Queenstown Dharma Centre

Tuesday evening classes start on 13th January, 2026, and will continue throughout the year, except when we are hosting visiting teachers. In general, Tuesday offerings will be lead by Grant Rix, one of our principal teachers. Details of these will be announced as they become available. Interspersed around Grant’s teachings are various complimentary practices, as…

We are delighted that Ross Smith and Tsering Chodron, from Siddhartha’s Intent Australia, will guide us through a Buddha Day Celebration on Tuesday, 11th November, at 6:30 – 8:00 pm. The following description and image are taken from the SIA website. Our evening will include a talk from Ross and Tsering about the significance of…

A group of Lama Mark’s NZ students have extended an invitation to Lama Mark Webber (Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen) to give the full Abhidhamma transmission. If you are interested, please see here for more information and a link to register your interest.

Description Meditation on the body is a simple yet profound practice on the path to awakening to our most fundamental self which is empty, open, and free. It can be difficult to experience, obscured by our habitual tendencies, however, with focussed meditation we are gradually able to see through these. Opened by this process, we…

We have received the following request from Dr. Liudmila Gamaiunova, SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford. If you meet the criteria, please consider completing the survey to help with the research project. “Dear representatives of the Queenstown Dharma Centre, I am a research postdoctoral fellow at the Centre…

Tuesday evening classes start on 7th January, 2025, and will continue throughout the year, except when we are hosting visiting teachers. In general, Tuesday offerings will be lead by Grant Rix, one of our principal teachers. Details of these will be announced as they become available. Interspersed around Grant’s teachings are various complimentary practices, as…

Grant Rix, one of our Resident Teachers, has generously offered to lead a Community Sadhana Practice on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm. Upcoming practices are as follow:7-Jan-26: No practice4-Feb-26: TBC All are welcome; entry by dana (donation). These teachings will not be streamed. Description Buddha Dharma, indigenous wisdom, philosophies of deep…

We are delighted that Jakob is returning to Queenstown this year as part of his NZ tour. Jakob (see below for a biography) will be teaching as follows: Wednesday, 30th October, 7.00-9.00 pm“Longchenpa & The Great Perfection”Registration fee: $10 We will also be streaming the teaching on Zoom (link). The teaching will be an overview…

We are delighted that Lama Mark’s teachings will resume tonight, Friday 5th April, with “37 Practices of a Bodhisattva”. All welcome. See here for details.

Unfortunately, Lama Mark is still not feeling well enough to teach, and therefore the teachings on “On Refuge …” (Tue, 2nd and Wed, 3rd April) have been cancelled. We hope that the advertised programme will resume on Friday evening, but please check here or our website for up to date information. Lama Mark hopes to…