Tergar Australia saturday afternoon teaching
Practicing Meditation in a Complex World - An afternoon with Edwin and Myoshin Kelley
Often our life can seem complex and chaotic, fortunately the practice of meditation can help to calm our mind and open our heart to the fulness of life.
Even if we have already learned to meditate, we can sometimes find it difficult to maintain a regular practice. In this two-and-a-half-hour session with Myoshin and Edwin Kelley, we will learn to connect with an inner resilience that provides us with the strength to remain balanced in the face of challenging life circumstances.
During out time together Myoshin and Edwin will explore aspects of this topic, introduce us to meditation practices that we can apply in everyday life, make time to answer questions, and discuss any difficulties that we might encounter.
Qualifications
This session is open to anyone with an interest in meditation.
Location
Newtown Neighbourhood Centre - 11/13 Darley St, Newtown NSW 2042
Dates & Times
Saturday, May 25 2004
Doors open at 2:10pm AEST
2:15 – 4:45pm
Registration costs
Base: $15.00 AUD —This covers the cost of the program
Sponsor: $20.00 AUD — This level allows us to offer a reduced price to those on a limited income
Reduced: $10.00 AUD — Reduced fee for those with limited income
We strive to offer programs like this one as broadly as we can, regardless of ability to pay. Please consider adding an additional donation during registration or at the event to help share these teachings with as many people as possible.
If the admission fee creates an obstacle to attending this event, please email us at info@tergar.org.au and we will try to make attendance feasible for you. Please note however there are a limited number of reduced tickets and please ask you only select this option if it is truly needed.
Other Information
BYO cishion and/or mat if you would like this.
Cancellation Terms:
Full refunds will be available up to 30 days before the start of the event. 50% refunds up to 15 days. No refunds are available if cancelled within 7 days. If the event is cancelled for Covid or other aspects out of our control, full refunds will be available at any time.
About your Instructors, Myoshin and Edwin Kelley:
Myoshin Kelley
At a young age, Myoshin decided that school could not teach her what she wanted to know and decided that life would be her teacher. This led her to a lifelong journey of living in spiritual communities while exploring the inner terrain of being human.
Myoshin received dharma instruction from renowned Buddhist teachers Chanmyay Sayadaw, Sayadaw U Pandita, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, and Hogen Yamahata. She also developed a great love of retreats and at one point temporarily ordained as a nun in Myanmar.
Myoshin’s training as a meditation teacher began with Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in 1994. She was appointed the teacher in residence at the Forest Refuge, the long-term practice center at IMS, in 2003.
In 1998, Myoshin was introduced to Mingyur Rinpoche. Twelve years later she moved to Minneapolis to help Rinpoche and others with the formation of Tergar Meditation Community. For a decade she led the team to oversee the formation of Tergar meditation groups and the training of Tergar community leaders. As a Tergar instructor, Myoshin leads programs that experientially explore how the practice of meditation and the wisdom of an open heart support the path of awakening.
Nature has been a strong teacher and support for Myoshin throughout her life. She loves to do solitary retreats in nature as well as hike, bike, cross-country ski, and now swim in the ocean on the beautiful Sapphire Coast in Australia, where she lives with her husband Edwin.
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.