Meditation in Action: Understanding Emotions according to the Five Buddha Families: Weekend retreats in person and online
Drupbön Rachel and Giorgio Savigliano
Module: FL 2 – Mindfulness & Yoga
Credits: 12 CP each Weekend / 60 CP for the whole course
When: Fr. 06. to Sun. 08. March; the other dates are specified below
Where: Milarepa Retreat Center, Schneverdingen & online
Language: English, Translated to German
Fee per weekend: 230,00 € (reduce 196,00 €) + accommodation and meals for in-person attendance at the MRC
Registration until: 28.02.26
Drupon Rachel and Giorgio Savigliano will teach about the Five Buddha Families over Five Weekends.
The Five Buddha Family Philosophy is the basic principle for understanding karmic and wisdom energies in the Vajrayana. The core view it is that every emotions is a distortion of pure wisdom mind and through understanding our egoic patterns we have a doorway into recognizing that mind. Each Buddha family has qualities and aspects that we can recognize in our own mind and personalities. We tend to fall into one or two main families. In the course we will discover each of the five families and the five elements related to them through body, prana and meditation exercises. It is very fascinating and liberating to learn about our connection to these Buddha families and begin to use this knowledge to transform our own emotions into wisdom energies.
PROGRAM:
Friday
Arrival until 17:00
18:00 Dinner
19:30-21:00 Introduction
Saturday
7:00-8:15 Yoga of the Subtle Body
8:30 Breakfast
10:00–12:30 Teachings and Practice
12:30 Lunch
15:30–18:30 Teachings and Practice
18:30 Dinner
20:00-21:00 Evening meditation
Sunday
7:00–8:30 Yoga of the Subtle Body
8:30 Breakfast
10:00–12:30 Teachings and Practice
12:30 Lunch
DATES 2026:
February 13-15,26
Understanding Emotions according to the Five Buddha Families: Buddha
March 06-08,26
Understanding Emotions according to the Five Buddha Families: Vajra
April 03-05,26 (Easter)
Understanding Emotions according to the Five Buddha Families: Ratna
Registration until 24.03.26
May 08-10,26
Understanding Emotions according to the Five Buddha Families: Padma
Registration until 24.04.26
June 05-07,26
Understanding Emotions according to the Five Buddha Families: Karma
Registration until 27.05.26
Important note for all participants of the Dharmadhara Study and Practice Program:
To receive credits for the course, please have the certificate of participation signed by the instructor.
