Ripa Ladrang

Sagadawa Festivities
2019-06-15 - 2019-06-16 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
The Great Annual Celebration of Lord Buddha.
A ceremony commemorating the Buddha’s Enlightenment: workshops, guided meditations, conferences, culinary delights,….
A colorful program around the Buddha’s life and teachings, for all – young and old.

Retreat: Inner Peace Keeping
2019-05-31 - 2019-06-02 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
With Amandine Roche.
What if inner peace was at the heart of the world’s cohesion? What if meditation was the beginning of a response to stop human conflicts? How can we contribute to bringing more peace on Earth?
During this retreat, Amandine Roche will share the tools to achieve inner peace in a lasting joyful and playful way.
The “Inner Peacekeeping” program is a retreat that helps combat stress, develop well-being and help reconnect the soul, body and mind.
Created by a group of experts in yoga, mindfulness, emotional Intelligence, neuroscience and leadership, this innovative approach was first offered to humanitarian and refugee workers suffering from traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety before being offered to people working in companies.
Amandine Roche became a hatha yoga teacher in India and studied meditation with great spiritual masters such as Amma, the Dalai Lama or Goenka. In California, she trained in Vinyasa Yoga and became a teacher in the Google Search Inside Yourself program.
She has now developed the Inner Peace Keeping program, based on yoga, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, neuroscience, and conscious leadership. The Inner Peace Keeping program also implements the tools of inner peace with humanitarian aid workers, refugees, prisoners, soldiers in the Middle East and in Afghanistan.
Normal: $330
Reduced: 2262
(*students, seniors, unemployed or members of Ripa and Padma Ling)

Medicine Buddha Teaching and Empowerment
2019-05-10 - 2019-05-12 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche.
Illness, which is an integral part of our lives, is caused by an imbalance of our vital energies and the best remedy lies within ourselves: help re-establish harmony within those energies through meditating techniques that evoke our own healing resources.
The practice of healing according to the Buddha of Medicine inspires us to work not only on an outer level, but deep within ourselves, thus balancing vital forces to bring inner harmony and outer health.
Following the teachings are given on this topic last Autumn, Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche will develop further on the theme and will confer Medicine Buddha’s initiation. The weekend is open to anyone wishing to learn more about meditative practices that enhance one’s own healing abilities.
Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, is a master of Tibetan Buddhism, recognized in both Kagyu and Nyingma schools, he is the spiritual director of the Ripa International Center. He has taught for more than twenty years in Europe in a particularly lively, practical and contemporary way.
Normal price: $193
Reduced price*: $182
(*students, seniors, unemployed or members of Ripa and Padma Ling)

Ripa Awareness Meditation (RAM) – Weekly meditation sessions
2019-04-25 - 2019-06-11 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
With Amrit Wagner
Open Dates

“Ripa Awareness Meditation” is a simple and effective method that helps stabilize the mind, using the Shamatha technique or calm-abiding meditation; once the mind has settled, the application of Vipassana meditation tools allows the practitioner to gain access to more subtle aspects of his mind, thus allowing him a true exploration of the nature of phenomena and reality.
The method was conceived by the master of Tibetan Buddhism, Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche to benefit his students around the world.
A new cycle of practice for beginners will open this year:
Beginners: RAM-Shamata 8-week cycle
This 8-week cycle on Shamata meditation aims at familiarizing participants with the meditation technique of Shamata, or calm-abiding meditation, a traditional Buddhist method that uses the breath as a support to calm the mind.
The practice of this type of meditation results in a more calm, focused, and stable mind.
It is an ideal practice for those wishing to discover meditation for the first time.
No previous meditation experience needed
Every Tuesday from 19:30 to 21:00, from April 23 to June 11
Fee for the 8-week program: $ 240
Info & registration: info@ripa-international.com
The current advanced group guided by Amrit Wagner will continue every Thursday
Advanced – RIPA AWARENESS MEDITATION
RAM-(Shamata/Vipassana) 8-week cycle
This 8-week cycle on Shamata/Vipassana meditation aims to help participants deepen their meditation practice. Participants are guided through a methodic and progressive approach of exploration of the mind, following the traditional Buddhist Sutra of The Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
It is addressed to participants with previous meditation experience.
Every Thursday from 19:30 to 21:00, from April 25 to June 13
Fee for the 8-week program: $240
Info & registration: info@ripa-international.com

THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDITATION: “The only way to know mind and to attain wisdom is through meditation. In repose, in space, in silent time, answers can come. Wisdom and insight wash away problems. Transformation occurs in stillness. Through the practice of mindfulness, the elementary harmony that creates wind horse – the Tibetan expression for positive energy – is created. Relaxation will then translate into everyday life and bring benefits. Internal change will bring external change. When we are clear and equipped with insight, we are in a place to help others. It is by developing wisdom and compassion that we are able to be of the greatest assistance to others…. compassion heals.” – Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche

About the Teacher

Amrit Wagner
Amrit Wagner is an approved meditation instructor under the guidance of Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche.

