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Grand Opening Ripa International Center – HIGHLIGHT
from the Ripa Council The Ripa Ladrang, The Ripa International Center and the Padma Lings of Europe are pleased to announce the opening of the first Ripa center in the West, located just outside of Bern, Switzerland. All Shambhalians are warmly invited to join the festivities. The ... continuePosted May 26, 2012 by
Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010
The Ripa Council, Padma Ling Germany and Ripa Ladrang Foundation are pleased to announce the Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010 in Germany. The Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010 will mark the celebration of the first decade of the Ripa Sangha together with the three Ripa Masters. ... continuePosted May 7, 2010 by
Details and Travel Dates for Ripa Monastery Opening with Dalai Lama and Namkha Drime
Main Temple at Padmasambhava Vihar, formerly Rigon Thupten Mindrolling The Shambhala community is warmly invited to attend the official opening of the Ripa monastery in Orissa with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche and Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche. Ripa Ladrang recommends attendees review the information ... continuePosted August 21, 2009 by
Invitation to India – HIGHLIGHT
The Shambhala community has been warmly invited by Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and the Ripa Ladrang to attend the inauguration of Rigon Thupten Mindrolling Monastery Inauguration in Orissa, India this January. Planning is already underway, and registration will open in September. The inauguration is scheduled for January ... continuePosted August 6, 2009 by
Healing in the Space Between Languages and Sanghas – HIGHLIGHT
By Timothy Walker A personal account of Jigme Rinpoche’s Medicine Buddha Retreat at Dechen Choling Some time in the middle of our Haligonian Winter, I received an email sent to all international desung reporting that Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche – our Sakyong Wangmo’s brother — would be teaching ... continuePosted July 21, 2009 by
Part 2: Healing in the Space Between Languages and Sanghas
[caption id=”attachment_10679″ align=”alignright” width=”225″ >continued from Part 1 by Timothy Walker. Then there is the wonderfully quirky way that Tibetans pronounce what we think we know as Sanskrit. The most famous of these quirky pronunciations is of course Benza for what we know as Vajra. There are ... continuePosted July 21, 2009 by
Summer’s Full Moon Song – HIGHLIGHT
A mahamudra song by T.W., a Ripa Ladrang sangha member Oh, oh, oh the moon cried So full and heavy she hung low In the late August night sky So bright from crying for her beloved She painted the black night blue And made the crickets sing to a full heaven A song ... continuePosted July 20, 2009 by
Authentically His Eminence – HIGHLIGHT
The Shambhala Times interviewed photographer Scott Belding, who took portraits of His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche for the Rinpoche Photo Project , which is raising money to support construction of the Rigon Tashi Choeling Monastery in Pharping, Nepal. Scott’s experience encountering Rinpoche for the first ... continuePosted July 19, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Announcing H.E. Namkha Drimed Rinpoche’s 2009 Tour – HIGHLIGHT
After a successful completion of the Rinchen Terdzo in Orissa, India, at the beginning of March, His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche is now back in Nepal. The teachings were accomplished after a little more than three months of almost daily practice, during which His Eminence gave ... continuePosted April 23, 2009 by