Where
Tergar Meditation Community706 North 1st Street, # 112
Minneapolis, MN 55401
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Cost
This event is freely offered, but we ask that you please register.Contact
Tergar Meditation CommunityTergar Meditation Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul
612-460-8837
mspevents@tergar.org
Enlightened Parenting: Children, Monkeys and Waking Up
In this evening presentation senior Tergar Instructor Tim Olmsted will suggest that 'parenting' is the perfect paradigm through which we can understand the entire process of 'waking up' to this life’s full potential. Whether or not we have children of our own, all of us are called to be a wise and affectionate host to whatever we encounter.
These evenings include a period of meditation, a time to share informally with the community, a short talk by the instructor and a period of open discussion on how we are working with these aspects of our lives. The evening is open to all, beginners and experienced meditators alike, and is a great opportunity for us to delve deeper as a community into the richness of bringing meditation into our everyday lives.
This public talk is freely offered by the Tergar community. We are deeply grateful to our community members, who generously offer their time, energy, and financial contributions to make this possible. If you would like to join the team and help us to offer the gift of meditation to the world, please email andi.tmsp@gmail.com to ask about volunteering, or click here to make a tax-deductible donation.
About the Instructor
Tim Olmsted has been student of meditation for the past 35 years. For twelve of those years, Tim lived in Nepal, working as a psychotherapist serving the international community. There he studied with many of the greatest Buddhist teachers of our time, including Mingyur Rinpoche’s late father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. After returning to the United States, he served for three years as the director of Gampo Abbey, the largest residential Buddhist monastery in North America. In 2003,Tim founded the Yongey Foundation to support and promote Mingyur Rinpoche's activities in the West. Tim now travels internationally as a senior Instructor for Mingyur Rinpoche’s Tergar Meditation Community. He lives in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he leads an active community, and is active in interfaith dialogue. He is currently the president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation. Read more...