Easter retreat Nyung Nay – Traditional Tibetan Fasting Ritual – 2 pairs
2019-04-17 - 2019-04-21 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
With Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Gyurmey Rinpoche
The Nyung Nay is a traditional spiritual fast in Tibetan Buddhism that aims to purify outdated patterns of behaviour, offering us the opportunity to free spiritual, emotional and psychological resources and thus accelerate our personal and spiritual growth.
2 pairs of Nyung Nay
With Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Gyurmey Rinpoche, a highly accomplished ritual master in the tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism, he was recognized as the reincarnation of Jigme Tempay Gyeltsen, the third Tamdrin Lhunpo Chogtrul.
Normal price: $305 (excl. accommodation)
Reduced price: $ 240 * (excl. accommodation)
(*students, unemployed, seniors and members of Ripa and Padma Ling)

Tai Chi and Mantra Singing with Dechen Shak-Dagsay
2019-04-13 - 2019-04-14 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
During this weekend, Dechen Shak Dagsay will share her experience of Tai Chi practice that she learned with Foen Tjoeng Lie, the famous Sino-German master. Through the practice of the 18 popular episodes of Tai Chi / Qi Gong, the breath is calmed and the body and mind are immediately rested, creating immense benefits for mental and physical health.
The second day of the course will be devoted to the practice of mantra singing. Dechen will give an overview of the world of millenary mantras, explaining their universal power and their application and precious use in our daily lives.
Dechen Shak-Dagsay discovered Chinese movement theory and the healing art of Tai Chi and Qi Gong 20 years ago. Fascinated, she decided to train as a teacher with Foen Tjoeng Lie, the famous German living Chinese master. Dechen is the eldest daughter of Dagsay Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama, from whom she has also received the transmissions of the healing mantras that she now sings for a worldwide audience. Dechen is a Swiss/Tibetan artist who has lived most of her life in Switzerland.
Normal price: $205
Reduced price: $193(students, unemployed, senior)
(*students, seniors, unemployed or members of Ripa and Padma Ling)

Sound Yoga
2019-04-06 - 2019-04-07 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
With Mahaut Aeschlimann
Primordial sounds, mantras, sacred harmonies and songs of Tibetan monks, therapeutic sounds of shamans … practiced since the dawn of time, for their virtues or for their power, these sacred sounds have the ability to spark spiritual awakening.

A qualified art therapist, recognized by the ASCA, she has been a yoga practitioner for twenty years. She integrates in her work techniques of physical presence (Hatha Yoga, Energy Yoga, Healing Tao, Qi Gong, intuitive movement …) and the use of breath and sounds through various approaches such as spontaneous singing, Indian devotional singing (Bhajan, Mantras) and Yoga of Sound.
Disciple of the Vietnamese master Thich Nhat Hanh, meditation and mindfulness are at the center of her approach.
Normal: $160
Reduced*: $125
(*students, seniors, unemployed or members of Ripa and Padma Ling)

Winter Retreat 2018 -2019 : RAM – Ripa Awareness Meditation
2018-12-27 - 2019-01-02 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche winter Retreat in Full Silence

Mindfulness and awareness work together to bring acceptance of living situations as they are. Life is not regarded as source of rejection or indulgence, but rather as the food of awareness and mindfulness; the depression and excitement that go on in life become the very object of meditation!

During this end-of-year retreat Rinpoche will unfold and guide participants through the key elements that help us in this process. Gathered under the Ripa Awareness Meditation method, they bring in Shamata’s Buddhist tools – a millennial breathing technique that helps develop mental calm – and introduces aspects of Vipassana meditation, or penetrating vision, that help us develop “ways of looking” that free the mind from conceptual fabrication.
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Normal Price : $ 318.– / € 275.–
Reduced Price *: $ 243.– / € 210.–
(*students, seniors, unemployed or members of Ripa and Padma Ling)

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

The Satipatthana Sutra – How the Buddha Taught Mindfulness
2018-11-29 08:00 - 2018-12-02 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
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An experiential perspective from Early Buddhism
Mindfulness is en-vogue. While Mindfulness is being adopted by the modern world, many of the more subtle and critical aspects of the practice are overlooked and being lost.
Very few know where Mindfulness comes from, how it was understood in the context of Early Buddhist practice, in which larger context mindfulness was practiced, and to what end.

