A friend who was just reading Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's books saw the poster on the 2 days "Joy of Living level 1" meditation retreat organised by his local centre, Tergar Singapore, at Poh Ming Tse Temple and invited me to sign up with her. I had no idea who he is then but as I was also looking for short-term meditation retreat, I just signed up without knowing what to expect. Later, she lent me the "Joyful Wisdom" which upon flipping the 1st few pages, I found it to be so smooth reading that I decided to get the 2 books myself. Through reading his books, I get to know that he was also one of those meditators, along with Ven. Matthieu Ricard involved in the MRI testing of Happiness mentioned by Meng, in his recent talk.
I did not managed to finish reading the books before the retreat in the short time frame, and went there still without expectation. Nevertheless, no regrets, it is really an eye-opener on the flow of teachings "provided by Rinpoche", which is well facilitated by Ani. An unconventional refreshing way of teaching, focusing on teaching methods to apply in daily lives. I am looking forward to their level 2 & 3 retreat but before that we have to accomplish the homework set by Rinpoche as it will still take some time for us to digest all the teachings taught over the last 2 days and build up our foundation. I had only known Vajrayana Buddhism via their prayers and mantra chanting, so this meditation aspect is a new experience and new aspect of it revealed.
Joy of Living retreat is Definitely one that I will strongly recommend to my friends, especially the beginners, to meditation. Not to reveal the details but for you to discover by attending yourself if there is another retreat coming up.
Find out more at http://tergar.org/,
or join them at their monthly Meditation practice & text study session one of the Sundays of the month, 2.30-5.30pm at Taipei Buddhist Centre (near Lavender MRT) Meditation room at level 3.
The text study sharing session on the Chinese or English version of the book: Joyful Wisdom is very enriching, very reflective. Hope there is no obstacles to attend their future sessions.
Rejoice! Following video clips can be found at You-tube for a glance of his Teachings:
How to Meditate - Mingyur Rinpoche Talks about the Essence of Meditation:
(1 of 2) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOHH6pxYi8A
(2 of 2) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKhJfrpDDg
What Meditation Really is:
What Meditation is Not:
Rejoice: more copies of his Teachings under http://www.youtube.com/user/MingyurRinpoche?gl=SG&hl=en-GB
For those interested to get his books, you may get them locally at Evergreen Buddhist (333 Kreta Ayer Rd, #02-24, S080333, corner of hdb block diagonally opposite Buddha Tooth Relics temple at Chinatown ), Awareness Place (Bras Basah Complex #01-63 or at kmspks beside Hall of Universal Brightness) or
via Amazon by clicking here for"Joy of Living" or here for "Joyful Wisdom" or
on the logo on right column of this page for more review.
May you enjoy them as much as many of us did. :-)
Oh attached also a Very good QnA session between Mingyur Rinpoche & Venerable Haitao on Vajra practices. :-)
很棒的问答！详解藏传修行法！
Watch "海濤法師與明珠仁波切智慧座談" on YouTube - 海濤法師與明珠仁波切智慧座談: http://youtu.be/Q_D_tobL_Ls
A good article!
A rare combination of youth and wisdom, Mingyur Rinpoche discusses his life as a young teacher and student of the dharma.
http://www.tricycle.com/interview/easy-middle
