Annual Rigpa Sangha Gathering
Live on Zoom from 25-29 August 2025.
It’s a retreat for everyone—in-person and online!
Open to all Rigpa students and members of all sanghas.
The event is presented in English with live translation into French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Please keep checking the daily schedule via the orange button below as the programme may change.
This 6th annual all-mandala retreat brings together the whole sangha in a festive atmosphere to practise, celebrate, share stories, receive teachings, and simply for us to be together as a sangha.
In 2023 and 2024, during this Parinirvana Anniversary retreat we celebrated the completion and consecrations of Sogyal Rinpoche’s inner stupa, and the Great Enlightenment Stupa. This year’s focus will be on celebrating our teachers and practice holders who are central to continuing Sogyal Rinpoche’s legacy.
Many people have shared that this retreat has produced some of the most inspiring and magical moments for them in recent years in Lerab Ling. We hope this experience will continue in 2025.
Programme
So that you can join as much as you can, here are some more details about this year’s programme:
Together we will accumulate the most powerful Vajra Guru Mantra (many hundreds of thousands of times over the five days!) and practise Tendrel Nyesel daily. This mantra is one of the main practice focuses for the Rigpa sangha this year and we will dedicate our practice to world peace—something so deeply needed at this time.
We will also celebrate our teachers and practice holders and their worldwide activities—now three years after they were entrusted by our Spiritual Advisers.
On 28th August, the actual anniversary of Rinpoche’s Parinirvana, we will practice the sadhana of Rigdzin Düpa, (one of Rinpoche’s favourite practices), Rigpa’s teachers and practice holders will lead us in an offering ceremony and practices around the Great Enlightenment stupa, and we will hear from our Spiritual Advisers.
The concluding day of this retreat is not to be missed as this will be the time that the Vision Board shares their latest news for the global sangha followed by a concluding tsok.
You can choose your contribution freely
The following suggested contributions are based on a participation in the entire event.
Please feel free to adapt your contribution according to your financial situation and to the number of days you intend to participate.
- Suggested contribution: €180 for the full 5-day programme*, or €45 per day
- If you want to give more: €280 for the full 5-day programme*, or €70 per day
- If you have less means: €108 for the full 5-day programme*, or €27 per day
*The programme of Sogyal Rinpoche's anniversary on the 28th of August is free.