Chandrakirti Meditation Centre

Yamantaka Self Initiation Tsog
2025-11-14 08:00 - 11:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Chandrakirti Meditation Centre, 289 Sunrise Valley Road, Upper Moutere, 7173, New Zealand
8am Start
Registration essential – please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz for more information

Tara Puja
2025-11-28 10:00 - 11:30
Female manifestation of Buddha’s Omniscient mind, Tara. During a Tara Puja we recite 21 Tara’s prayer.
The actions of all the buddhas have manifested in the aspect of Tara, to grant the wishes of us beings. Hence it is very important for us to pray to her. Because of her great compassion and love for all sentient beings, if we pray to her with great sincerity and faith, taking refuge in and relying on her completely, she can definitely help eliminate hindrances and bring success in spreading the pure teachings of the Buddha.
Join us if you are a practitioner or not. All welcome!
10am at the Gompa with our teacher Geshe-la.

Guru Puja with Tsog
2025-11-30 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-14 18:30 - 20:30
Guru puja (Lama Chöpa) is a practice of making offerings and requests to all the Buddhas and holy beings, but especially the root guru, who, according to the teachings, is the root of the path to liberation. Traditionally we do offerings to the Sangha. If you wish to dedicate the puja to the spiritual teachers or loved ones in need of support and prayers, please do let us know. We practice Guru Puja every month and is open to public.
Please bring a food offering – preferably something baked / fruit / something avoiding plastic. Thank you!

Medicine Buddha Puja
2025-12-04 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-01-22 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-03-05 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-04-01 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-01 10:00 - 11:30
Medicine Buddha Puja

Every Month – 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Dedicated to healing and removing obstacles – for yourself and others.

Everyone is welcome!

Most commonly this puja is performed to assist in the recovery of illness, or an operation. It is also done to achieve higher rebirth for the deceased.
The Medicine Buddha Puja can be performed extensively, with the requests to Medicine Buddhas done seven times to each of the Buddhas.
Additional prayers are said for the dedication of the merit.
By creating extensive merit through the performance of the puja, Medicine Buddha puja is also very helpful to bring success in all activities, for example work related.

If you have any questions about this puja or would like to dedicate this puja to a person in need, please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Sponsorship for this puja is most welcome – see here.

Guru Puja Tsog
2026-01-09 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-30 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-18 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-02-26 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-03-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-04-12 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-04-26 18:30 - 19:30
Containing the whole path to enlightenment, this Guru Puja Tsog is the foundation of all spiritual progress, and is a profound and joyous event! Nurture the powerful potential for spiritual growth with a ceremony rich in symbolism. Reliance on our spiritual teacher is the foundation of all spiritual progress, and this ceremony helps us create mountains of merit and purify broken samaya.
Tsok is more than just its literal meaning of “gathering.” It’s a sacred space created in the mind where practitioners unite with profound spiritual energies, inviting the dakas and dakinis. When we create this special space through offerings and coming together—whether physically or virtually—it opens the door for spiritual insights to naturally arise.
The physical offerings we make are symbols that guide our minds toward deeper, internal offerings. In Vajrayana Buddhism, tsok is a specific feast offering practice done on the 10th (day of the herukas) and 25th (day of the dakinis) of each lunar month. Practitioners perform these offerings in connection with their personal sadhana.
To complete the path to enlightenment we need to maintain a strong and pure relationship with the guru. We do this by relating to the different aspects of the guru, and to ultimately bring forth the inner guru, the purity of our own mind.
Please bring a food offering – preferably something baked / fruit / something avoiding plastic. Thank you!

All welcome to join us

If you have any questions about this puja or would like to dedicate this puja to a person in need, please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Sponsorship for this puja is most welcome – see here.

Tara Puja
2026-01-26 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-02-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-03-26 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-04-24 10:00 - 11:30
Also called Four mandala Offering To Cittamani Tara, this puja is requesting Mother Tara to protect us from all negativities, bring success, especially for family, relationship, success of business, Career, health and protect from all kinds of fears.
Tara’s name means “star” or “she who ferries across,” and she appears in female form as a bodhisattva of compassion. Green Tara, in particular, represents compassion in action — always ready to step down from her lotus throne to help sentient beings.
Tara is swift to respond to prayers. Her practice brings immense merit, protects against suffering in future lives, and supports the path to enlightenment. Lama Zopa Rinpoche shares that many people experience tangible benefits from Tara practice — from healing illness and avoiding untimely death, to finding jobs, improving relationships, and even conceiving children.

Welcome to all levels of experience,
10:00am at the Nalanda Hall with our teacher, Geshe Jampa Tharchin and wider community.

If you have any questions about this puja or would like to dedicate this puja to a person in need, please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Sponsorship for this puja is most welcome – see here.

Losar the Tibetan New Year
2026-02-18 10:00 - 14:00
10am Guru Puja Tsog
12pm: Community Lunch

We will celebrate with Guru Puja Tsog at 10am in the Nalanda Hall, followed by community lunch at 12pm
It is also the first day of the auspicious period of 15 Days of Miracles, which culminates on the full moon day of Chötrul Düchen, on March 3, 2026.
On Losar we also honor the anniversary of our FPMT founder Lama Yeshe’s passing away in 1984. Zopa Rinpoche requested all FPMT centers to offer an extensive Lama Chöpa with Tsog.
The Losar 15 days of miracles is a period where the results of all our actions are multiplied many times, so we can purify enormous amounts of karma by doing virtuous and compassionate actions.
Circumambulate the stupa, turn the prayer wheel, do something kind each day and make aspirational prayers for the welfare of all.

Any questions or to register please email – meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

The Day of Miraculous Manifestations - Chotrul Duchen
2026-03-03 10:30 - 15:00
The Day of Miraculous Manifestations – Chotrul Duchen
Tuesday 3rd March 10.30am
It commemorates the period when Gautama Buddha performed miracles to inspire faith and subdue wrong views.
Chotrul Duchen falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month on the full moon.
It is considered a merit multiplying day, when karmic results of actions are greatly increased.
Geshe Tharchin will give the background stories of Buddhas life and the special significance of this day.
Followed by Sutra reading and lunch.
Join us to make the most of this very meritorious day.
All welcome – free lunch!

By Donation
No registration required
Please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz if you have any questions or if you would like to sponsor this Holy Day

Wishfulfilling Land Prayers
2026-03-12 10:00 - 12:00
Thursday March 12th at 10am
We meet at WishFulfilling Land at 262 Central Rd South to read sutras from the Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.

Followed by a picnic lunch on the land. All most welcome to join this fun event.

Give us a call on 02 5432021 or meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Wishfulfilling Land Prayers
2026-04-16 10:00 - 12:00
Thursday April 16th at 10am

We meet at WishFulfilling Land at 262 Central Rd South to read sutras from the Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.

Followed by a picnic lunch on the land. All most welcome to join this fun event.

Give us a call on 02 5432021 or meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Wishfulfilling Land Prayers
2026-05-14 10:00 - 12:00
Thursday May 14th at 10am

We meet at WishFulfilling Land at 262 Central Rd South to read sutras from the Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.

Followed by a picnic lunch on the land. All most welcome to join this fun event.

Give us a call on 02 5432021 or meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Wishfulfilling Land Prayers
2026-06-18 10:00 - 12:00
Thursday June 18th at 10am

We meet at WishFulfilling Land at 262 Central Rd South to read sutras from the Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.

Followed by a picnic lunch on the land. All most welcome to join this fun event.

Give us a call on 02 5432021 or meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz
