Ongoing: Monday Morning Online Meditation
Start your week well by joining Auckland Insight for a regular Monday morning Zoom sitting hosted by our Guiding Teacher, Jill Shepherd or regular facilitators from the group.
Mondays 7:30- 8:00 am NZT. Everyone is welcome.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3011573331 Meeting ID: 301 157 3331
Ongoing: Thursday Evening Meditation and Talk
Feel free to join Auckland Insight for a regular Thursday evening sitting and talks by our Guiding Teacher, Jill Shepherd or regular facilitators from the group.
Time and date: Thursdays 7:00-8:45 pm NZT. Everyone is welcome.
Location: 175 Garnet Road, Westmere 1022 Auckland (entry off Faulder Ave)
Please email aucklandinsight@gmail.com for any questions
You can find previous talks given by Jill to Auckland Insight here:
2026
Auckland Insight day of practice
You are warmly invited to a day of meditation, learning, connection and celebration with the Auckland Insight community and our guiding teacher, Jill Shepherd.
Time and date:
9:30-12:30 and/or 1:30-4:30 pm, Sunday 22 March
Food:
A simple vegetarian lunch plus morning and afternoon tea will be provided
Location:
175 Garnet Road, Westmere 1021 (entry through the green gate off Faulder Avenue)
Cost: $30 (or complimentary for volunteers#) plus dāna* for the teacher
Register: here
Registration closes Friday 20 March to finalise numbers for catering
*The registration fee covers only a contribution to room hire and food costs.
In keeping with Buddhist tradition, the teachings are offered on a dāna basis which means the teacher is not paid to offer this workshop. Instead, they rely on the generosity of the participants to help them continue to share their teachings with others, and there will be an opportunity at the end of the workshop to offer donations to support their ongoing teaching.
2027 six-week retreat
Dates: 3 April – 15 May 2027
Teachers: Jill Shepherd and Willa Thāniyā Reid, with Elizabeth Day
Kalyāna: Cultivating the Beautiful in the Spiritual Life
The Buddha has pointed out the way:
beautiful in the beginning, beautiful in the middle,
and beautiful in the end.
Supported by spiritual friendship and seclusion, this six-week retreat offers the ideal conditions for establishing the heart-mind (citta) in kind, steady knowing. Here, we attune to the presence of the beautiful—profoundly skillful mental states such as the Seven Factors of Awakening, the brahmavihāra heart qualities, and awareness itself.
Through an integrated approach that weaves together Satipaṭṭhāna (The Four Foundations of Mindfulness) and Ānāpānasati (Mindfulness of Breathing), the teachings and practices will support a sustained focus and deep inquiry into the nature of experience, guiding the citta toward liberative transformation.
This retreat is intended for experienced meditators and includes alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, guided instructions, Dhamma talks, and one-on-one practice discussions with the teachers.
The teachings will be rooted in Early Buddhism, drawing inspiration from the Western Insight tradition and the Thai Forest lineage.
Cost
Our retreats are offered freely, with no fixed fee for participation.
Most of the financial support for our collective comes through dāna—the voluntary donations offered by participants at the end of each retreat. This generosity sustains our work and enables future retreats.
Location
Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity
Colville, Coromandel Peninsula
Registration
Registration has now closed, but please contact info@kalyanamitta.nz to be added to the waiting list
We hope you can join us!
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