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RIC Opening Update

The Ripa Council, together with the Ripa International Center, are very pleased to announce the opening ceremony of the Ripa International Center, scheduled for July 22nd, 2012 and on the following day, July 23rd, the Buddhist consecration ceremony. The opening will be followed by the Ripa International Summer Retreat 2012. The complete dates are therefore: July 22nd through August 17th, 2012. The retreat program includes: a one week Yeshe Tsogyal Drupchö, an introductory seminar on Buddhism, a Gesar Enrichment Practice, Nyung Ne and Tsa Lung. Following the retreat there will be a Medicine Buddha weekend seminar on August 18^th-19^th.

Please join us for this historic event!

For further details please see: http://www.ripa-international.com/en/program/summer-retreat.

European Spring Tour

Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche is on a teaching tour in Europe from April 4^th – May 28^th with the Padma Ling (and also Shambhala) organizations of: Switzerland (Fribourg, Bern, RIC), Germany (Freibourg, Karlsruhe), Belgium (Brussels), France (Paris, Marseille), Spain (San Sebastian, Barcelona), Austria (Vienna), United Kingdom (London), Russia (Moscow), and Ukraine (Kiev).

For further details, please see either: http://www.ripa-international.com/en/program.