Tergar Australia Group Meeting
Thursday, November 9
7:00pm - 8:00pm AEDT
Online @ Zoom from 7:00pm.
There is no cost to attend, however donations are warmly welcome and accepted here.
Topic: Meditating on Compassion — Opening Session
In opening sessions, new topics and meditations are introduced, discussed and practiced. Each opening session begins and ends with a short guided meditation. In between these meditations, group leaders facilitate small- and large-group discussions using questions provided in the curriculum section materials.
Tergar Guide Myoshin Kelly will be introducing the topic for this week.
Suffering and dissatisfaction are symptomatic of being out of touch with the basic goodness of awareness itself. When cultivating compassion, we learn to relate to our experience with tenderness and unconditional acceptance, viewing every thought, feeling, and experience as a new opportunity to awaken. Over time, this attitude will naturally begin to radiate out, allowing us to expand the scope of our compassion to include all beings.
Over the next few weeks, we will explore the practice of compassion meditation, learning how to open our hearts to the world around us and relax the self-centered tendencies that lead to anxiety, dissatisfaction, and suffering. Cultivating compassion helps us to see the basic goodness that all beings share. By relating to others in an open-hearted way, we bring peace to the mind and develop a sense of confidence and purpose. This, in turn, naturally brings harmony to our relationships and enables us to work with challenging situations more effectively.
Suggested Reading: Joy of Living, pp. 178 - 189
You can download and print the Session Handout with suggested reading and daily meditation practices here. Each week, we explore Mingyur Rinpoche's teachings with the support and guidance of a comprehensive meditation group curriculum based on Mingyur Rinpoche's books, The Joy of Living and Joyful Wisdom. The curriculum covers the core teachings of the Joy of Living program and includes guided meditations, experiential exercises and questions for group.
This event is offered freely and at no-cost, however donations are warmly welcome and accepted here.
There are no pre-requisites to attend, and no ongoing commitment is required. All practitioners are welcome to drop-in and out as needed.