Announcement: Chimé Shore at Wangapeka Easter 2026

Date

01 - 10 Apr 2026

Time

5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Chimé Shore at Wangapeka Easter 2026

April 1-10, 2026

 

Chimé Shore will be leading a retreat at Wangapeka next year!

The retreat dates include the long Easter weekend of 2026.

Note the dates of 1 – 10 April for your diary.

Programme

Lama Chimé will be teaching on the “Meaning of Mindfulness “. With sits, talks and discussions. Within this view, the foundations of mindfulness might be thought of as mental health and cultivating meaningful peace.

As well as participants attending the retreat, Chimé has indicated that others are welcome to come to Wangapeka on Easter Saturday and Sunday (4th & 5th April). Saturday 4th will be a teaching on the Namgyal Sadhana, and Sunday 5th will be the wongkur.

Please Read this if you are considering attending

At this stage it is unknown whether accommodation can be offered to the weekend visitors, who may need to drive up each day if they wish to attend both days.

To this end, it would be extremely helpful in planning Chimé’s visit, to know how many people would like to attend the whole retreat (1-10 April), and how many would like to attend one or both days of the weekend (4-5 April).

Please email the Course Manager Graham Price graham.price@wangapeka.org with an indication of your intentions for attending the retreat and/or the weekend.

Chimé Shore

Lama Karma Chimé Shore was a founding teacher of the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre (1974),  and of the Origins Centre (1983) in Western Australia. He has studied and taught for over 40 years and received ordination in the Theravada and Vajrayana traditions of Buddhism. Chimé has studied with many eminent teachers such as HH 16th Karmapa, Ven. Kalu Rinpoche and Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta. His central teacher was Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche, a very early western rinpoche and a thera (elder).

Chimé has a wealth of experience in working with a wide variety of people. He combines both the spiritual and the worldly. Chimé has been involved in community based projects in New Zealand, Australia and other countries, and has worked in the mental health system. He is also involved in expression and interpretation of sacred tradition in the teaching. He has an extended family life and dear family and friends. Originally from Canada, Chimé now resides and works mostly in Western Australia with some tours abroad.

Welcome to the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre. People visit from all over the world to meditate and enjoy the peace of this remarkable destination. The Wangapeka is a purpose built retreat centre, with fresh, clean air and beautiful vistas. It is very quiet and ideal for respite, stress relief and deep meditation. Delightfully rustic, we have a meditation hall, solo retreat huts, a main hall for dining and community, and a fully catered kitchen and an onsite vegetable garden.

The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Meditation Centre is a Universalist centre home to a wide range of teachings, paths, and studies. Retreats are held on Mindfulness, Vipassana, Insight, Buddhism, Heart-based practices, Loving Kindness, Calm-abiding, Metta, Compassion, Conscious Movement, Nature, Forest Walks, Yoga, Dance, Feldenkrais, Wellness, Wellbeing, Archetypal Integration, Western Mysticism, Non-Duality, Zen, Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings with Empowerments and Sadhana Practice.

The Wangapeka Centre is located in the foothills of the Southern Alps overlooking the Wangapeka River, about an hour and a half drive SW of Nelson, in the South Island of New Zealand.

We have meditation retreats throughout the year, have huts available for solo retreats, and welcome bookings from external groups. There are also opportunities available to work on our land. Come and enjoy this uniquely vibrant and peaceful centre.

355 Wangapeka River Rd
R.D.2. Wakefield 7096
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 522 4221
info@wangapeka.org


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