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SUMMARY:The Guru Principle with Bonni Ross and  Brandon Schwinn
DESCRIPTION:The Guru Principle with Bonni Ross and  Brandon Schwinn\nBreaking News. We are pleased to announce that Brandon Schwinn will be visiting from Canada and will be teaching with Bonni.\nThursday 8th – Tuesday 27th January 2026\nINTRODUCTION \nA message from Bonni:\n“In over fifty years committed engagement with Buddhadharma, my teachers have met my longing for liberation by lavishly sharing lineage, systems, methods, concepts and opportunities to study and practice. Paradoxically, the potency of that blessing grows stronger as the body wanes in capacity. In whatever time remains, I welcome sincere practitioners, of any age and stage, to request work they need to enhance the requirements of the Path. This year’s program, in two parts, arose from conversations with sincere students. “The student creates the teacher.” May all beings increase in curiosity and question and find their way to living, breathing humans who embody the Teaching. If you rely on an AI Avatar to feed your conceptual mind with Dharma babble, please think twice about registering for these explorations. “\nThe Guru Principle\nThis retreat will begin with exploration of the Seven Line Prayer of Guru Rinpoche. Each line of this extraordinary evocation of embodied, enlightened consciousness has potential to unveil mysteries that leave the conceptual mind (with its conditioned beliefs and opinions arising from states of hatred, desire and ignorance) behind.\nOur final period of practice will engage with the Namgyal Sadhana in Three Cantos, revealed by Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche, whose teachings have inspired and sustained Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre for over 50 years.\nThis retreat will be predominantly silent. In addition to meditation instruction, opportunities to ask questions and individual and group practice, there will be time to immerse ourselves in the supportive natural environment of the Centre.\nThe terrain is quite rugged and participants should be in reasonably good physical and mental health to enjoy the challenges, inner and outer, of retreat life at the Wangapeka.\nPriority will be given to those who can attend the whole retreat but if space allows it may be possible to attend for a shorter period, so long as you start at the beginning. Please contact the course manager who will register your interest, and let you know if there is space at least one month before the retreat starts.\nBonni Ross\nBonni Ross has taught at the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre for 30 years and is a deeply respected Centre Elder. The Dharma teachings she shares, both in the community and through leading meditation retreats, stem from decades of meditation experience and intensive study with her main teacher Namgyal Rinpoche. Encouragement from His Holiness the 16th Karmapa, teachings from many great Buddhist masters, as well as innovative artists, scientists, philosophers and mystery writers have fuelled the quest. With her partner, Matthew Eades, she founded the Sunshine Coast Retreat Centre in 2002 before moving to Nelson in 2017 where she has initiated, guided and supported a wide range of innovative ways to share teachings of liberation. Bonni is a mother and grandmother with a deeply practical, integrated presentation of ancient wisdom.\nCosts\nCosts include accommodation, food, cooks fee and a resource fee. It does not include dana to the teacher.\nRooms and Huts\nMembers               $ 1808\nNon members       $ 1998\nCamping\nMembers               $1409\nNon members        $1466\nDana\nThese priceless teachings can’t be quantified in monetary terms. Liberation teachings have always been given freely by Bonni.\nAn offering can be made to the teacher, traditionally at the beginning of the retreat, and is a profound practice in itself. Giving can help us open; and through an open-hearted state of receptivity, we can find ourselves more able to receive.\nGiving as generously as you can enables Bonni to continue sharing the precious Buddhadharma for the benefit of all.\nFinancial Support\nWe are keen that this retreat be open to those who have a strong aspiration to do this work. If you are someone who would sincerely like to attend, but face barriers in terms of finance or family responsibilities, please contact the course manager to discuss:\nJane Hobday: jane.hobday17@gmail.com\nIt would be helpful if you could state why you would like to attend this retreat and what might help you to do so.\nInformation and Registration\nFor more information please contact the Course Manager Jane Hobday: jane.hobday17@gmail.com\nTo register please fill out our online registration form\nRegister now\nPayment\nPayment details are included on the Registration Form. Thank you.\nIf using Paypal please add 5% of the total cost and include with your payment to cover Paypal’s fees.\nPlease consider becoming a Wangapeka member – click here for details.\nImage Credit: www.84000.co\n
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