Lojong: The Seven Points of Mind Training

Join us for our semiannual Vajrayana Online community retreat with Kasumi Kato and Tim Olmsted
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Lojong: The Seven Points of Mind Training

Join us for our semiannual Vajrayana Online community retreat with Kasumi Kato and Tim Olmsted
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October 18, 2026

Sunday

10 AM–6 PM

EDT (New York)

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This event is open to everyone.

Recordings

We strongly encourage you to join us live. If you’re unable to attend, the recordings will be made available.

A Day with Kasumi and Tim

How can we remain grounded and open-hearted, and respond with wisdom when faced with life’s unexpected challenges?
Lojong, or mind training, is a practical, centuries-old Buddhist set of instructions for transforming our habitual ways of relating to difficult emotions and stress into the path of awakening. First introduced to Tibet by Lord Atisha Dipankara in the 11th century and later organized by Geshe Chekawa into The Seven Points of Mind Training, the teachings of lojong are distilled into fifty-nine concise and incredibly practical slogans that help us weave awareness, loving-kindness, and wisdom directly into whatever we may encounter in modern life.
On October 18, join our worldwide Vajrayana Online community for a daylong online retreat with Tergar guides Kasumi Kato and Tim Olmsted. Together, we will explore many of these slogans, such as “Be grateful to everyone,” “When the world is filled with evil, transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi,” and “Don’t ponder others.” 
Through teachings, guided meditations, Q&A, and group discussions, we will learn how to practice with the slogans during difficult circumstances and unexpected moments.
If you are studying the bardos, taking part in the Dorje Drolö Dzogchen Immersion, or just beginning your journey with us, Atisha’s lojong offers a rich complement to your path. We warmly invite you to join us for this day of practice and connection with the Vajrayana Online community.
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OUR SCHEDULE

A Day with Kasumi and Tim

Exploring The Seven Points of Mind Training

All times EDT (New York)

  • Session 1

  • 10:00–11:30 AM | Teaching, meditation, and discussion
  • 11:30–11:45 AM | Break
  • 11:45–12:15 PM | Guided meditation
  • 12:15–1:30 PM | Teaching and discussion
  • 1:30–2:30 PM | Lunch
  • Session 2
  • 2:30–4:00 PM | Teaching, meditation, and discussion
  • 4:00–4:15 PM | Break
  • 4:15–5:45 PM | Teaching, meditation, and discussion
  • 5:45–6:00 PM | Closing and farewell

Join Us Live!

This is also a great opportunity to connect with fellow meditators, sharing the energy and support that comes from practicing together. We strongly encourage you to join us live. If you’re unable to attend, the recordings will be made available.
MEET YOUR GUIDES

Kasumi Kato

Kasumi Kato is an experienced educator and meditation practitioner. She holds two master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin, where she taught the Japanese language for nearly two decades.
Kasumi’s interest in meditation began in her childhood in Japan, where she learned to meditate from a young age. In 2011, she encountered Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings and has been practicing under his guidance ever since. She has completed over a year in solitary meditation retreat, in addition to many group retreats in the Tergar community. Kasumi has also studied with some of the most respected teachers in the Tibetan tradition, including Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche, and Thrangu Rinpoche.
Kasumi currently works full-time for Tergar International as a curriculum specialist, developing Tergar meditation and training programs. She also leads Joy of Living workshops and Path of Liberation retreats around the world and oversees the activities of Tergar Japan.
Outside of her professional work, Kasumi lives with her husband Cortland and stepson, CJ, in Madison, Wisconsin. In her free time, Kasumi enjoys personal retreats, traveling, and hiking in nature.
MEET YOUR GUIDES

Tim Olmsted

Tim Olmsted began his Buddhist studies in 1977 under the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado. In 1981, Mingyur Rinpoche’s father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, was invited to teach in Boulder. Profoundly moved by him, Tim and his family moved to Kathmandu just a few months later to study with Tulku Urgyen and his sons.
During the twelve years that he lived in Nepal, Tim studied with many of the most renowned teachers living there and worked as a psychotherapist serving the international community. In 2000, Tim moved to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, at the invitation of Pema Chödrön, where he served for three years as the director of Gampo Abbey, the largest residential Buddhist monastery in North America. He is the founder and president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation, which supports monastic training and communities in need around the world.
In 2003, after a visit by Mingyur Rinpoche to Gampo Abbey, Tim started the Yongey Foundation to support and promote Mingyur Rinpoche’s activities in the West. Since its inception, Tim has been one of the five instructors for Mingyur Rinpoche’s worldwide meditation community, Tergar International.
Tim lives with his wife Glenna in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he leads an active community that follows Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings and those of his family lineage.
Whatever you meet unexpectedly, join with meditation.

— Slogan 16 from Atisha’s mind training, compiled by Geshe Chekawa

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Others will always show you exactly where you are stuck. They say or do something and you automatically get hooked into a familiar way of reacting – shutting down, speeding up, or getting all worked up. When you react in the habitual way, with anger, greed, and so forth, it gives you a chance to see your patterns and work with them honestly and compassionately. Without others provoking you, you remain ignorant of your painful habits and cannot train in transforming them into the path of awakening.

— Pema Chödrön

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