Working Bee: 6pm Friday 23rd October to Sunday 25th October

Nau mai, haere mai, welcome to our 2020 Labour weekend working bee! Spring is upon us, the garden is bursting into a new cycle of life, and the beautiful Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre needs a loving spring-clean. This is a chance for our community to come together and offer dana to our Centre. Everyone is welcome! Enormous generosity from countless beings has enabled the creation and maintenance of this precious Centre, and so it continues with the help of many hands.

Times

Working Bee: Friday 23 6:00 pm and Saturday 24 9:00 am and/or Sunday 25 9:00 am

Costs

All fees for accommodation and food have been waived for this long weekend. There will be a dana bowl for the Centre.

For the working bee please bring your working clothes, sun hat, raincoat and sturdy shoes for getting stuck into the mahi. Arrive in time for the morning briefings with Patrick at 9:15 am.

We look forward to seeing you for all or some of the weekend. Thank you in advance for the dedication and wholesome intention to continue breathing fresh life into this place which holds such potency for awakening. Sarva mangalam.

Information

For more information about the working bee contact Elli Yates, elliyates@gmail.com

How to register for the working bee

Please email the Centre on wangapekacentre@gmail.com before Monday 19th October, specifying the times you will be at the Centre. Wholesome gluten free (GF) and dairy free (DF) food will be available.

Remembering Namgyal Rinpoche:  10am Monday 26 October

Two of our Elders, Keith Rowan and Bonni Ross, will korero/converse together freely. Everyone welcome.

Labour Day Monday 26th October 10:00 am

Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche taught and empowered many of the Wangapeka Teachers and Community. He inspired into existence the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre. On October 22 2003 in a cottage on the shore of the Bodensee in Switzerland the great teacher we knew as Namgyal Rinpoché died at the age of 72.

To mark this occasion we have invited two Wangapeka Elders who were deeply influenced by Namgyal Rinpoche, Keith Rowan and Bonni Ross, to have a conversation together. Korero will be free flowing between Bonni and Keith and will touch on themes relevant to us all as we try to live well in these uncertain times.

Time

10:00 am in the main hall.

The conversation will be followed by a lunch together. Gluten free (GF) and dairy free (DF) food will be available. There will be a dana bowl.

How to register for the korero

Please contact the Centre on wangapekacentre@gmail.com before Monday 19th October, saying that you will be there (for catering purposes).