joy of living 2
The more clearly we see things as they are, the more willing and able we become to open our hearts toward others. When we recognize that others experience pain and unhappiness because they don’t recognize their true nature, we’re spontaneously moved by a profound wish for them to experience the same sense of peace and clarity that we’ve begun to know.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
In this 8 week meditation workshop series with Tergar Instructor Edwin Kelley, we will learn how meditating on loving-kindness and compassion can open our hearts to the world around us and relax the self-centered tendencies that lead to anxiety, dissatisfaction, and suffering.
Cultivating loving-kindness and 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.
The schedule for this course includes video teachings by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, short presentations on the key points of meditation practice, as well as guided meditations and discussion.
Tuesdays, 17 September to 5 November 2024, 6:30—8:30pm
Melbourne, Australia time - please note that the weeks of 17 & 24 September will be on AEST, and the final 6 weeks will be AEDT, so there will be a time change during the course.
This program offers step-by-step instructions that will benefit those who have either recently completed the Joy of Living Level One program, or those who have completed the program but looking for a refresher.
The schedule for this workshop series includes video teachings by Mingyur Rinpoche, presentations by Tergar Instructor Edwin Kelley, as well as guided meditations and discussion.
This live, online course covers the same material as the in-person Joy of Living Level 2 weekend workshops, and all participants will receive a printable course and practice guide as well as opportunities to join ongoing weekly gatherings of Tergar Australia, and is currently open to practitioners throughout Australia regardless of your current location
For those of you who have taken JOL2 before, it is always helpful to revisit this material, as this level is so essential that it can be very helpful to take it no matter where on the path one is.
MPORTANT - Please plan to come to all 8 sessions. People who do not attend the first session will not be able to attend the rest of the workshop series without permission from the course facilitators. If you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible.
Edwin Kelley
Edwin Kelley attended his first meditation retreat near Perth, Australia in 1975. He later pursued a career as a public accountant and in 1992 went to Burma to undertake a six-month period of intensive meditation practice with meditation master Chanmyay Sayadaw. While practicing in Burma he ordained temporarily as a Buddhist monk.
In 1994 he was hired as Director of Operations by one of America’s best known meditation retreat centers, the Insight Meditation Society (IMS), in Barre, MA. Eighteen months later he was appointed Executive Director of IMS and served in that capacity until 2003 when he resigned to pursue further long-term intensive meditation practice.
Edwin first encountered Vajrayana Buddhism in Dharamsala, India in 1993 and became a student of Mingyur Rinpoche in 1998. He has a post graduate diploma in Buddhist Studies from the University of Sunderland in the UK.
In 2009, Edwin and his wife Myoshin, moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota to help establish the global Tergar Meditation Community, where he then served variably as Executive, and Co-Executive Director, and CFO, until retiring from his administrative role with Tergar International at the end of 2022. He now lives on the Sapphire Coast in southern NSW, Australia.