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✨ 7-Day Silent Retreat & Ripa Awareness Meditation (RAM)with His Eminence Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Geneviève Hamelet
📅 October 10–17, 2026
📍 Latvia
🌿 7 days of silence, meditation, awareness & inner transformation
“Happiness is already within us. It is our true nature. Only by reconnecting with ourselves can we truly experience it.”
— His Eminence Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
We warmly invite you to join a unique 7-day silent retreat dedicated to meditation, awareness, and inner transformation under the guidance of His Eminence Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Geneviève Hamelet.
This retreat offers a rare opportunity to step away from the speed and demands of everyday life and enter a space of silence, presence, and deep practice.
Surrounded by nature and supported by authentic teachings, participants will explore the nature of mind and awareness through the practices of Shamatha and Vipassana.
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🌿 Why Join?
This retreat is an invitation to pause.
To step out of constant activity and reconnect with yourself.
To cultivate clarity in the midst of uncertainty.
To learn practical tools for working with the mind and emotions.
To experience the transformative power of silence, awareness, and authentic guidance.
Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, this retreat offers a rare opportunity for deep practice and meaningful inner development.
More info and registration
https://rammeditation.com
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🙏 About His Eminence Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
His Eminence Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche is the spiritual head of the Ripa lineage, heir to an ancient lineage of Tibetan Buddhist masters, and an internationally respected meditation teacher.
Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche:
✨ Oversees temples and retreat centers in Europe and Asia, as well as monasteries in India and Nepal
✨ Guides a Buddhist community and inspires practitioners around the world
✨ Is renowned for presenting profound Buddhist teachings in a practical, accessible, and contemporary way
✨ Has been developing Buddhist centers in Switzerland, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and Japan since 1996
✨ Created Ripa Awareness Meditation (RAM) — a unique meditation system that combines the essence of Shamatha and Vipassana
His vision is to make meditation accessible to people of all backgrounds and to help integrate awareness into everyday life.
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🌸 About Geneviève Hamelet
Geneviève Hamelet is a senior RAM instructor and long-time student of Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche.
She has dedicated many years to studying, practicing, and transmitting the RAM approach, and has guided numerous practitioners through retreats and training programs internationally.
Together with Rinpoche, she will support participants throughout the retreat, offering guidance, instructions, and practical support for deepening the meditation experience.
Geneviève Hamelet is also:
✨ An MBSR instructor and trainer certified by UMass Medical School and Brown University
✨ A member of the Global Mindfulness Collaborative (GMC), an international network of MBSR trainers
✨ Co-founder of ADM in France — Association for the Development of Mindfulness — where she trains MBSR instructors
✨ Co-founder of Initiative Mindfulness France (IMF), through which she has led MBSR programs with members of the French National Assembly
✨ Part of the team of Mind & Life Europe
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🧘 What is Ripa Awareness Meditation — RAM?
Ripa Awareness Meditation (RAM) is a contemporary meditation method rooted in the authentic wisdom traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
RAM integrates:
🕊 Shamatha — developing stability, calmness, and clarity of mind
🌿 Vipassana — cultivating insight and direct awareness of our inner experience
The practice is designed to be accessible and practical for modern life while preserving the depth and transformative potential of traditional meditation.
RAM helps practitioners:
✨ Develop emotional balance and resilience
✨ Cultivate awareness and presence
✨ Work skillfully with thoughts and emotions
✨ Discover greater inner freedom and well-being
✨ Bring meditation into everyday life
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✨ Retreat Highlights
🌿 Daily guided RAM meditation sessions
🙏 Teachings from His Eminence Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche
🌸 Guidance and support from Geneviève Hamelet
🤫 Silent practice environment
🧘 Deep exploration of awareness, mind, and emotions
🕯 Time for reflection, integration, and inner stillness
🌊 Beautiful natural surroundings by a lakeside retreat venue
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🌟 A Unique Opportunity
For participants interested in continuing their journey, this retreat is recognized as a prerequisite for the Certified RAM Teacher Training Path.
More information about the training path:
https://rammeditation.com/#training
The retreat is open to everyone, regardless of previous meditation experience.
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📌 Practical Information
📅 Dates: October 10–17, 2026
📍 Location: Latvia
🌐 Language: English
Translation into other languages may be available depending on participants’ needs.
Please make sure to mention your preferred language during registration.
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✨ You are warmly invited to enter a space of silence, awareness, and deep inner practice.
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