Do you like the idea of living at the beautiful and peaceful Wangapeka – serving retreats and caring for the land; sharing in the Dharma and comradery; having access to retreat teachings and being part of a broad caring community? Do you like solving practical problems? Do you have excellent communication skills, and love working with others as well as …
Kumanu July 2024
Kumanu is about sharing the process of the Board of Trustees, and getting feedback from the community on topical issues. As most of you will know, a new Board of Trustees was elected at last weekend’s AGM. Your new Board consists of : Co-Ordinator – Louise Petzold Secretary – Graham Price Treasurer – Maree Murray Assistant Co-ordinator – Chani Grieve …
Space Retreat Reflection by Luinda Bleackley
Retreat in a Nutshell “What is your hearts deepest desire?” is the question posed early in retreat. Later becomes “How do I live?” Be good. Be kind. Be patient. With myself and others. All others. I becomes we.
Exploring Tiwaiwaka and the whenua o Wangapeka by Karen Harley
a reflection I think most people who come to the Wangapeka experience the wholesomeness of this land and all the practice that has taken place over all the years. Even if you can’t say exactly what it is, there is a feeling! This weekend gave us an opportunity to explore that more as a group and individually. Personally, I found …
In That Moment by Sol Arrowfield
A reflection on Service as the Path The nostalgia flashes, the electricity in the brain finds its way to that old pathway of joy. The smell of soil fills my lungs, and the deep hole begins to vibrate. The spade goes in, crunch. The focus remains on the heaped soil as it moves through space and the background blurs like …
A few words from the Caretaker by Tracy Abbot
Here it is winter – and somewhat rainy – this is great. The rhododendrons and mahoe suffered badly during the drought. We watered the Rhodos several times from January to June – responding to their drooping leaves – so the first rains were a great relief. Over the last year or two several pig families have taken advantage of the …
Sometimes the Path by Rita McInnes
‘Oh, if only it were possible to find understanding,’ Joseph exclaimed. ‘If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is contradictory, everything tangential; there are no certainties anywhere. Everything can be interpreted in the opposite sense…. Isn’t there any truth? Is there no real and valid doctrine?’ The Master said …. ‘There is truth… But the doctrine you …
Kumanu June 2024
Kumanu is about getting feedback from the community on topical issues. The traditional Saturday hui on our AGM weekend will be a kind of spoken Kumanu. Here is a taster of the issues where we really would like your input. SAP Service as the Path is half way through and ends in October. How will the second half be compared …
The Path of Victory eBook Launch
We’re letting you know about the launch of The Path of Victory by Namgyal Rinpoche in eBook form. It’s now available for pre-order on Kindle. Kindle (USA) Kindle (Canada) Kindle (Australia) To celebrate the launch we are sharing with you an interview with Sonam Senge, providing the text of the Acknowledgements section to bring attention to the volunteers, and a …
Kumanu March 2024
Trustees Dan Burgess-Milne of Christchurch has stepped down from the Board of Trustees. During his time on the board Dan was renowned for putting Dharma first and foremost when considering issues and applied skilful reasoning and perspective which helped us with many governance issues. Dan spent quite some time working on the build-up and preparation for Service as the Path, …