The Satipatthana Sutra is well known as the main source for Buddhist teachings on mindfulness and its place in the Buddhist path, and is hailed as the direct path to realization. In this short retreat, we will use Bhikkhu Analayo’s translation of the Sutra, in conjunction with his instructions on how to practice, with the aim to explore deeper the original source of Mindfulness and benefit from its power for deep transformation.
Diego Hangartner completed his studies in pharmacology at the ETHZurich, specializing in psychopharmacology and addiction. He lived for 11 years in Dharamsala, India, learned Tibetan, and studied for 7 years at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in the Tibetan language. He has completed multiple meditation retreats of several months, worked as an interpreter, translating Tibetan into many languages, and published several books. On returning to Europe, he taught widely, and organized many large events with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He participates in research aimed at exploring the benefits of meditation as a long-term practitioner.
Diego is associated with and worked for the Mind and Life Institute since the 1990’s: he was Mind and Life’s COO from 2009 – 2012 in the USA, founded Mind and Life Europe in 2008, and was its director until 2015.
His teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Khamtul Rinpoche, Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche and Bhikkhu Analayo – with each spending many years of close study.
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Price: USD 297.– /CHF 290.– (excl. accommodation)

The Pathway to Health : The Vision of Tibetan Buddhism
2018-11-16 18:00 - 2018-11-18 20:30 | : Barcelona (Badelona), DIRECTIONS Plaza San Agustín, 50002 Zaragoza, Spain
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
November 16 – 18, 2018
Teachings hosted by Padma Ling Spain in Barcelona.
Badalona (Barcelona) – 16-17-18 November
16 Friday
Public Talk: The road to health and well-being: a Buddhist approach.
Place: Center Civic Can Cabanyes – Rambla de San Joan 59 – Badalona
Hours: 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM
Free entry
17 Saturday and 18 Sunday
Teachings: The Medicine Buddha. A Buddhist approach to health.
Place: Municipal Museum of Badalona – Plaça de l’Assemblea de Catalunya 1
Hours: Saturday 11:00 – 14:00 and 17:00 – 20:00 and Sunday 11:00 – 14:00
Contribution: 60 euros (50 euros before October 30)
Contact Badalona: Andrea +34 626 025 571 and Cristina +34 620 770 820
Additional information: www.padmaling.org ; informacion@padmaling.org
About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

The Medicine Buddha : A Buddhist Approach to Health
2018-11-15 18:00 - 20:30 | Centro de Historias, DIRECTIONS Plaza San Agustín, 50002 Zaragoza, Spain
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
November 15, 2018
Public lecture and teachings hosted by Padma Ling Spain in Zaragosa.
Additional Information : www.padmaling.org ; informacion@padmaling.org

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

The Road to Health and Wellbeing: A Buddhist approach
2018-11-14 07:30 - 20:30 | Centro de Historias, DIRECTIONS Plaza San Agustín, 50002 Zaragoza, Spain
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
November 14, 2018
Public lecture and teachings hosted by Padma Ling Spain in Zaragosa.
free entry
Additional information : www.padmaling.org
email : informacion@padmaling.org

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

RAM : Ripa Awareness Meditation
2018-11-09 19:30 - 2018-11-11 17:00 | L’enclos Rey, Paris, France, 57 Rue Violet, 75015 Paris, France
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
November 9 – 11, 2018
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Hosted by Padma Ling Paris. Please visit their website for further information and to register .
The “Ripa Awareness Meditation” method was designed by Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, an authentic master of Tibetan Buddhism of the Ripa lineage, with an international reputation.
It is a simple and effective method that stabilizes the mind by using SHAMATA, a millennial technique that uses breathing to develop “mental calm.” It then introduces aspects of VIPASSANA meditation, or “penetrating vision,” facilitating approaches that liberate the spirit from conceptual fabrication.
Through training, RAM leads to more subtle aspects of the mind, allowing a true exploration of the nature of phenomena and reality.
By welcoming our emotions, our reflections, and the habitual tendencies of our mind as they present themselves, without judgment or rejection, we gain access to a space conducive to a more authentic acceptance of ourselves and others.
Attentive Presence and Mindfulness work together to help us accept life situations as they are, and are the focus of our meditative practice.
For the event, people wishing to eat on site can register for free online pre-bookings to indicate their preferences.
Note that a minimum of 30 people is required to set up a catering service.
If we do not reach this number we will notify you before the event by phone.
Two meals are offered for lunch on November 10 and November 11.
Lunch is 23 euros with drinks and desserts.

