Chandrakirti Meditation Centre

Weekend Teaching - Four Close Placements of Mindfulness
2026-05-09 09:30 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Chandrakirti Meditation Centre, 289 Sunrise Valley Road, Upper Moutere, 7173, New Zealand
A day teaching on the on the Four Close Placements of Mindfulness, a central practice taught by the Buddha and praised as the direct path to awakening.
📍Saturday 9th of May
9.30am – 5pm each day
Nalanda Hall, Chandrakirti Centre or via Zoom

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Exploring mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and phenomena, this teaching offers a rare opportunity to engage deeply with mindfulness in a contemplative setting.
Through guided meditation, teachings, and reflection, participants will learn to cultivate clear awareness, insight, and inner stability, bringing the wisdom of the Dharma directly into your daily life.
The Four Close Placements of Mindfulness offer a practical path to deep awareness, clarity, and inner transformation. This timeless framework invites us to observe our experience with wisdom and compassion:
Mindfulness of the Body – grounding attention in the physical body, breath, and sensations to cultivate presence and stability.
Mindfulness of Feelings – recognising the immediate feeling-tone (pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral) of every experience without grasping or aversion
Mindfulness of the Mind – becoming aware of the overall state of the mind (such as focused, scattered, or reactive), seeing its changing and insubstantial nature
Mindfulness of Phenomena – exploring the patterns and principles of how experiences arise and pass away, deepening insight into the nature of reality

Investment:
Members: Free
Zoom: $40
In-person: $80 and includes resources, delicious lunch and refreshments.

Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz for enquiries and to register

Sunday Meditation Class
2026-05-10 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-17 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-24 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-31 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
2026-05-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-05-19 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-05-26 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-06-02 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
2026-05-13 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-05-20 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-05-27 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.

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

Science Meets Reincarnation
2026-05-15 18:00 - 21:00
Join us in Nalanda Hall for a fascinating evening discussion with Dr. Greg O’Grady and Geshe Jampa Tharchin about science and reincarnation!
📅Friday, May 15th, 6pm – evening
📍Nalanda Hall, Chandrakirti Meditation Centre, 289 Sunrise Valley Rd, Upper Moutere Nelson
💛Koha/donation entry
Why do young children have these strange memories- Do our actions have long term consequences – Why do we feel strong affinities to certain things?
Dr Greg O’Grady is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Auckland, where he has published over 300 scientific articles in the field of human physiology and medical technologies.
Greg investigates the nature of human consciousness, with an interest in out of the ordinary experiences. His has recently evaluated the statistical patterns among 350 testimonials from children reporting memories of previous lives, as well as analysing hundreds of near-death experiences.
Geshe Jampa Tharchin PhD, is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and scholar. Growing up in Tibet he experienced reincarnation as a normal pattern in life, where past and future lives were a widely accepted phenomena. Reincarnation is a foundational understanding in Buddhist Psychology and can explain many of the fascinating mental phenomena we experience.
All are welcome!
Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz or call 035432021 for enquiries
To join this class via Zoom please make a donation here
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Nyung Nä 6-Day Fasting & Purification Retreat
2026-05-24 18:00 - 2026-05-30 20:30
Nyung Nä is a two day Tibetan Buddhist fasting and purification practice centered on compassion, combining vows, prostrations, mantra recitation, and periods of silence.
It is a very powerful practice to purify negatives karma and cultivate the compassionate mind of Chenrezig.
We are performing 3 sets of Nyung Nä, finishing on Saturday 30th, leading up to the Holy Day on Sunday May 31st Lord Buddhas Enlightenment.
Investment:
$60 per day includes all meals, retreat material and offerings.
Full retreat cost is $420 excluding accommodation costs.
Onsite accommodation is available.
3 lunches will be provided in between fasting during the duration of this retreat.
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➡️Read about Nyung Na from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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.
♦️Register here:
Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz to enquire

Saka Dawa — Celebrating Lord Buddha’s birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana
2026-05-31 18:00 - 19:30
Saka Dawa is the most important Tibetan Buddhist festival day, celebrating Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment andparinirvana. Buddhists around the world engage in many auspicious and merit-making activities such as sponsoring or engaging in beneficial pujas, practices, and prayers; and making extensive offerings to teachers, holy objects, and auspicious charitable activities.
We will celebrate Saka Dawa at Chandrakirti with Guru Puja Tsog and prayers
Nalanda Hall, Chandrakirti Meditation Centre
31/05
6pm

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.
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
Donations are welcome,
Sponsorship for this puja is most welcome – see here.
Contact meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz with any questions

Final Wednesday Study Class
2026-06-03 18:00 - 19:30
Final Wednesday Study Class for the Term
Presentations will take place on this evening.
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.

Final Sunday Meditation Class
2026-06-07 10:00 - 11:30
Final Sunday Meditation Class for the Term
Join us for the final public Sunday meditation class for this term in the Nalanda Hall, 10.00-11.30am
Next term begins on the 16th of August.
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

Wishfulfilling Land Prayers
2026-06-09 10:00 - 12:00
Thursday June 9th 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

Final Tuesday Study Class
2026-06-09 18:00 - 19:30
Final Tuesday Study Class for the Term
Presentations will take place this evening.
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

Guru Puja Tsog
2026-06-10 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-08-22 18:00 - 20:00
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.

Sunday Meditation Class
2026-08-16 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-08-23 10:00 - 11:30
Join us at Chandrakirti this term for Sunday Meditation Classes with Monk Geshe Tharchin!

