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Anytime Anywhere Meditation & The Joy of Living
A Simple Way to Begin: Anytime Anywhere Meditation is a free five module online course and a short introduction to the longer Joy of Living programme. It is an ideal way to experience the teachings before deciding to commit to the full course.
Meditation for Modern Life: Designed for real life, Anytime Anywhere Meditation shows you that meditation does not depend on special conditions. You can practise in the middle of your workday, on your commute, or during a quiet moment at home.
Open to Everyone: Although the teachings are rooted in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the course is presented in a universal and practical way. It is suitable for people of any background, whether religious or non religious, and for both beginners and experienced meditators.
Anytime Anywhere Meditation is a flexible, supportive online programme that makes meditation accessible and deeply meaningful.
It offers a grounded foundation and a gentle entry into the full Joy of Living path.
If you are curious about meditation but unsure where to start, this is a clear and practical first step.
The course is fully online and self paced, so you can complete it in your own time, wherever you are.
Everyone is welcome: people of all backgrounds, religious or non-religious, and suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.
What You Will Learn:
Over five modules you will learn to:
Recognise and strengthen natural awareness
Meditate anytime and anywhere
Bring compassion and wisdom into daily life
Build a steady, sustainable practice
Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned meditation teacher, bestselling author and TED speaker who has inspired the lives of thousands of people with his warmhearted nature, humor and deep interest in science.
Rinpoche knows that many people have little time yet are searching for real change. That's why he created this compact yet profound course, based on his decades of training and personal experience.
Anytime Anywhere Meditation Programme
It introduces meditation as a practical way to explore our inner experience, helping us become more familiar with our thoughts and emotions and to appreciate the richness that can be found in the present moment. The programme also supports the natural development of qualities such as wisdom and compassion that can arise through greater awareness.
The practices taught in the Joy of Living, though rooted in the ancient Buddhist teachings of Tibet, are not religious in nature. They address basic qualities of the mind, such as mindful awareness and the movements toward happiness and away from suffering. By working with these qualities of mind, we gradually transform our relationship to present–moment experience, learning to approach every thought, feeling, and sensory experience with unconditional warmth and acceptance.
Joy of Living Meditation Programme
The Joy of Living program has three levels of meditation training, each focusing on developing a different aspect of present-moment awareness.
How should non-Buddhists relate to the Joy of Living?
The Joy of Living teachings, while rooted in Tibetan Buddhist traditions, focus on universal qualities of the human mind, such as awareness and compassion. The program offers a complete meditation training path without requiring participants to become Buddhist or even express interest in Buddhism. The emphasis is on practical benefits that can be applied by anyone, regardless of their spiritual or religious background.
How should Buddhists relate to the Joy of Living?
The Joy of Living, while presented in a secular format, draws on core teachings of the Buddhist tradition. The Joy of Living teachings should be viewed as the foundation for formal Buddhist practice. It is expected that all those who study the Buddha’s teachings in the Tergar Meditation Community not only practice and study the Joy of Living teachings but also return to these teachings again and again throughout their lives.
Receive access to over 100 video teachings and guided meditations from Mingyur Rinpoche.
Engage with a structured curriculum covering awareness, compassion, and wisdom.
Benefit from live webinars with experienced meditation instructors, connect with an online community, and track your progress through our app, including space for reflections and optional daily reminders.
The Joy of Living is a path of meditation study and practice that can be followed by anyone, regardless of religious or cultural background.
The goal of this program is to help us discover a lasting contentment that is not subject to the fluctuating conditions of our lives.
What is meant by “joy” in the Joy of Living?
Mingyur Rinpoche’s intention in the Joy of Living programme is to help us develop familiarity with awareness.
As our practice progresses, our mind will naturally return on its own to its naturally vast, spacious state. Experiences of all kinds will continue to occur in our lives, thoughts and feelings will continue to come up, but we’ll be able to view them from a more expansive perspective. This makes it possible to live a life rooted in well-being, regardless of the inevitable ups and downs of experience.
This lasting, fundamental well-being is what is meant by “joy” in the Joy of Living.
Joy is not the absence of suffering, the absence of challenges, or the absence of anything else.
Living with joy means developing a sense of inner well-being that allows us to embrace whatever the present moment offers.
Level 1: Calming the Mind
We learn how awareness itself is a source of lasting contentment and how we can use any experience, even painful feelings and difficult thoughts, as a gateway to inner peace.
Level 2: Opening the Heart
We see how the simple desires to be happy and free from suffering are rooted in loving-kindness and compassion, and how we can nurture these qualities and extend them to others.
Level 3: Awakening Wisdom
We learn how rigid beliefs keep us locked in a cycle of dissatisfaction and anxiety, and how relating to things as they actually are, rather than through the distorting lens of preconceived ideas and emotional reactions, can help us discover the basic purity and goodness of our true nature.
All online courses are enrolled through Tergar International using the buttons above.
Here at Tergar New Zealand, we would love to connect with you. We are a growing New Zealand community, committed to supporting local practitioners and building meaningful connections.
We currently offer a monthly online catch-up group led by our New Zealand facilitator, as well as a newsletter to keep you informed about events suited to our time zone.
If you would like, we can also help connect you with others in your area (always with your permission). Small local retreats are currently in the planning stage.
Tergar New Zealand
Email: christchurch@community.tergar.org
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