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

The Key of Letting Go in this Agitated World
2018-11-07 20:00 | Notre Dame du Chant d’Oiseau, Brussels, Belgium, Avenue des Franciscains 3 a,, 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
November 7, 2018

Public Talk hosted by Padma Ling Belgium. Teachings given in English with French translation. Starts 20:00.
Location of the second public talk : Notre Dame du Chant d’Oiseau, Avenue des Franciscains 3 a, 1150 Bxl, MTB 36 (grand parking).
Cost : € 15 , $ 17 and € 12,$13.86 for students and persons with low income.
For more information, please visit : https://www.padmaling.be/

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

Our Fears : Live with It or How to Release?
2018-11-06 20:00 | Centre Culturel d’Auderghem, Brussels, Boulevard du Souverain 183, 1160 Auderghem, Belgium
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
November 6, 2018
Public Talk hosted by Padma Ling Belgium. Teachings given in English with French translation. Starts 20:00. Cost : € 15 , $ 17 and € 12, $ 13.86 for students and persons of low income.
Location : Centre Culturel d’Auderghem – Bd du Souverain, 183 – 1160 Brussels ; métro “MTB” 8-34-5-42-72-41.
For more information please visit the Belgian website : https://www.padmaling.be/
Flyer : affiche 2 conférences novembre 2018

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

Medicine Buddha : A Buddhist Approach to Health and Well-Being
2018-11-03 08:00 - 2018-11-04 17:00 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
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Illness, which is an integral part of our lives, is caused by an imbalance of our vital energies and the best remedy lies within ourselves: help re-establish harmony within those energies through meditating techniques that evoke our own healing resources.
We connect with nature through the five basic elements present in the universe and in ourselves. As long as balance is maintained within these elements, we remain healthy, while the abusive use of one element destroys the harmony necessary to our physical and mental constitution, which is at the root of the problems that poison our life.
The practice of healing according to the Buddha of Medicine inspires us to work not only on an outer level, but deep within ourselves, thus balancing vital forces to bring inner harmony and outer health.
Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, is a master of Tibetan Buddhism, recognized in both Kagyu and Nyingma schools, he is the spiritual director of the Ripa International Center. He has taught for more than twenty years in Europe in a particularly lively, practical and contemporary way.

Normal Price : $ 226.– / € 195.–
Reduced Price *: $ 186.– / € 160.–
(*students, seniors, unemployed or members of Ripa and Padma Ling)

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

Public Talk in Bern, Switzerland – Life, Death and Rebirth : A Buddhist Perspective Based on the Traditional Tibetan Teachings of the Bardo Thödal
2018-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Die Quelle, 10 Museumstrasse, 3005 Bern, Switzerland
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
November 1, 2018
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Hosted jointly by the Ripa International Center with Die Quelle. Please register here on the Die Quelle site directly.
Cost: $25.00

According to the Buddhist view of impermanence, death is part of the natural process of birth, aging, dying and rebirth. Death is not considered as the end of life, but merely as the passing away of the body that we inhabit. Our mind-stream will remain, and our habitual tendency of yearning and attachment usually leads us to seek a new body, a new life. How this next life will be and what form it will take is determined by the actions of past lives.
Provided that we have become acquainted with the true nature of our mind through meditative practice, the moment of death is a great opportunity to recognize and merge with our inherent clear light – our Buddha nature – and in this time we can become free from the wheel of cyclic existence (birth, aging, dying and rebirth).
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche is a traditional Tibetan Buddhist meditation and philosophy teacher of the Kagyu and Nyngma lineages. Born in India in October 1970, he is the successor to the spiritual lineage of the Ripa family, a lineage of reincarnated lamas since the 17th century from eastern Tibet. He is the leader of the monasteries of the Ripa lineage in India and Nepal. He is also the spiritual leader of a Tibetan community living in exile in Orissa, India.
Since 1996, Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche has been touring Asia, Europe, and the USA on a regular basis. There he lectures and gives seminars for a lay audience on various topics such as “Meditation for the modern world,” “Eastern wisdom in the world today,” “Goodness and creativity,” “Authentic presence for executives,” and so on. Rinpoche is the spiritual teacher of more than 6,000 students around the world and has opened centers in Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Spain, Germany, Russia, Japan, and the USA. He is the spiritual director of the Ripa International Center, the international center of the Ripa Lineage in the West, located in Niederwangen b. Bern. (www.ripa-international.com).
Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche is a socially engaged Buddhist teacher – as he is happy to be known – his immediate understanding of the human mind, his lively and spontaneous style of speaking, his freshness and sense of humor make him a valuable teacher in almost every situation. Especially when it comes to helping lay practitioners in a variety of situations integrate traditional spiritual values into modern life.

