Chandrakirti Meditation Centre

Finding Inner Calm: A Shamatha Meditation Retreat
2026-04-03 09:30 - 2026-04-06 12:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Chandrakirti Meditation Centre, 289 Sunrise Valley Road, Upper Moutere, 7173, New Zealand
Easter Retreat
4 days
Friday 3rd – Monday 6th April 2026
Join us for a nourishing 4-day Calm Abiding Shamatha Retreat, designed to help settle the mind, develop inner stability, and deepen your meditation practice. Through guided sessions, quiet reflection, and supportive teachings, you’ll learn practical methods for working with distraction, restlessness, and dullness, and discover how calm abiding becomes the foundation for clarity, insight, and a more peaceful daily life. This retreat offers a gentle, structured environment for both beginners and experienced meditators to reconnect with stillness, presence, and the natural ease of the mind.
Investment $80 per day includes delicious lunch and refreshments x 4 = $320 for full retreat
Accommodation available for extra cost.
No experienced necessary – everyone warmly welcome to join this profound meditation retreat.

For registration, please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Chittamani Tara Retreat 2026
2026-11-24 10:00 - 2026-12-14 16:00
Chandrakirti Meditation Centre is delighted to host the first three week Chittamani Tara Retreat. This is in response to H.E Jhado Rinpoche so kindly offering us the full Chittamani Tara empowerment and extended commentary in October 2025.

📅 Dates: Tuesday 24th November – Monday 14th December 2026
🧘‍♂️ Teaching & Explanation: Geshe Jampa Tharchin will offer 2 days of guidance on the Chittamani Tara practice before the retreat begins.
🔥 Conclusion: The retreat will conclude with the Fire Puja, followed by the Self Initiation.
This retreat will now be held every year at the same time for the next 10 years, enabling each participant to individually accumulate one million mantras.
We have limited accommodation on site, please be prompt with your registration
📧 To register please fill in this Form
or email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz for more information
