Vajrasattva Purification and Healing Ceremony with HE Namkha Drimed Rinpoche
2016-09-15 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Ari Bhod Pema Drawa, Tehachapi, CA, 93561, United States
Vajrasattva Purification and Healing Ceremony
Buddhist Purification and Healing Ceremony (Vajrasattva). Vajrasattva practice is a tantric meditation done for the purification of karma. It is undertaken with a bodhichitta aim to purify all our karma in order to reach enlightenment as quickly as possible to help all sentient beings.

Visit to Ari Bhod, Southern California : Vajrasattva Healing Ceremony
2016-09-15 17:00 - 19:00 | Ari Bhod Pema Drawa, Tehachapi, CA, 93561, United States
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche
Vajrasattva Purification and Healing Ceremony

Visit to Southern California: Yeshe Tsogyal Retreat, Dorje Drolö Wang, Gesar Fire Puja
2016-09-16 10:00 - 2016-09-19 18:00 | Ari Bhod Pema Drawa, Tehachapi, CA, 93561, United States
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche
Southern California
Dates: September 16 (evening), 17, 18 & 19
Location:
Ari Bhod, Pema Drawa
Tehachapi Mountains in Southern CA
3 Day Tagsham Yeshe Tsogyal Retreat, September 16th, 17th & 18th (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
The Empowerment of Dorje Drolö, September 16th (Evening)
Gesar Retreat & Fire Puja, September 19th
Details on the Ari Bhod website: http://aribhod.org/2016/hendr/

Visit to Buenes Aires, Argentina: Public Talk and Seminar on Compassion, Vajrasattva Wang, Green Tara Wang
2016-09-22 - 2016-09-27 | Buddhist Center KTC, Av. Melian 2171 , Buenes Aires, Argentina
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche is an extraordinary Tibetan Buddhist Master, characterized by his vast wisdom, his charisma and warmth. He conveys the depth of Buddhist wisdom through his extensive knowledge of the lifestyle of modern societies, in clear and direct language. Rinpoche will give teachings and initiations in a fluid and flawless English, with translation into Castilian.
PROGRAM in the Buddhist Center KTC: Av. Melian 2171
Open to all:
THURSDAY, September 22nd from 19h to 21h. Tariff $ 250
Living in the world with courage, openness and compassion.
Introductory talk on how to bring compassion into action and make it a valuable resource for personal and social change.
SATURDAY, September 24th to 12 and 15 to 19hs. Tariff $ 800
Living in the world with courage, openness and compassion.
Seminar: instruction and guided practice.
The inherent nature of all beings is essentially goodness. It is temporarily veiled by feelings of fear, doubt and distrust. We can learn to accept our insecurity with affection and openness, maintaining confidence in the good nature of our being to allow the warmth of our own humanity to be revealed. These are the keys to a path leading to a more compassionate presence in society.
The first step is to calm the mind, followed by the introduction into the essential nature of the mind, and the development of empathy and compassion for all beings. The open and clear acceptance to every moment of life, enables us to be free of interpretations and judgments. These useful teachings and practices for modern life, allow us to face with confidence and dignity the challenges that we may experience in the difficult times in which we live.
For Buddhists, and practitioners who wish to take refuge:
MONDAY, September 26th of 19 to 21h. Tariff $ 300
The healing power of meditation
Initiation of Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification
Inattention generates more confusion, where we develop habits and inappropriate behaviors that bring pain and suffering. Meditative practice synchronizes the body and mind, and establishes a healthy ground from which to take more ethical and compassionate decisions, allowing us to manifest our inherent qualities.
TUESDAY, September 27th from 19 to 21h. Tariff $ 300
Transforming negative emotions. Green Tara initiation, Mother Liberator
We can consider the fear and the other disturbing emotions as the foundation to develop wisdom and courage. Fear can be our starting point to recognize and choose to move in the direction of understanding, trust and kindness.
See website (Spanish with some English) for details: http://ktcarg2.weebly.com/visita-jigme-rinpoche.html

Visit to Patagonia, Argentina (Puerto Madryn): Developing loving kindness through meditation
2016-09-30 | Unnamed Venue, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
With great joy we announce the upcoming visit of Tibetan Buddhist Master Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche. We will talk about meditation and its benefits in developing our inner peace and goodness. We will have the opportunity to practice with him and ask our questions. For more details you can call 0280 154204386 or write to padmaling.patagonia@gmail.com
See facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/events/1338123002883197/
as well as flyer : http://ripa-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Afiche-Rinpoche-Sept-2016-2.jpg