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

Public Talk in Basel, Switzerland : What is Reality?
2018-10-31 | Volkshaus, Basel, Rebgasse 12, basel, Switzerland
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
October 31, 2018
Hosted by Padma Ling Schweiz.
What is reality?
Wake up … The Matrix has you … Follow the white rabbit …
Maybe you know the movie “The Matrix”. Neo meets Morpheus and has the choice to see the truth or continue to live in the Matrix. The Matrix is a phantom world that distorts the view of reality that prevents him from seeing the truth. Or in the words of Morpheus, “The Matrix is the world that was drawn over your eyes to blind you to the truth.”
But – what is the truth? Morpheus: “Talking about the truth does not let us see the truth. We have to experience it ourselves. ”
Are we all living in the same reality? Does each of us perceive the same reality? Or does each of us wear our own glasses, distorted with glasses in a variety of colors, which distorts the true color of reality? Where is the difference between a dream and waking state?
Maybe we are constantly numbing ourselves, not just with drugs, painkillers, music, movies, books, conversation, but even with our own thoughts. We are constantly distracted. Most rarely are we authentic, are we truly present. As soon as we are in this moment, comes again the urge to distract one’s self. Perhaps this constant dispersion corresponds to life in the Matrix. Morpheus offers Neo two pills – one red and one blue pill. If Neo chooses the blue pill, he lives on in his usual “reality.” If he takes the red pill, he sees the reality without colored lenses – as it really is.
This evening, Dungsey Gyetul Jigme Rinpoche will take us to the Buddhist perspective of reality.
The question is – which pill do you choose?
For details visit the Padma Ling Schweiz website : https://padma-ling.ch/event ; for questions, please contact : info@padmaling.ch.

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

The Spiritual Warrior
2018-10-26 - 2018-10-28 | Tibet Kailash Haus, Wallstr. 8, Freiburg, 79098, Germany
With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
October 26 – 28, 2018
In Freiburg, hosted by Padma Ling Deutschland.
A spiritual warrior has a soft, compassionate heart and intrepid courage in all challenges thrown his or her way.
October 27th-28th – 10:00 – 12:30 & 15:00 – 17:30 ; costs – Friday – € 15,- (12,-), $17 Sa. & So. – € 100,- (90,-), $115 Fr., Sa., So. combined – € 105,- (95,-), $132

About the Teacher

Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche was born in India in 1970, the tenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Earth Monkey, on the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche’s birth. He is the son and spiritual heir of His … More →

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness with Geneviève Hamelet
2018-10-12 08:00 - 2018-10-14 17:00 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
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These four areas of exploration – on which the development of mindfulness is based consist of a real investigation of the nature of reality, starting from the body and gradually penetrating the nature of phenomena.

These two days will be devoted to study and practice, emphasizing the direct experience of this natural quality of attentive presence or Mindfulness.
Geneviève Hamelet, a meditation practitioner for 25 years, has participated since 2009 in the development of Mindfulness in French-speaking countries, within the ADM (Association pour le développement de la Mindfulness), of which she is a founding member and president.
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Normal Price : $ 185.– / € 160.–
Reduced Price * : $ 162.– / € 140.–
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European Fall Tour 2018
2018-10-10 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche

October 2018
Dear Sangha Friends,
We are happy to announce Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche’s 2018 Fall Tour in Europe. Rinpoche will be in Freiburg, Germany; Basel, Bern, and the Ripa International Center (Niederwangen / Bern), Switzerland; Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; and Zaragosa and Barcelona, Spain. Please visit the Ripa International website program page for details here,(to see all program events).
Warm regards,
Ripa Landrang

