Wednesday Class
2025-09-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Chandrakirti Meditation Centre, 289 Sunrise Valley Road, Upper Moutere, 7173, New Zealand
Wednesday evenings 6:00-7:30 pm (will change to 7.00-8.30pm when daylight savings rolls over on 1 October)
Topic: Lama Tsong Khapa’s famous “Middle Length Lam Rim”
Cost for the course is $210 for the 14 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
For registered students, the e-book is available for US$9.95 from Wisdom Publications, discount code fpmt995
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
For direct credit, please email us for bank info.
Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz to ask anything and register.

Sunday Meditation Class
2025-09-28 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-19 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-26 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-02 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-09 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-16 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-23 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-30 10:00 - 11:30 and 2 more dates
Focusing on Seven point mind training Geshela teaching us how to live a happy 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.
Family friendly. Followed by a vegetarian lunch!
Everyone warmly welcome. Just drop in!
By donation.
We are on Youtube Live
Donate online via givealittle

Monday Study Class
2025-10-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-10 19:00 - 20:30
Monday study class with Geshe Tharchin
Monday evenings from 6:00-7:30pm (will change to 7.00-8.30pm when daylight savings starts on 29 September)
Topic: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Introduction to Tantra
The text required for Monday’s Study Class – Opening the Eye of New Awareness (HHDL), translated and introduced by Donald S Lopez Jr.
Course fee is $225 for 15 weeks.
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
To register please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Monday Study Class
2025-11-03 19:00 - 20:30
Monday study class with Geshe Tharchin
Monday evenings from 7:00-8:30pm
Topic: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Introduction to Tantra
The text required for Monday’s Study Class – Opening the Eye of New Awareness (HHDL), translated and introduced by Donald S Lopez Jr.
Course fee is $225 for 15 weeks.
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
To register please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Wednesday Class
2025-11-05 19:00 - 20:30
Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:30 pm
Topic: Lama Tsong Khapa’s famous “Middle Length Lam Rim”
Cost for the course is $210 for the 14 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
For registered students, the e-book is available for US$9.95 from Wisdom Publications, discount code fpmt995
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
For direct credit, please email us for bank info.
Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz to ask anything and register.

Wednesday Class
2025-11-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-19 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-10 19:00 - 20:30
Wednesday evenings 7.00-8.30pm
Topic: Lama Tsong Khapa’s famous “Middle Length Lam Rim”
Cost for the course is $210 for the 14 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
For registered students, the e-book is available for US$9.95 from Wisdom Publications, discount code fpmt995
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
For direct credit, please email us for bank info.
Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz to ask anything and register.

Monday Study Class
2025-11-17 19:00 - 20:30
Monday study class with Geshe Tharchin from 7.00-8.30pm
Topic: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Introduction to Tantra
The text required for Monday’s Study Class – Opening the Eye of New Awareness (HHDL), translated and introduced by Donald S Lopez Jr.
Course fee is $225 for 15 weeks.
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
To register please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Monday Study Class
2025-11-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-01 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-08 19:00 - 20:30
Monday study class with Geshe Tharchin
Monday evenings from 7.00-8.30pm
Topic: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Introduction to Tantra
The text required for Monday’s Study Class – Opening the Eye of New Awareness (HHDL), translated and introduced by Donald S Lopez Jr.
Course fee is $225 for 15 weeks.
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
To register please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Summer Retreat - Nagarjuna's Precious Garland
2026-01-09 09:30 - 2026-01-19 12:00
Summer Retreat – Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland
10 Day Retreat: January 9th – 19th, 2026
Geshe Tharchin will teach on Nagajunas famous text Precious Garland
A timeless guide to living with wisdom, compassion and clarity
This classic text offers practical advice for a meaningful life, covering ethics, mindfulness, relationships, and the path to genuine inner peace.
This teaching will illuminate Nagarjunas profound insights in a way that speaks directly to daily life.

This retreat begins with a Guru Puja Tsog at 6:00pm on Friday 9 January and concludes Monday 19 January at 12 noon. Over ten days, Geshe-la will guide us through Nagarjuna’s timeless text, Precious Garland, offering practical insights on ethics, mindfulness, relationships, and cultivating genuine inner peace.
We are very pleased to welcome Mr Losang Dawa as guest interpreter for this special retreat.
Cost: $800 for the full retreat, including delicious vegetarian lunches, refreshments, and all retreat materials. Accommodation available for an additional cost.
Registration for online participation via zoom available.
All are warmly welcome — no previous experience needed.

Any questions, please email – meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Steps to an Awakened Mind : A 7 - Day Lam Rim Journey
2026-01-30 18:30 - 2026-02-06 12:00
Lam Rim Retreat
7-Day Retreat: Jan 30th – Feb 6th at Chandrakirti Meditation Centre.
Steps to an awakened mind : A 7- Day Lam Rim journey
With Geshe Jampa Tharchin

This teaching takes big Buddhist ideas and presents them in a clear structured way that anyone can follow, no background needed.
Join Geshe Jampa Tharchin for a week-long Lam Rim retreat, exploring the graduated stages of the path in a clear, practical, and inspiring way. Learn how to understand yourself and others more deeply, nurture compassion, and build inner strength and resilience.
Cost: $80 per day or $560 for the full retreat including delicious vegetarian lunches, refreshments, and all retreat materials.
Accommodation, meals and retreat price is available at $115/day
Please do not let finances get in the way of you receiving these teachings – all welcome at attend
Any enquiries or to register please email us – meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

Sunday Meditation Class
2026-02-15 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-02-22 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.
We are on Youtube Live
Donate online via givealittle

Tuesday Study Class
2026-02-23 19:00 - 20:30
Tuesday Study Class with Geshe Jampa Tharchin
Tuesday evenings from 7.00-8.30pm
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
