Nyung Nä 6-Day Purification Retreat
2026-05-24 18:00 - 2026-05-30 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Chandrakirti Meditation Centre, 289 Sunrise Valley Road, Upper Moutere, 7173, New Zealand
Nyung Nä is a Buddhist purification practice centered on compassion, combining vows, prostrations, mantra recitation, and periods of silence.
It is commonly undertaken to purify negative karma and cultivate the compassionate mind associated with Avalokiteshvara.
📍Chandrakirti Meditation Centre
24th – 30th May
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The first session of this retreat begins at 6pm on Sunday the 24th.
Please arrive earlier in the day in preparation.
This retreat will be taught by resident monk and teacher Geshe Jampa Tharchin who holds the highest Lharampa Geshe degree from decades of study in Sera Je Monastery in India.
Geshe-la teaches in English and Tibetan with interpretation support from resident interpreter Jelena Kirsch.
Investment: $60 per day – all meals included
($360 to attend entire retreat)
Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz to enquire or register

Sunday Meditation Class
2026-05-31 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-06-07 10:00 - 11:30
Sunday Meditation Class
In the Nalanda Hall, 10.00-11.30am

With great kindness Geshe Jampa Tharchin will give a commentary on the text Seven Point Mind Training by the famous Kadampa scholar, Geshe Chekawa. These Sunday classes will show us how to live a happy and successful life.
If our mind is pure and peaceful we will be happy, regardless of our external conditions. When it is unsettled, we will never find happiness, no matter how much we try to change our external conditions.
The method to make our mind pure and peaceful is to train in meditation. The Sunday meditation class covers methods to achieve this.
Geshela emphasizes the Five Powers to be cultivated

The Power of Intention
The Power of the White Seed
The Power of Familiarity
The Power of Repudiation
The Power of Prayer/Dedication

Family friendly. Followed by a vegetarian lunch!
Everyone warmly welcome. Just drop in!
By donation.
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Tuesday Study Class
2026-06-02 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-06-09 18:00 - 19:30
Tuesday Study Class with Geshe Jampa Tharchin
Tuesday evenings from 6.00-7.30pm
Topic: Tantric Grounds and Paths

Grounds and Paths of Secret Mantra offers a concise overview of the structure of the tantric path, widely acclaimed in Tibet as the swiftest and most sublime means to realize Buddhahood. Presenting the paths of all four classes of tantra, while not being a guide to highest yoga tantra practice itself, this subject provides a clear overview of its complex path structure.
Course fee is $225 for 15 weeks.
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
To register please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Wednesday Study Class
2026-06-03 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-06-10 18:00 - 19:30
Wednesday Study Class
In the Nalanda Hall, 6.00-7.30pm
Topic: Lama Tsongkhapa’s famous text Middle Length Lam Rim

Cost for the course is $225 for the 15 weeks. Cost of the hardcopy textbook is $100.
We will study The Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Je Tsongkhapa, translated by Philip Quarcoo, 2021 edition.
As a foundation and context for practice, this subject is a key element of the FPMT Basic Program. The aim of this FPMT Basic Program course is for students to acquire a thorough understanding and structured overview of Lama Tsongkhapa’s presentation, and to develop experience of applying these teachings in daily practice, meditation and retreat. Upon completion, students should be able to conduct their own lamrim retreats and to use the lamrim as a basis and context for their meditation, further study, and daily life experience.
Geshela will focus on the topic of karma

Class offered in person and online via Zoom.

For direct credit, please email us for bank info.
Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz if you have further questions and registration.
