Dear friends
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to come along and participate and share in our very special celebrations at Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling on the weekend of the 4th to the 6th October.
HONOURING OUR PRECIOUS SANGHA
We are celebrating and honouring the wonderful 20 years that our resident Spiritual Teacher Ven. Geshe Sangey Thinley ~(((Geshe-la)))~ has dedicated to us all during his time in New Zealand and everything that this encompasses.
We are also celebrating and honouring all of our root teachers including the late Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, the late Thupten Rinpoche and Lhagon Rinpoche, YOU and all of our friends and precious dharma community at large.
YOUR PERSONAL HEARTFELT INVITATION
We have invited and will be hosting many of our very special and close Sangha friends from across New Zealand for this event, and warmly invite and welcome every single person that has been a part of this journey – WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU – please join us to join us for this most auspicious occasion.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday 4th – 6pm shared WELCOME dinner at the Centre
Saturday 5th
7:30am to 8:30am – Meditation at the Stupa
9:30am to 12:30pm – Long Life Ceremony
12:30pm – Shared Lunch at the Retreat House (bring a vegetarian dish to share)
3pm to 4pm – Chenrezig Ceremony for Compassion
6pm – Buffet Dinner & speeches at local restaurant $55 a head (email dharmanewzealand@gmail.com to book your seat)
Sunday 6th
7:30am to 8:30am – Meditation at the Stupa
10am to 11:30am – Tara Ceremony
12pm – Shared Lunch at the Retreat House (bring a vegetarian dish to share)
Afternoon outing depending on weather
6pm – Dinner at the local Indian $25 per head
BILLETS
We are also asking that our local community extend a hand and offer accommodation to our visiting friends if you are able – and if you are visiting and need to be billeted – please let us know so that we can connect everyone up.
ACCOMMODATION
We will be booking several members of the Sangha at the Discovery Settlers hotel in town, and they have reasonable prices if you would like to stay there too:
$99 for a single and two tiers for twin: $119 or $129
Contact them directly to book:
http://www.discoverysettlers.co.nz/
COSTS
All of the events at the Buddhist Centre for the weekend are being offered free of any charge. There is a charge for the dinners and for the commemoration booklet which all need to be booked and paid for in advance.
DINNERS
We need firm bookings from you if you are planning to join for either or both the dinners – as we need to book and pay for these ahead of time.
Saturday 5th @ 6pm at Discovery Settlers in Hatea Drive at $55 per person.
Sunday 6th @ Kamo Shiraz at $25 per person.
Please make a payment to our account for this, and place the words ‘banquet’ and how many people you are booking for. If you would like to sponsor a sangha meal, or a portion of a sangha meal – add this to the amount let us know by email.
COMMEMORATION PRAYER BOOKLET
A book containing all the prayers needed for the weekend and some photos and stories is being collated and is estimated to cost $20 each. Any surplus funds generated from these will be donated to the Sangha.
OFFERINGS
We will be making extensive offerings to the Sangha during the weekend – both in the form of accommodation and financial offerings.
In addition to this we are also wishing to invite friends to maybe write a poem or a short speech, or play some music – or some form of entertainment on the nights of the dinners.
Have a think and let us know if you are interested.
DONATIONS
Donations towards the hosting and travel costs of the Sangha and offerings for the ceremonies and organisation of this event would be appreciated and can be made into our bank account or brought to the centre. All tax deductible.
BANK DETAILS
Our Bank Account Details are:
Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling Trust,
BNZ (Bank of New Zealand) Whangarei:
Account Number: 02 0492 0418 461 00
Please remember to put your name in the reference and anything we need to know.
CONNECTION – reaching out xxxx
Please help us get the word out and share this event to anyone you know has been a part of this journey over the last 20 years – we would love to see everyone – ALL WELCOME ♥
FOR LOCAL YOCALS
If you’re in Whangarei and have some spare time over the coming weeks – we would love your help getting the gardens and place ready to receive all our friends. Let us know if you have some spare time and energy to help out.
COMMUNICATION
The email address for everything: dharmanewzealand@gmail.com
Thanks and big love
Kaari and Paul
Co-Directors
Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling Trust
Guru Tsog Puja Ceremony for positive energy
This is an offering ceremony to create much needed positive energy or merit in our lives.
Based on the lunar calendar, the practice of Guru or Tsog Offering is performed at the centre at least twice a month.
Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend this ritual of making extensive offerings to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and our teachers, accumulating the positive energy needed to progress along the spiritual path.
The Guru Puja text (called Lama Chopa text).
Lama is the Tibetan word for Guru, and Chopa is the Tibetan word for offering. Participants can bring food or flowers as offerings. The ritual and offering takes approximately one hour.
One can sponsor a Puja to clear away obstacles for oneself or someone else. Please contact us at dharmanewzealand(@)gmail.com if you are interested in sponsoring a Puja.
Location:
Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling Buddhist Centre
159 Parakiore Rd
(off of Pipiwai Rd, which is just north of Kamo)
Whangarei
Cost: please bring offerings eg: food, drink, flowers, other items to be shared at the end of the ceremony.
Sunday teachings with Geshe-la at the Buddhist Centre
Each Sunday our resident spiritual teacher Ven. Geshe Sangey Thinley – fondly known as ‘Geshe-la’ gives a teaching and spiritual advice based on a life time of training and knowledge.
All Welcome
These teachings are open to anyone who wishes to attend. You do not have to be Buddhist.
Classes are translated through Skype by Anton Weiersmuller.
If you are a student of Geshe-las, or known by him, teachings can also be attended through Skype for those wishing to attend from a distance.
Please get in touch with Maxine: dharmanewzealand@gmail.com if you wish to do this.
We also have a face book page which you can request becoming a member of, we try and have the teachings shown live on this page also.
After the teachings there is time for questions and a cup of tea.
On the first Sunday of each month (roughly) we have a Centre Community and Karma Yoga day – where after teachings we have a shared lunch and work together on projects around the centre.
Location:
Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling Buddhist Centre
159 Parakiore Rd,
(off of Pipiwai Rd which is just north of Kamo)
Whangarei
Cost: by donation
We have made a heart felt request that our resident spiritual teacher: Ven. Geshe Sangey Thinley teach the Lam Rim on Thursday nights and he has kindly agreed.
This is a special opportunity for us to receive teachings from a genuine master of Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy.
Geshe-la will be using the Lam Rim written by Pabongka Rinpoche – Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand. Geshela has emphasised that he will likely move around in the subject areas of the text.
If you have this text please bring it with you. For those who don’t have it, we will have a few copies that can be purchased for cash at the centre. There are also copies at our shop Himalayan Trading Post. If you would like us to hold a copy please email us at dharmanewzealand(at) gmail.com.
The classes are open to all – beginners, non Buddhists – and Buddhists alike – and will continue through out the year – all welcome.
JOIN THE CLASS THROUGH SKYPE?
This is possible by sending a skype request to nzbuddhistcentre and send us a message at 6:45am on the night of the class you wish to attend. It would also pay to email us at dharmanewzealand@gmail.com
We will Skype you just before the prayers start.
What to wear: comfortable clothing
What to bring: Lam Rim text by Pabongka Rinpoche – Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, A note book and pen if you wish to take notes. Cost: Koha
Please share with anyone you think may be interested – all welcome.
Sunday teachings with Geshe-la at the Buddhist Centre
Each Sunday our resident spiritual teacher Ven. Geshe Sangey Thinley – fondly known as ‘Geshe-la’ gives a teaching and spiritual advice based on a life time of training and knowledge.
All Welcome
These teachings are open to anyone who wishes to attend. You do not have to be Buddhist.
Classes are translated through Skype by Anton Weiersmuller.
If you are a student of Geshe-las, or known by him, teachings can also be attended through Skype for those wishing to attend from a distance.
Please get in touch with Maxine: dharmanewzealand@gmail.com if you wish to do this.
We also have a face book page which you can request becoming a member of, we try and have the teachings shown live on this page also.
After the teachings there is time for questions and a cup of tea.
On the first Sunday of each month (roughly) we have a Centre Community and Karma Yoga day – where after teachings we have a shared lunch and work together on projects around the centre.
Location:
Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling Buddhist Centre
159 Parakiore Rd,
(off of Pipiwai Rd which is just north of Kamo)
Whangarei
Cost: by donation
Meditation is such a wonderful gift we can give ourselves on the path to learning how to have a more peaceful calm mind and heart, bringing benefit to oneself and others by developing mindfulness in daily life.
In this course you will be taught some of the first steps to help you to develop and meditation practice.
Class consists of short meditations followed by lots of discussions.
Please register by emailing us at dharmanewzealand@gmail.com