Schedule

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche will offer over two weeks of teachings, transmitting the pith instructions in regard to awareness, love and compassion, and wisdom. These intimate sessions will provide opportunities to engage with Rinpoche directly, deepening your study and practice.

Weekly Schedule
Each week will include classes with monastic and international professors, group practice sessions, intimate small group discussions, guided meditation sessions, experiential learning exercises, and personal time to study and practice.

Daily Schedule
Each day will begin with meditation, ensuring that we stay grounded in our experience and avoid being trapped in solely intellectual understanding. In the morning and afternoons, there will be sessions with Institute faculty and staff, sequenced to help you best understand the teachings we are exploring.

Activity	Timing	Sample Schedule (details will change week to week)
Meditation	6:00-7:30am	Three 25-minute periods guided by contemplative mentors
Breakfast	7:30-8:30am
Meditation	9:00-10:30am	Three 25-minute periods guided by contemplative mentors
Tea Break	10:30am- 11:00am
Teachings	11:00am- 1:00pm	Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche provides pith instructions
Lunch	1:00-2:00pm
Commentary	3:00-4:30pm	Khenpos review material presented by Mingyur Rinpoche
Context and Interpretation	4:30-6:00pm	Experiential learning period to help contextualize and more deeply understand the teachings from the day
Dinner	6:00-7:00pm
Meditation and Reflection	7:00-8:00pm	Periods of meditation, experiential learning exercises, and guided discussion about the day’s materials

Excursions & Pilgrimage

Throughout our time together, we will venture out into the Kathmandu Valley and beyond. Excursions will be socially-engaged service periods in which we work with local organizations in order to put the teachings into practice. Pilgrimages will take us to sacred sites throughout the Kathmandu Valley. Locations include Yanglesho (or Pharping), where Padmasambhava attained the state of Mahamudra Vidhyadhara; Boudhanath, the ancient stupa and epicenter of Tibetan culture in Nepal; and Namo Buddha, where the Buddha-to-be sacrificed his body to an emaciated tigress in search of food for her young.

Photos — Paul MacGowan, ajoyfulmind.com

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