Ancient Wisdom for Graceful Living with Tergar Instructor Tim Olmsted (PDX-O-211106)

Ancient Wisdom for Graceful Living - An Online Weekend Retreat on the Seven Points of Mind Training

With Tergar Instructor Tim Olmsted

Dates: Saturday & Sunday, November 6-7, 2021

Times:  Each day 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. United States Pacific Time

Co-sponsored by Kagyu Sukha Choling - Ashland, Oregon and Tergar - Medford, Oregon Communities

Listen to an explanation and invitation from Tim Olmsted here. 

From learning to recognize the essence of mind to bringing wisdom and compassion into our everyday lives, the Seven Points of Mind Training is an indispensable guide to developing Bodhicitta, the commitment to the awakening of all beings. These teachings with Senior Tergar Instructor Tim Olmsted show us that our problems and difficulties can be the raw material that allows us to awaken authentic love and compassion for ourselves and others. This training is attributed to the great 11th-century scholar and meditation master, Atisha Dipamkara. Originally passed on in secret from teacher to student, these teachings are now considered an essential training for anyone who aspires to travel the path of awakening, new students and old hands alike, regardless of one’s faith. The weekend will consist of periods of meditation, teachings on key points of the text, and discussion. Please join us for what will surely be a transformative weekend.

Fees

Sponsor fee: $180
Base fee: $135
Reduced fee: $80 (for those on a limited income.)

If your ability to pay makes it difficult to attend this program, we will make every effort to make attendance possible. Please contact us for more information.

Please note that registration will close 24 hours prior to the start of the event.

Contact Info: medford@tergar.org

About the instructor: Tim Olmsted is a Tergar Instructor with decades of experience teaching meditation. He began his Buddhist studies in 1977; in 1981 he moved to Kathmandu to study with Mingyur Rinpoche’s father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. During the twelve years that he lived in Nepal, Tim studied with many of the renowned meditation teachers living there and worked as a psychotherapist serving the international community. Tim is one of the founders and senior instructors of the Tergar Meditation Community, for which he regularly travels around the world leading retreats and teaches online. He 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. Tim is the founder and president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation. He is known for the down-to-earth warmth, practicality, and humor of his approach to teaching meditation.