Visit to Boulder, Colorado: Wrathful Gesar Wang
2016-10-08 13:15 - 17:30 | Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche
OPEN TO VAJRAYANA STUDENTS ONLY
DORJE KASUNG WHO ARE TANTRIKAS ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has requested His Eminence Terton Namkha Drimed to bestow the Wrathful Gesar Empowerment in Boulder. This empowerment is part of a larger cycle of mind termas revealed to Namkha Drimed Rinpoche by Akar Werma, a deity that embodies the union of Gesar and Padmakara.
The practice of Wrathful Gesar (Gesar Trakpo) is intended to repel obstacles, accidents, and illnesses in order to practice the dharma. Gesar Trakpo is analogous to Dorje Trollo, the wrathful manifestation of compassion that Padmasambhava assumed when he first entered the untamed land of Tibet.
The practices of Gesar are a means to quickly attain the state of a warrior’s mind which unhesitatingly benefits others. Gesar’s appearance in Tibetan history during a time of great negativity and is a parallel to the emergence of Shambhala in these times of speed, aggression, and materialism.
Invoking the blessings of Gesar generally will protect you from all obstacles and harm, will help accomplish everything you set out to do, and will bring auspiciousness and fulfillment of all your aspirations.

Visit to Boulder, Colorado: Long Life Empowerment
2016-10-09 13:15 - 18:00 | Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche
THE LONG LIFE EMPOWERMENT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE
His Eminence Terton Namkha Drimed Rinpoche will confer the Guru Rinpoche long-life empowerment from his collection of termas. Long-life empowerments are blessings of the lineage and the teacher, in order to open the potential in our being to connect with deep principles of health, healing, and longevity. Traditionally, long-life blessings are done at the conclusion of a series of empowerments as a way to seal the practice, receive the blessings of the lineage, to strengthen the health of the students and to clear obstacles for practicing the teachings.
This long-life blessing is available to all members and friedns of the Shambhala community.
His Eminence Tertön Namkha Drimed Rinpoche was born in 1939 in Eastern Tibet. He was recognized as a tertön, or treasure revealer, by both His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. From an early age he recalled his previous lives, including his life as Bumpa Gyatsa Shelkar, the elder brother of Gesar Norbu Dradül, the enlightened ruler of the 10th century Kingdom of Ling in Tibet. His Eminence is most well-known for his vast collection of ‘mind terma’ revelations related to Gesar. For two weeks last October (2015) in Pharping, Nepal, His Eminence conferred this Gesar lineage of teachings on Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
Within the Himalayan Buddhist community, His Eminence is renowned for his wisdom, his dedication to the practice tradition, and the power of his practices for healing, divination, and pacification of obstacles. His worldwide community includes monasteries in Tibet, India, and Nepal and a large lay center in Switzerland. A more extensive biography can be found here.
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See the Boulder Shambhala website for further details: http://boulder.shambhala.org/program-details/?id=271073

Losar Festivities
2017-02-25 - 2017-02-26 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
With Lama Tenzin Phuntsok

On the occasion of the New Tibetan Year, we will gather to purify and dissipate negative energies and influences from the past year and be ready to welcome the new year. Celebration of Losar jointly with members of the Tibetan community through the traditional smoke offering. (Losar is on Monday, February 27th.)

About the Teacher

Lama Tenzin Phuntsok
Lama Tenzin Phuntsok was born in 1970 in Orissa, (India). When he was 14 years old he was admitted to Rigon Thupten Mindolling monastery, where he spent twenty full years. In the beginning, under the kind and inspiring guidance of … More →

Nyung Ne Retreat – Tibetan fasting practice
2017-06-05 - 2017-06-10 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
With Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Gyurmey Rinpoche
Initiation of Cherenzig on Monday, June 5th followed by the practice of Nyung Ne, a spiritual fasting practice in Tibetan Buddhism.
2 session pairs (from June 5 – 8 or from June 5 – 10)
With Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Gyurmey Rinpoche, a highly accomplished master of practices in the tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism. The Second cycle is guided by Lama Tenzin Phuntsok.
Co-organized with Padma Ling Switzerland.
Full retreat: Normal price: 305 CHF / 280 € • Reduced price**: 240 CHF / 195 €

Yogom® with François Bertolero
2017-10-13 - 2017-10-15 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
The targeted body and breathing exercises of YOGOM are a natural transition for the practice of sitting Shamatha meditation, connecting body and mind directly.

About the Teacher

François Bertolero
François Bertolero is a yoga teacher (F.F.Y. graduate), trained under the guidance of Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Yogi Bhajan. He completed further training in the Vinyasa ‘dynamic yoga’ method under Gérard Arnaud, which he taught for sixteen years. He has … More →
