This talk is dedicated to the great Indian master Vasubandhu and his famous text, Abhidharmakosha or Treasury of Abhidharma in English, which is at the heart of the foundational teachings of the Buddhist tradition. This event marks the beginning of Tergar’s 2024/25 transmission — a series of online courses and retreats with Mingyur Rinpoche on Abhidharma.

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 more than thirty countries.

Joseph Goldstein is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, both in Barre, Massachusetts. He is the author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Insight Meditation, and The Experience of Insight. He has also coauthored books with Sharon Salzberg and Jack Kornfield. Joseph has studied and practiced meditation since 1967 under the guidance of eminent teachers from India, Burma, and Tibet and he leads Insight Meditation retreats around the world.

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Daniel is the Publisher and CEO of Wisdom Publications, one of the leading publishers of books and courses on Buddhism and Meditation. He is also the host of Dharma Chats and the Wisdom Podcast. He has studied Buddhism extensively with Tibetan teachers, which has taken him across Australia, America, India, Nepal, and Tibet. Daniel also has a PhD in Buddhist Philosophy.

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Beth Jacobs is a transmitted lay teacher in the Soto Zen tradition, a poet and nonfiction writer, and a clinical psychologist. She is a retired psychotherapist of 40 years and an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and currently facilitates poetry groups with people of all ages in her community. She is the author of Long Shadows of Practice: Poems, The Original Buddhist Psychology, Writing for Emotional Balance, Paper Sky, and A Buddhist Journal. The Abhidharma has captivated her interest and is woven into her other studies and practices.

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