Every Sunday (August 16th – November 22nd) 10am – 11.30am, followed by a free community lunch Nalanda Hall (Gompa) at Chandrakirti Centre Dana/Koha welcome
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Sunday classes are open to all, no prior experience with Buddhism required!
Children aged 6 and over are welcome to attend class or supervised childcare is available at the Main House while parents are in class. Children can be dropped off there, where a member of the Chandrakirti community will be present to care for them.
⋆ You don’t need to bring anything with you, although you’re welcome to bring a pen and notebook if you’d like to take notes.
⋆ We recommend arriving 10 minutes early to settle in before the class begins.
⋆ If you’re unable to attend in person, Sunday classes are also livestreamed on YouTube, so you can join from home
If you would like to make a donation to support this class, you are welcome to contribute to the donation box in the Gompa or make a donation through our Givealittlepage
With great kindness Geshe Jampa Tharchin will teach on the Eight Verses of Mind Training during Sunday Meditation classes.
Eight Verses of Mind Training
By Geshe Langri Tangpa

Determined to obtain the greatest possible benefit
From all sentient beings,
Who are more precious than a wish-fulfilling jewel,
I hold them most dear at all times.
2. Wherever I am and whoever I am with,
I always consider myself the lowest of all
And from the depths of my heart
Hold others dear and supreme.
3. In all actions, I examine my mental continuum
And the minute a delusion arises,
Since it endangers myself and others,
I forcefully confront and avert it.
4. Whenever I see sentient beings who are wicked in nature
And overwhelmed by negative actions and heavy suffering,
I hold such rare ones dear,
As if I had found a precious treasure.
5. When, out of envy, others mistreat me
With abuse, insults, or the like,
I accept defeat
And offer the victory to them.
6. When someone whom I have benefited
And in whom I have great hopes
Gives me terrible harm,
I regard them as my virtuous friend.
7. In short, both directly and indirectly,
I offer every happiness and benefit to all my mothers.
I secretly take upon myself
All their harms and sufferings.
8. Also, I do not defile all these practices
With the stains of the superstitions of the eight worldly concerns
And by knowing all phenomena to be illusory,
Without trusting in them, I am freed from bondage.

This rendition of Kadampa Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Thought Transformation was translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Everflowing Nectar of Bodhicitta, Portland: FPMT Inc.,
Email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz with any queries

Tuesday Study Class
2026-08-18 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-08-25 18:00 - 19:30
Tuesday Study Class with Geshe Jampa Tharchin
Tuesday evenings from 6 – 7.30pm
Topic: Tantric Grounds and Paths

We are continuing our study of Tantric Grounds and Paths following the text “Principles of Buddhist Tantra” by Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche.
This is a class for the more experienced student with a background in Buddhist study and practise.
This study class 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.
Interpreted via zoom by Mr Losang Dawa
➡️Investment $15 per class or $225 for the full term for 15 weeks.
➡️Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
➡️To register for this class please sign up using this form
or email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz
Please make payment to;
Chandrakirti Centre
03-0751-0098678-00
Particulars: Name
Reference: Tuesday Class
All inquires to meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz or call 03 543 2021

Wednesday Study Class
2026-08-19 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-08-26 18:00 - 19:30
Wednesday Study Class with Geshe Jampa Tharchin
Wednesday evenings from 6 – 7.30pm
Topic: Middle Scope

Studying the Middle Scope Lam Rim explains the nature of suffering in cyclic existence, the 12 links and the path to liberation through ethical discipline, concentration, and wisdom. Its benefits include strengthening renunciation, reducing attachment and harmful habits, and building a clear foundation for lasting inner peace and spiritual progress.
We are studying Lama Tsong Khapas famous Middle Length Lam Rim Treatise, with explanation and clarification from Geshe Tharchins experience.
This textbook can be purchased from Chandrakirti Centre for $80. Please email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz to purchase.
Everyone welcome! A great class for all to join.
Interpreted by Jelena Kirsch
Investment $15 per class or $225 for the full term for 15 weeks.
Class offered in person and online via Zoom.
To register for this class please sign up using this form
or email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz
Please make payment to;
Chandrakirti Centre
03-0751-0098678-00
Particulars: Name
Reference: Wednesday Class
All inquires to meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz or call 03 543 2021

Tara Puja
2026-08-20 10:00 - 12:00
Welcome to all levels of experience,
Nalanda Hall with our teacher, Geshe Jampa Tharchin and wider community.
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.
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.

One Day Teaching - Mindfulness of the Four Noble Truths
2026-08-29 09:30 - 17:00
Join us for this one day teaching with Geshe Jampa Tharchin on Mindfulness of the Four Noble Truths!
📅 Saturday August 29th 9.30 am to 5 pm
📍Chandrakirti Meditation Centre
💛 $80 in-person (lunch included) or $50 via Zoom
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➡️Sign up for this teaching through this form
or email meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz

The Four Close Placements of Mindfulness reveal the truth of suffering by directly observing the body, feelings, mind, and phenomena as they really are. Through this insight, we uncover the causes of suffering, realize its cessation, and cultivate the path to lasting inner peace and freedom.
This class will be taught by Geshe Jampa Tharchin, resident teacher and monk at Chandrakirti Meditation Centre.
To learn more about Geshe-la, visit our website here
Join us for a day of exploration into the core of Buddhas teachings.
Everyone welcome!
Schedule
Session 1: 9.30 am to 10.30
Tea break
Session 2: 11 to 12 noon
Lunch
Session 3: 2.30 pm to 3.30
Tea break
Session 4: 4 pm to 5 pm
Please make payment to;
Chandrakirti Centre
03-0751-0098678-00
Particulars: Name
Reference: 4 Noble T
All inquires to meditate@chandrakirti.co.nz or call 03 543 2021
