The Feminine Principle: Making Space for our Emotions

With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche

The second of three public programs during the first week of the Ripa International Summer Retreat 2015 (complete dates: 25 July – 16 August 2015). It is possible to participate by event, for the week, or for the entire retreat. Attendance at all three public events of the first week will gain a discount for that week.

Please note: it will be possible to take refuge during the first week.

This program is a public program, open to all, there are no requirements. Online registration and further information to be published closer to the start of the retreat.

“Emotions are the last shield of ego: they overwhelm us and throw us into confusion. Yet, according to Tibetan Buddhism, emotions are considered as trapped energy with the potential to be liberated and transformed into pure energy. Rather than rejecting them, the tantric path offers us the possibility to welcome them and use them as the basis of our work on the spiritual path. Through the practice of meditation, we are able to create a space whereby we can welcome our emotions and let them dissolve by themselves effortlessly. In this spacious openness, the true nature of mind can reveal itself.
In Buddhism, space is linked to the universal feminine principle, represented in Tibetan Buddhism by the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal.”
– Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche