Hello Wangapeka Community, The Trust is also pleased to announce that we have appointed Alicia and Ian Melrose from Wellington to be our new co-managers at the centre. They will be starting in late October and we really look forward to their presence. Alicia and Ian come as experienced retreat centre caretakers. We see the commitment, skills and experience they bring as suited …
Tarchin Hearn gave beautiful teachings on Red Chenrezi and Mahamudra at Orgyen Hermitage recently. Here are some photos from this meditation retreat. If you would like to be kept up to date with Tarchin Hearn’s retreats you can sign up to their mail list on the Green Dharma Treasury website contact page – it is on the right hand side of the …
Work in one of the most beautiful places in the world We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic office caretaker to join the community at the Wangapeka Study and retreat Centre ideally starting September 2016. You must be a NZ resident or have permission to work in NZ and have computer skills and office work experience. We are particulary interested to …
“I just want to say thanks to everyone who offered me support and donations when I lost everything in a house fire last month. It’s been a big and dramatic learning in trust and surrender, and on receiving such unexpected support I find I’m not grieving for anything that I have lost. I aspire to be worthy of the kindness …
A Note from Tarchin Due to ongoing health issues, which are in the process of being looked after, I am not committing to any further public teachings. Instead, Mary and I are enjoying a pause for deepening contemplation and study. In the mean time I continue to work with individuals at here at Orgyen. We now have a self contained retreat cabin available for guests. …
A living month of listening, exploring, communing. Life exploring life in the streaming and folding hills and valleys of the Wangapeka. We (a community of cultures from all over the world) gathered in May to study, taste, embody, amongst other things a text called “Understanding Our Mind” by Thich Nhat Hanh. Page one, day one…“Mind is a field in which …
WANGAPEKA EDUCATIONAL TRUST – LAND CARETAKER POSITION The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre is a small, remote centre located at the beginning of the Wangapeka Track. It is 150 wooded acres on a hillside with lovely views up and down the valley. Some 18 buildings are connected by tracks and trails. A candidate for the Land Caretaker position would be …
By Guy Nicholls Land Caretakers at the Wangapeka Retreat Centre have to be compassionately tough and resilient or else, as many know, the Land will soon enough be taking care of them. Thankfully for me every day in some way feeds into the enlightening process. It’s absolutely nothing like serving out a sentence at a Dharmic penitentiary! In fact physical …
Message from Tarchin Hearn to our worldwide community: Dear Friends Yesterday I received an e-mail requesting help to send immediate, practical aid to Nepal. I have known Anna Crotty in Tasmania for a number of years and am inspired by her extraordinary hard work dedicated to helping people in dire need. Her organisation, “Tents 4 Peace” works on a shoe …
Land Caretakers at the Wangapeka Retreat Centre have to be compassionately tough and resilient or else, as many know, the Land will soon enough be taking care of them. Thankfully for me every day in some way feeds into the enlightening process. It’s absolutely nothing like serving out a sentence at a Dharmic penitentiary! In fact physical labour is the …