BBTR Yoga Fusion – Biodynamic Breathwork and Trauma Release, Infused with Different Yogic Techniques to Prepare the Body for Deep Breathing
2018-09-28 08:00 - 2018-09-30 17:00 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
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Using specific yoga poses from kundalini and Hatha yoga we will prepare the body and use powerful BBTR tools to unlock stored emotions and unresolved traumas.
These practices are used to help assist our human journey and to follow our dreams, to clarify our life’s mission and purpose by clearing inner spaces, and to ultimately find the expression of our voice and potential.
It is said that 90% of our pains, stresses, anxieties are linked to stuck emotions and unresolved trauma from the developmental and embryonic stages, and from the different life experiences from birth to adulthood.
During this retreat you will be able to increase your general awareness of the emotions stored in the body, by allowing the yoga practice and powerful breathing approach to stimulate any stagnant areas in the physical body and subtle spaces and to allow your vital energy to flow.
We will use yoga poses to open the body and target the practice to increase the vibration of the chakras, using a fluid kundalini practice working from the root chakra up to the crown chakra. With specific hatha yoga poses we will ground and find balance and harmonise our mind and body.
BBTR has a potential to release the effects of long unresolved traumas, thus supporting general healing of our physical organism and psyche. Breath work can prevent an onset of debilitating and potentially life-threatening trauma-related diseases. Conscious use of breath by many existing breathwork modalities can help individuals to live with vitality and radiant health.
Breathwork is a general term describing numerous available modalities that use the breath as a main tool for exploring alternate states of consciousness, meditation as well as in therapy.
People around the world, seeing the power of it, have used breath as a healing tool since ancient times. Even Latin words for breath and spirit are the same. Breathwork utilizes conscious manipulation or controlling of breathing patterns to achieve a certain desired results. The amounts of O2 and CO2 we take in, expel or maintain in our blood levels have direct effect of on our physical bodies and well-being. Various breathwork modalities make use of scientific information available to us about effects of levels oxygenation on our organism. These modalities utilize special breathing techniques, which support increasing or decreasing levels of oxygen in our body to achieve a desired result.
A direct connection between our breath and our emotional responses is utilized by many existing Breathwork modalities. Many modern body-oriented psychotherapy modalities, such as Bioenergetic Therapy founded by Alexander Lowen, as well as mainstream therapies rooted in foundation of the work of famous body-oriented psychologist Wilhelm Reich use breath as one of their main tools.
DANIEL ANNER
I discovered Iyengar Yoga in San Francisco in 2002 after my studies in psychology. Since then, I practiced different styles of yoga and trained annually with different world renown teachers in Ashtanga, Iyengar and Kundalini Yoga.
Since 2005, I taught in many different institutions such as the World Economic Forum, the World Trade Organization, the Four Seasons Hotel, the UNHCR, a private clientele, at the Geneva International School. I also teach at festivals in Chamonix, Bali and Barcelona, and am also dedicated to teach people in need as well as parents and children. Since 2007, I have been training in Thai Massage, Osteothai, AcroYoga, Craniosacral and Breathwork. I love to learn about healing, for myself and to help others find their way.
In 2010 I founded the Geneva Yoga Festival and helped launch different festivals in Geneva and Paraty in Brazil.
I am fully dedicated to spreading my passion for holistic health and therapies, and have organized many events for the last 10 years.
I am changing my direction to focus on working deeply with people using yoga, craniosacral therapy and BBTR approach in the form of individual sessions, teaching collective groups and in festivals to follow my journey as a yogic healer, letting go of the organiser hat.
I look forward to share my skills with you during this intensive and transformative weekend.
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Normal price: 301 USD / 260 Euros
Reduced price: 278 USD / 240 Euros

Learn to Meditate – Shamata (Shiné)
2018-09-01 - 2018-10-31 | The Ripa International Center (RIC), Hilfigweg 10, CH – 3172 Niederwangen, Bern, Switzerland
With Amrit Wagner
there is an ongoing practice for students of all levels, newcomers and long time students alike, at the Ripa International Center. The practice is led by Amrit Wagner, an approved meditation instructor under the guidance of Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche. For more information on the weekly Shiné sittings, please contact: info@ripa-international.com

THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDITATION: “The only way to know mind and to attain wisdom is through meditation. In repose, in space, in silent time, answers can come. Wisdom and insight wash away problems. Transformation occurs in stillness. Through the practice of mindfulness, the elementary harmony that creates wind horse – the Tibetan expression for positive energy – is created. Relaxation will then translate into everyday life and bring benefits. Internal change will bring external change. When we are clear and equipped with insight, we are in a place to help others. It is by developing wisdom and compassion that we are able to be of the greatest assistance to others…. compassion heals.” – Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche

About the Teacher

Amrit Wagner
Amrit Wagner is an approved meditation instructor under the guidance of Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche.

Summer retreat 2018: Hayagriva Drupchö (7 days) With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Gyurmey Rinpoche
2018-08-10 16:00 - 2018-08-18 18:00 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
August 10 – 18, 2018
Summer retreat 2018 : 27th July – 18th August
Module 1 : 27th July – 2nd August Life, death and rebirth: a Buddhist perspective
Based on the traditional Tibetan teachings of the Bardo Thödol with Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Module 2 : 4th – 10th August Taksham Yeshe Tsogyal Drupchö (5 days)
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Dungsey Lhuntrul Rinpoche
Module 3 : 10th – 18th August Hayagriva Drupchö (7 days)
Led by Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Rinpoche, in the presence of His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche and Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
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Module 3
10th – 18th August Hayagriva Drupchö (7 days)
Led by Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Rinpoche, in the presence of His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche and Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Hayagriva is the main Yidam of the Ripa lineage. A wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig, it belongs to the Padma family and it is recognized for its powerful magnetizing activity. Participating in a Hayagriva Drupchö helps dispel obstacles and heal Naga-provoked sicknesses, such as skin ailments.
Guru Padmasambava received this teaching from the great Indian Mahasiddha Nagarjuna and transmitted it to the King Trisong Deutsen of Tibet in the 8th century, as well as to his twenty-five disciples. At that time, the teaching was concealed in a rock located in Gawalung, in Pemakö as a Terma teaching. The mind of Arya Tsale, one of Guru Rinpoche’s main disciples, was blessed as the main recipient of this Terma teaching.
Taksham Nüden Dorje, a reincarnation of Arya Tsale, discovered the Terma in 1688, and accomplished its essence through intensive practice. Choje Lingpa and Thutop Lingpa, Tertöns themselves, received the practice from Taksham Nüden Dorje; the practice has been transmitted in an uninterrupted manner until the present day, through His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche.
Arrival of participants on August 10th at 4 pm
Programme ends on Saturday, 18th August at 6 pm
Requirements: be a member of the Ripa Sangha
More info: info@ripa-international.com
Official registrations will open soon. Check out our website regularly for updates.

