Touch and Feeling During this Pilgrimage I have noticed an opening of touch and feeling. A sense of love, a deep desire to know and feel into a deeper sense of connectedness with all of life. The feeling of the Buddha’s presence, was visceral. The Buddha’s living presence being experienced as very much alive and dynamic, rather than a historical …
We continue to be supported by your generosity, thank you. The Wangapeka is a registered charitable trust and an approved donee organisation. The IRD will give you a tax rebate on your donations to us. Here’s how it works… Individuals If you are a New Zealander and you have a taxable income, you can claim back 33.33% of any donation …
The Centre is humming. Wangapeka continues to offer a wide range of courses and retreats giving people different access points to the dharma (e.g. the short and often topical weekend workshops through to the month-long meditation retreats). All sorts of people continue to find their way here whether through word of mouth, looking at our excellent website or by some …
Eight buddhing seeds begin. For some introducing, other reacquainting in ever fresh ways each other to pujas, cycles of samatha, anapanasati, moving bodies to dancing stuck places, all in the warm embrace of smiling and breathing. Matching skills and passions we are working with Guy and Faith to clear land, opening space down by the river, shifting wood, helping around new …
It begins on Friday afternoon at the airport, meeting long-time member David Pooch from Auckland. He is an interesting companion for the drive and one of our valued Board members who demonstrates that distance is no deterrent to fully participating in regular meetings through clever technology. We enjoy the hourʼs drive of winding roads, hillsides glowing in late afternoon sun, the increasing hectares of …
Physical labour along with improvisation and simplicity is an essential ingredient in the making of Wangapeka Retreat Centre. To save the driveway from catastrophic wash-away, stone culverts were once upon a time installed to channel water underneath. Each underground culvert was a compilation of “letter D” shaped sections of concrete and reinforced steel. They are extremely heavy subterranean tools of …
Making a bequest in your will is a beautiful way to support the Trust and the Wangapeka Centre into the future. By doing this you are giving valuable and appreciated support for everything Wangapeka stands for. Thank you for considering this. If you decide to leave a gift to Wangapeka your legal advisor will need: Our official name: The Wangapeka …
WE PRESENT THE DOORWAY TO THESE TEACHINGS Nelson Classes: August 7, 14, 21 & 28 @ 7:15pm-9pm Exploring the history of western esoteric spiritual work Nelson Workshop: August 18 Experiencing meditation and creative forms First class $20 Remaining classes plus workshop $195 WHO WILL KNOCK? For further information and registration please contact Jane Hobday jane.hobday17@gmail.com
bodhicitta/bodhisattva Samantabhadra, Natural Awakening, and Contemplative Science when: beginning the morning of July 26 – ending the morning of August 4, 2018 where: Orgyen Hermitage, Katikati During this retreat will we will contemplate the Seven Trainings of Samantabhadra as a way of glimpsing the heart/core vision of radical inclusivity found throughout the Avatamsaka Sutra. Participants will need to arrange their own accommodation and …
As you may know, requests to run courses and retreats at the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre have been steadily increasing over the last five years. At the 2016 annual general meeting the Wangapeka Programmes Committee (Mark Schrader and Jane Hobday), with endorsement from the Wangapeka Board, presented an outline for an annual programme at the Centre. This took into …
