Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Tergar International
Until now it has escaped my attention that Mingyur Rinpoche has been building off the success of his books by setting up a network of meditation centers that he calls Tergar International. I think he has been planning the group for a while, even before his books were published. A woman from Arizona associated with KTD told me some years ago that he had asked her for help starting a center there.
I think Mingyur Rinpoche's success comes from his warm and humorous style of teaching. Some people are really wild about him and I'm left scratching my head wondering why. Not that I don't appreciate him, but I don't understand the strength of the reaction. His books are written in the style of Western self-help books. It would be easy to mock the style, but it does make his books appeal to a wider audience.