Summer retreat 2018: Taksham Yeshe Tsogyal Drupchö (5 days) With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Gyurmey Rinpoche
2018-08-04 17:00 - 2018-08-10 17:00
Summer retreat 2018 : 27th July – 18th August
Module 1 : 27th July – 2nd August Life, death and rebirth: a Buddhist perspective
Based on the traditional Tibetan teachings of the Bardo Thödol with Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Module 2 : 4th – 10th August Taksham Yeshe Tsogyal Drupchö (5 days)
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Dungsey Lhuntrul Rinpoche
Module 3 : 10th – 18th August Hayagriva Drupchö (7 days)
Led by Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Rinpoche, in the presence of His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche and Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
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Module 2
4th – 10th August Taksham Yeshe Tsogyal Drupchö (5 days)
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Dungsey Lhuntrul Rinpoche
“Drupchö“ means “Great Accomplishment“ in Tibetan and is one of the most elaborate forms of Vajrayana Buddhist practice. It offers participants the unique opportunity to focus the body, speech and mind on spiritual activity, the source of merit and achievement on the path to enlightenment.
Through the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal Drupchö, practitioners invite the healing energy of the wisdom deity and her Mandala. This ritual allows practitioners to create a space where one can dissolve all mental disturbances in order to reveal their inherent quality of creativity and joy.
Arrival of participants on August 4th August at 5 pm
Programme ends on Friday, 10th August after lunch
Requirements: having taken refuge in the Three Jewels and Yeshe Tsogyal empowerment
More info: info@ripa-international.com
Official registrations will open soon. Check out our website regularly for updates.

Summer Retreat 2018: Life, Death and Rebirth – A Buddhist Perspective With Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
2018-07-27 - 2018-08-04 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
Summer Retreat 2018 : 27th July – 18th August
Module 1 : 27th July – 2nd August Life, death and rebirth: a Buddhist perspective
Based on the traditional Tibetan teachings of the Bardo Thödol with Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
Module 2 : 4th – 10th August Taksham Yeshe Tsogyal Drupchö (5 days)
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Dungsey Lhuntrul Rinpoche
Module 3 : 10th – 18th August Hayagriva Drupchö (7 days)
Led by Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Rinpoche, in the presence of His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche and Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
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Module 1 :
27th July – 2nd August Life, death and rebirth: a Buddhist perspective
Based on the traditional Tibetan teachings of the Bardo Thödol
with Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
During this week of teachings, Rinpoche will describe the process of death and the various stages of the Bardo, and will give practical advice on how to best prepare for our own death as well as how to best accompany the dying.
According to the Buddhist notions of impermanence and change, death is a part of the natural process of birth, old-age, death and rebirth; it is not considered to be the end of life, but merely the demise of the body we inhabit. Our mind stream remains and seeks out – through the craving of attachment – a new body, a new life. What that new life will be is determined by our past actions…
Provided that we have familiarized ourselves with the true nature of our mind through meditative practice, the moment of death is a great opportunity to recognize our inherent clear light and merge with it, hence attaining liberation.
Arrival of participants on Friday, 27th July at 4 pm
3rd August Shitro Puja: 100 peaceful and wrathful deities puja
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Dungsey Lhuntrul Rinpoche
Shitro refers to the 42 peaceful and 58 wrathful deities. From an absolute point of view, these lie within our mind stream. By familiarizing ourselves with them through the practice of the Shitro puja, it becomes easier to recognize them at the moment of death, and to seize this opportunity to merge with our Buddha nature.
4th August Shitro Empowerment
With His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Dungsey Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Dungsey Lhuntrul Rinpoche
Receiving the Shitro empowerment purifies broken Samayas (practice commitments) and helps one go through the Bardo stages without fear and in full trust of recognizing the 100 peaceful and wrathful deities. It is said that even hearing the name of the 100 deities closes the door to rebirth in lower realms.
Tertön Karma Lingpa discovered the Shitro terma which is widely practiced by the Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Lingdro dances, with the Swiss Tibetan Lingdro group
Programme ends on Saturday, 4th August at 6 pm
Programme from 27th July till 4th August open to all
Possibility to attend on Friday, 3rd and Saturday, 4th August (2 days) or to attend on 3 August or 4 August (1 day) separately from the rest of the programme.
More info: info@ripa-international.com
Official registrations will open soon. Check out our website regularly for updates.

