Activities 2025/2026
Calendar
20. September 2025
Happiness day at the Glück-Hof, Baldegg, Baden (AG)
Programme
14.30-15.30 Arrival at the Glück-Hof, meditation led by Lama Irene.
15.30-20.00 Apéro, followed by a farm presentation and permaculture tour, Plant-based dinner together.
Organization: in cooperation with DHAGPO SWITZERLAND and Transition Town Bülach
Site: Glück-Hof Baldegg, Baldegg 5, 5400 Baden
Cost: CHF 30 per person plus donation
Language: German
Registration: by 8.9.25 at the latest with Ariella Schärer: ariella.schaerer@dhagpo-switzerland.ch
05. October 2025
10.00-16.00 (Arrival from 09.30)
Dharma Day: Lodjong – Tonglen
with Lama Irene.
Dharma practice day with Lodjong and Tonglen meditation, explanations and dialogue.
11. and 12. October 2025
Arrival from 09.30
Information about Lama Trinlé
Who is Lama Trinlé Dordjé (Carlo Pani)?
Before devoting himself fully to the spiritual path and ordaining, Lama Trinlé Dorje worked for twenty years in the fields of sports and corporate coaching (including for the Olympic Committee), as well as with various human resources, relaxation and counselling techniques for people at the end of life or with an illness.
After practising Zen meditation for six years, he met Kalu Rinpoche and Lama Gendun Rinpoche. He completed four traditional three-year retreats at the Kundreul Ling Retreat Centre (Le Bost), where he currently lives. He teaches the Dharma internationally in French and English.
Lama Trinlé Dordjé teaches Shine/Lhaktong (Samatha/Vipassana) meditation
Shine / Lhaktong are taught in the style of the Karma Kagyu Mahamudra tradition.
Hours:
10.00-12.30 Teachings / Practice
14.00 -16.30 Teachings / Practice
Organisation: Dhagpo Bern
Site: Meditationsraum Lichtbrücke, Blumenweg 12, 3084 Wabern/Bern
Fees: Organisation fee CHF 25.00 (CHF 20.00 for DS members) per day. Dana (voluntary donation for Lama Trinlé Dordjé and translation). Please pay in cash or with Twint on site.
Language: English with simultaneous translation into German (in the room via Zoom channel, please bring your own mobile phone and headphones).
Lunch: Contribution for the lunch buffet or picnic.
Registration: Please until 8. October to: info@dhagpo-switzerland.ch
01. November 2025
10.00-15.30 (Arrival from 09.30)
Chenrezig Practice Day
10.00 – 11.30 Short introduction, Shine Practice and Opening of the Chenrezig Sadhana
12.00 – 13.45 Vegetarian gluten-free lunch, coffee and cake
14.00 – 15.30 Vajrasattva and Chenrezig
Organisation: Dhagpo Appenzell
Site: Fahrenschwendi 145, 9044 Wald/AR
Fees: CHF 20.00
Registration at sim1@gmx.ch
23. November 2025
10.00-16.30 (Arrival from 09.30)
Green Tara: Practice, Input and Exchange
with Fabienne Berlinger and Sven Wikgolm
Organisation: Dhagpo Bern
Site: Meditationsraum Lichtbrücke, Blumenweg 12, 3084 Wabern/Bern
Fees: Organisation fee CHF 25.00 (CHF 20.00 for DS members) per day. Dana (voluntary donation). Please pay in cash or with Twint on site.
Lunch: Contribution for the lunch buffet or picnic.
Bring along: If available Green Tara sadhana (we have some available to borrow)
Registration: Please until 19. November to: info@dhagpo-switzerland.ch
29. November 2025
10.00-16.00 (Arrival from 09.30)
Dharma Day: Manjushri (Bodhisattva of Wisdom and Learning)
with Lama Irene
Dharma practice day with the practice of Manjushri and the associated mantra, explanations and dialogue.
30. November 2025
10.00-16.00 (Arrival from 09.30)
Dharma Day: Amitabha-Buddha (Infinite Light)
with Lama Irene
Dharma practice day with the short Amitabha practice (Buddha of Infinite Light) explanations and dialogue.
