Welcome!

Welcome to the Wellington Shambhala Meditation Centre.

Upcoming events

Wednesday evenings re-commencing 5 February 2025 ,  join us for our a regular online gathering from 7.00 om to 8.30 for members, friends and visitors. Please use this Zoom link to access group online meeting

https://zoom.us/j/6858858026

We will be continuing reading Chogyam Trungpa’s book “Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior”

For more information please email [email protected]

About Wellington Shambhala Meditation Centre

We are part of Shambhala International, a worldwide community of meditation centres founded by meditation master Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

His teachings bring together three streams of wisdom:

  • the Kagyu and Nyingma teachings of Tibetan Buddhism
  • the wisdom teachings of Shambhala

It is the Shambhala view that every human being has a fundamental nature of goodness, warmth and intelligence.

To read more about the Wellington Shambhala Centre, our aspirations and values – including our response to the current period of change and uncertainty within the international Shambhala community – please click here.

For more information about the source of the teachings click here.

Our meditation centre offers the following:

New Wellington Shambhala Meditation Centre:

We are pleased to announce that we have now commenced Sunday morning gatherings at our new Centre at the Northland Memorial Community Centre, 5 Woburn Road, Northland.

We are meeting on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm – actual sitting is from 10.00 to 12.00 but you are welcome to help us with several “set-up ” task if yo come at the earlier time 🙂

(currently we are having a winter break through September, October and will re-commence our Sunday gatherings from 3 November)

Please join us for some chanting, meditation practice, a Dharma talk and group discussion, and a cup of tea to follow. For more information email us

[email protected]

Generosity Policy

“Our Generosity Policy allows anyone to participate fully in the life of
our Centre regardless of his or her ability to contribute financially. The
Wellington Shambhala Center thrives due to the generosity of its program
participants, friends and members.

Recognising that generosity, trust and openness are interconnected, we
offer all of our programs on a suggested-donation basis and welcome
participants to donate less or more than the suggested amounts as they can afford.  Alternatively it is possible to spread the payment of any program over a few weeks.

Please discuss with the program coordinator.”