practices available to everyone. If the subscription rate of $25 USD per month is a hindrance for you financially, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via TLCSupport@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.

Commit to the full year to receive the complete transmission!

Keep studying and practicing under the guidance of Mingyur Rinpoche
To have the opportunity to receive instructions on Abhidharma based on Mingyur Rinpoche’s new text, Stainless Prajna, is truly precious. This is the first time Rinpoche will offer these teachings to a broader audience.
As a Vajrayana Online member, following the essence course, you will also automatically join the Buddhist Psychology Immersion (Nov 2024–July 2025):  this nine-month course will be the core of the transmission, a rare opportunity to practice and study Rinpoche’s new meditation guide in depth and step by step under his guidance. To learn more, please visit the transmission page.