13. December 2025
10.00-15.30 (Arrival from 09.30)
Chenrezig Practice Day
10.00 – 11.30 Short introduction, Shine Practice and Opening of the Chenrezig Sadhana
12.00 – 13.45 Vegetarian gluten-free lunch, coffee and cake
14.00 – 15.30 Vajrasattva and Chenrezig
Organisation: Dhagpo Appenzell
Site: Fahrenschwendi 145, 9044 Wald/AR
Fees: CHF 20.00
Registration at sim1@gmx.ch
14. December 2025
10.00-16.00 (Arrival from 09.30)
Dharma Day: 15. Karmapa Khayab Dorje Guru Yoga
with Lama Irene
Dharma practice day on the 15th Karmapa Khakyab Dorje, explanations and dialogue.
20. December 2025
15.00 – 17.00 (Arrival from 14.30)
Dharma Day: Chenrezig at the end of the year and Tibetan dinner
with Lama Irene
Dharma practice day with Chenrezig at the end of the year and Tibetan dinner; meditation, mantra chanting and dialogue.
18. January 2026
10.00-15.30 (Arrival from 09.30)
Chenrezig Practice Day
10.00 – 11.30 Short introduction, Shine Practice and Opening of the Chenrezig Sadhana
12.00 – 13.45 Vegetarian gluten-free lunch, coffee and cake
14.00 – 15.30 Vajrasattva and Chenrezig
Organisation: Dhagpo Appenzell
Site: Fahrenschwendi 145, 9044 Wald/AR
Fees: CHF 20.00
Registration at sim1@gmx.ch
07. February 2026
10.00 – 16.00 (Arrival from 09.30)
Dharma Day: Medicine Buddha (healing and protection)
with Lama Irene
Dharma practice day on the Medicine Buddha, meditation, mantra and contemplation of selected Mahamudra quotations.
21. February 2026
General meeting of the Dhagpo Switzerland Association
Site and time will be announced later..
Regular activities
Bi-weekly on tuesdays | 19.00-20.30
Dharma and meditation evening (Wabern/Bern)
Dhagpo Bern, Fabienne Berlinger, Andrea & Robert Bürki Urban
Info & registration: fabienne.berlinger@dhagpo-switzerland.ch
Generally every 1st Tuesday of the month | 19.30-21.00
Shared practice and study of Lama Jigme Rinpoch’s “Handbook of Ordinary Heroes” (Bülach)
Meditatin Group Bülach, Ruth Hebeisen and Barbara Gugerli
Information and registration: ruth.hebeisen@bluewin.ch
Dates for the second half of 2025 | 19.30-21.00
10 September/ 29 October/ 26 November / 10 December
Zoom – Wednesday evening White Tara practice
Fabienne Berlinger leads the main White Tara practice, after which there will be an opportunity to ask questions about your own White Tara practice if you wish. No registration is required.
Sadhana (practice text): The Practice of White Tara (available from Norbu Publishing)
Zoom access of Fabienne Berlinger
Zoom room opens at 7:20 p.m.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9491031166
Meeting ID: 949 103 1166
Contact/questions to: fabienne.berlinger@dhagpo-switzerland.ch
Autumn/Winter 2025 dates | 19.00 – 20.30
17.09. / 8.10. / 19.11. / 10.12
Zoom Evening – Dharmagroupe-Gampopa
Everyone is welcome – including newcomers
Topic: The Jewel Ornament of Liberation Gampopa (1079 – 1153)
Kapitel 9, Bringing forth the mind of awakening
Fees: Donation (Dana) here
Registration: maennedorf@dhagpo-switzerland.ch
Zoom access to Lama Irene
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9817120901?pwd=OUN6emZTazlaZ1lLNS9oV3NIQzNCQT09
Meeting ID: 981 712 0901
Passwort: 385908
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Here you can listen to recordings of our annual major events in Männedorf and teachings by Lama Irene on “Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation”.
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