Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre

About

The beautiful and peaceful Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre, located in the foothills of the Southern Alps, runs retreats and events all year. Come visit

Story

The Wangapeka is a purpose built retreat centre in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Near Nelson, it has fresh clean air and beautiful vistas. It is very quiet and ideal for respite, stress relief and deep meditation. We have a meditation hall, solo retreat huts, a main hall for dining and community workshops, a fully catered kitchen with an organic vegetable garden. Many people visit from all over the world to meditate and enjoy the beauty of the centre.

The Wangapeka Study and Meditation Retreat Centre, holds Mindfulness of Breathing retreats, Vipassana Insight retreats, Shamatha calm-abiding, loving-kindness retreats, and Mahayana and Vajrayana retreats with Empowerments and Sadhana Practice. Retreats on Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Yoga and Western Mysticism are also held.

Mission

The Wangapeka Educational Trust is dedicated to:
Supporting all beings in awakening to Wisdom and Compassion through the cultivation of Non-clinging awareness.

Fostering open-hearted inquiry into the profound interconnectedness of all manifestations of life; Encouraging healing of body, energy and mind both for individuals and for the community at large.

With roots in the great traditions of Dharma (the teachings of awakening), the Trust aspires to:

Be free from any sectarianism, and;

Encourage the development of many appropriate expressions of these teachings of healing and awakening, in ways that are meaningful to beings from all walks and persuasions of life.

Ethics:

During your stay at the Centre you are invited to abide by five precepts of skilful living:

1. To refrain from harming others,
2. to refrain from stealing,
3. to refrain from sensual misconduct,
4. to refrain from unskilful speech,
5. to refrain from taking substances that cloud the mind
and hide the openness of the heart