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Treasury of Wisdom

Thangka Edging, Photo by Pink:*new article* Service - the Practice of Going-beyond
by Bonni Ross
Check out Buddings for other articles and poetry,
Images for photos
and the Program for accounts of retreats
Treasury updated 08 May 2008

This section of the website aims to provide access to otherwise unavailable resources by teachers, especially those associated with the Wangapeka. It features books, ebooks and articles.

Wangapeka Books:
Wangapeka Books has publications by Tarchin Hearn. Body Speech and Mind (2nd ed) by Namgyal Rinpoché is also available.

Ebooks:
We now have 7 e-books by Tarchin Hearn and others available free to download from this website:

Meditative First Aid : "Ten simple exercises that will help balance your energies and bring more vitality into your life."
Loving Kindness : "to provide inspiration and practical support" for meditators and others to cultivate "the mind and heart of lovingkindness"
Daily Puja : "a collection of reflections or mini-contemplations inspired or taken directly from the Buddhist traditional Puja."
Coming to your Senses : "outlines the work of cleansing and exploring the five senses. Filled with practical exercises and inspiring contemplations".
Sangha Work: "essays, contemplations and practical exercises to support a community of friends in the Dharma - tools for a healthy and happy community".
Email Articles: Articles written and sent by Tarchin to students all over the world. Now collected into an ebook that it includes all of Tarchin's articles on this website plus others.
Satipatthana - Foundations of Mindfulness: "compiled while teaching a one month Satipatthana retreat they form a collection of useful aspects of Satipatthana along with the references that will allow a student of the Path to go to original sources should that be of interest"

It is planned to add more ebooks by various authors so if you have a favourite work that is out of print please send your suggestions to webmaster@wangapeka.org.

Articles:
The following articles and poems by teachers are a sample of their teachings. Choose the printfriendly version at the bottom of the article pages for downloading and printing.
by Tarchin Hearn
Contact webmaster@wangapeka.org or retreatcentre@wangapeka.org to be put on Tarchin's email list for his latest articles
All Tarchin's email articles are now available as an ebook for downloading here.
Jun 2006 What Does It Mean to Pray?
Jan 2006 New Year's Resolutions
Oct 2005 Thoughts on Sangha
by Bonni Ross
For more teachings by Bonni
visit the Sunshine Coast Retreat House website
Nov 2007 Service - the Practice of Going-Beyond
Mar 1997 Developing the Positive
by Catherine Rathbun
For more teachings by Catherine Rathbun
visit the Friends of the Heart website
May 2000 What is the Purpose of Jhana Meditation?
Mar 1999 Mantra and Movement
Jan 1999 A Heart Must Be Broken
by Mary J. Jaksch
For more teachings by Mary Jaksch
visit the Diamond Zen website
2000 What do you love?


Sarva Managalam - All is Blessing