Kalpa Bhadra Centre Meditate in Christchurch

16/06/2026

Join us this Sunday 21st June for Prayers for World Peace - 11.30 – 12.00pm

Everyone wishes for world peace but to achieve this we must first learn to develop love within our own heart. Each session offers a brief teaching inspired by the Eight Verses of Training the Mind from “The New Eight Steps to Happiness,” accompanied by prayers and guided meditation.

Free of charge - Donations welcome

Visit our website for more info - https://meditateinchristchurch.org/wp/prayers-for-world-peace/

14/06/2026

Today we began our annual Vajrasattva Purification Retreat – a precious opportunity to step away from the busyness of daily life and focus on inner transformation. Through meditation, prayer and mantra recitation, we learn to purify negative karma, overcome inner obstacles and create the causes for lasting peace and happiness.

Whether attending a single session or engaging in the full retreat, each moment spent in purification is deeply meaningful.

The retreat runs to Thursday 18th June.
Please note that session times vary. Visit our website for more info - https://meditateinchristchurch.org/wp/vajrasattva-purification-retreat/

14/06/2026

04/06/2026

Today we joined practitioners around the world for the Offering Our Faith Day Retreat, a special celebration of the extraordinary kindness of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.

With minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we engaged in prayers, mantra recitation, and heartfelt offerings, dedicating our practice to the flourishing of everything Venerable Geshe-la established in our world.

Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make this a meaningful and inspiring day. 🙏

29/05/2026

Detox the Mind

Saturday 13 June 10am – 2.30pm

Discover a powerful purification practice that helps you let go of negativity, mistakes, and painful feelings through the Buddhist practice of Vajrasattva and the four opponent powers.

In this workshop, Gen Kelsang Luma will explain how negative karma creates suffering and how purification can remove the inner causes of problems, creating the causes for peace and happiness.

Learn practical methods of purification through meditation, mantra recitation, and guided practice, followed by an optional week-long retreat at the Centre.

Visit our website for more information or to book - https://meditateinchristchurch.org/wp/detox-the-mind/

Do you spend most of your time and energy trying to avoid problems and experience happiness by changing other people, your situation and the world around you? No matter how much we try to avoid unhappiness and difficulties using this method, we never succeed.

28/05/2026

Offering Our Faith Day Retreat
A Celebration of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

Thursday 4th June

Each day we remember the extraordinary kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, our Root Guru and Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition.

With rejoicing and gratitude, Kadampa centres around the world offer faith through special prayers, mantra recitation, and Offering to the Spiritual Guide prayers dedicated to the flourishing of everything Venerable Geshe-la established in our world.

Visit our website for more information - https://meditateinchristchurch.org/wp/offering-our-faith/

19/05/2026

𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗧 𝟭 𝗣𝗠 (𝗨𝗞 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘)

Great news! Summer Festival 2026 online teachings with simultaneous translation will now be available to live stream. Join us in the World Peace Temple in Manjushri KMC to enjoy the teachings and commentaries as they are given.

LIVE STREAMING AND VIDEO ON DEMAND: For those who have registered to participate online, each teaching and meditation session will be streamed live according to the Festival timetable. Missed a session? No worries! The video on demand will be available shortly after the end of the live session, and you can access the recordings for several weeks after the Festival

PLEASE NOTE:
Week 2 is open to everyone in person. To participate online you must previously have received the Highest Yoga Ta**ra empowerments of Heruka Body Mandala and Vajrayogini within the New Kadampa Tradition. The empowerments will not be available online.

ONE LINK FITS ALL! BOOK YOUR FESTIVAL:
https://kadampafestivals.org/summer