Five-week Cultivating Emotional Balance Teacher Training with Alan Wallace and Eve Ekman
2018-06-19 - 2018-07-23 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
This evidence-based training was developed at the request of the Dalai Lama after a Mind and Life Institute meeting on “Destructive Emotions” led by renowned emotion psychologist Paul Ekman and eminent Buddhist scholar, writer, and teacher B. Alan Wallace.
The secular curriculum for this workshop was designed to bring participants a rich and in-depth understanding of their own emotional lives and guide them towards their overarching goals of a meaningful life. It draws from Western and Eastern contemplative-informed skills delivered through lectures, small group workshops, and guided instruction for personal reflection and direct experience.
Alan Wallace, Ph.D in Religious Studies, scientist, Tibetan translator and author of numerous books. He is also a fully trained Buddhist monk, ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Alan is constantly searching for new ways to integrate Buddhist contemplative practices with western scientific methods.
Eve Ekman is a stress, emotion, and empathy postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco’s Osher Center of Integrative Medicine. The daughter of Paul Ekman, a pioneering founder of the field of emotion research, Eve is an internationally sought-after trainer of emotion regulation and mindfulness skills.
More info & applications: http://www.sbinstitute.com/node/2086
Event organized by the Santa Barbara Institute for Conciousness Studies in collaboration with Landguet Ried, home of the Ripa International Center

Sagadawa, Buddha’s Day With Lama Tenzin Phuntsok
2018-05-29
Buddha Day ceremony and celebrations with Lama Tenzin Phuntsok, followed by lunch.

Registration: info@ripa-international.com

Free entry – Lunch prices: www.landguet.ch

Tibetan Fasting Ritual, Nyung Né With Lama Tenzin Phuntsok
2018-05-25 18:00 - 2018-05-28 09:00 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
A traditional spiritual fasting ritual which aims at purifying old behavioural patterns, providing practitioners with the opportunity to release emotional blockages, to replenish psychological resources, and to accelerate spiritual growth.
Lama Tenzin Phuntsok, the resident lama of the Ripa lineage in Europe. He is an accomplished master of initiation rituals of Vajrayana Buddhism, and head of the RIPA translation committee, responsible for translating the Tibetan texts of the Ripa lineage.
Normal price: 180 CHF / 160 CHF
Reduced price: 155 Eur / 140 Eur
Requirements: having taken refuge in the Three Jewels
Co-organized with Padma Ling Switzerland
Programme starts on Friday 25 at 6 pm and ends on Monday 28 at 9 am
Registration: info@ripa-international.com / download regform when ready

Meditation retreat with Patricia and Charles Genoud
2018-05-18 19:00 - 2018-05-21 16:00 | Ripa International Center, Hilfligweg 10 CH-3172, Bern, Switzerland
This residential retreat is dedicated to an intensive practice of meditation and will take place in silence. This means that there is no verbal contact with the other participants and no use of mobile phones.
It is intended for beginners and people who want to deepen their practice.
Sitting periods of meditation will alternate with walking meditation.
Every day there will also be an hour of meditation in action.
Patricia Genoud-Feldman has practiced and studied Buddhist meditation in Asia and the West since 1984. She has been teaching Vipassana practice since 1997 in Europe, Israel and the USA. Patricia was trained at the Insight Meditation Society under the direction of Joseph Goldstein, in Insight Dialogue with Gregory Kramer and in MBSR in Worcester – MA.
Charles Genoud has been studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism since 1970. He studied with the venerable Geshe Rabten for several years, then with Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche. He also attended the School of Dialectics in Dharamsala in 1975. He has also practiced Theravada Buddhism in Burma and the United States. Charles studied Sensory Awareness which greatly influenced his research on meditation in motion. He has developed the approach called “Gesture of Awareness.” He has been teaching Vipassana meditation since 1995.
Both Charles and Patricia are the co-founders of the Vimalakirti Meditation Centre in Geneva, Switzerland
Dana-based programme – fees apply to accommodation and food, check on www.landguet.ch
Programme starts on Friday at 7 pm and ends on Monday at 4 pm
Event organized by Vimalakirti Center in collaboration with Landguet Ried, home of the Ripa International Center
More info & registrations: http://www.vimalakirti.org/stages-residentiels/
