Wangapeka Books
Wangapeka Books have been publishing books on Buddhadharma by Tarchin Hearn since 1985.
Wangapeka Books is a non-profit organization quite separate from the Wangapeka Educational Trust which runs the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre. It is dedicated to publishing material that furthers the work of awakening.
Except for printing and binding, all the work, including the writing, is done without pay by volunteers giving their skills, energy and time. Monies accruing from sales are used to support further publications and, from time to time, donations are made to the Wangapeka Educational Trust to support its ongoing growth and maintenance.
As well as these publications a web archive of Tarchin’s writings is now available at www.greendharmatreasury.org. It includes articles, poems and essays, and you can sign up to receive Tarchin’s email articles on the website.
Ebooks are still available from the Treasury of Wisdom on this website. Read about Tarchin Hearn
To order books please contact:
Wangapeka Books
c/- Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre
355 Wangapeka River Rd
RD 2, Wakefield 7096
New Zealand.
E-mail books@wangapeka.org
Please let us know how many books you want and where you wish them to be sent. We will then calculate the total cost, including shipping, and let you know.
Payment within NZ can be by online banking, by Visa or MasterCard (via a secure page, information available from the Wangapeka), or by cheque (made out to Wangapeka Educational Trust); overseas payment is by Visa or MasterCard only (via our secure page as above). Please let us know which method you prefer and we will supply details for payment with the total cost.
Books will be posted when we receive payment.
Books are also available for purchase when visiting the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre.
Publications
by Tarchin Hearn:
Books
Something Beautiful for the World
Breathing: The Natural Way to Meditate
Natural Awakening – The Way of the Heart
Growth and Unfolding – Our Human Birthright
Walking in Wisdom
Marcher en Sagesse
Daily Puja
Meditative First Aid
Loving Kindness
Karunakarma Series (A4 coil bound manuals)
Satipatthana – Foundations of Mindfulness
Coming To Your Senses
Sangha Work
Bulk Study Discount
Something Beautiful for the World:
a shakuhachi sadhana
by Tarchin Hearn, 2008
illustrations by Robert Sinclair
Recent review by Dr Jacqui Dodds
In January 2007, a group of people gathered in New Zealand to explore a week of meditation and flute making. During this week, Tarchin gave teachings on the theme of how making a fine shakuhachi (a Japanese bamboo flute) could be compared to crafting a fine human being. Along with these reflections, he suggested various meditative exercises, to be done with and without a flute, to help transform the ideas into direct personal experience.
The pages of this beautifully written and richly illustrated book oscillate back and forth between bamboo flute and human flute. Each is a metaphor for the other. Making a flute, bamboo or human, and playing it, are extraordinarily intertwined like a continuous loop. This book will be a treasury of inspiration for educators, artists, and meditators, in fact, for anyone who aspires to craft themselves into ‘Something Beautiful for the World’.
96 pages – NZ$25 + postage and packing
Breathing: The Natural Way to Meditate
by Tarchin Hearn
completely revised edition July 2005
The Natural Way to Meditate invites us to couple our breathing with love and clear seeing, and to meditatively explore the world within and around us. A beautifully written, practical and uplifting book, it elucidates the Buddha’s teaching on breathing meditation, weaving together ancient tradition and modern experimental methods and approaches.
Many clear and detailed techniques are given throughout, but in essence the natural way to meditate does not rely on technique. It flowers whenever we are interested in life. What is this marvel we call the body? What is this mystery called speech and communication? What is this wonder called mind? What could it mean to realise freedom while fully engaged in life? Thoroughly non-sectarian, this is a path of awakening that will speak to seekers from all traditions and backgrounds and stages of experience.
146 pages – NZ$20 + postage and packing
Natural Awakening – The Way of the Heart
by Tarchin Hearn
Natural Awakening is a book of great inspiration and beauty. The teaching is direct and profound without being complicated. It encourages us to develop friendliness and interest towards every moment of life and to immerse ourselves in what Tarchin calls “the practice of already here.”
Throughout its pages travel interleaves with poetry, philosophy weaves with meditation techniques and science merges with mysticism. Twenty-two practical exercises are included, making a book of great clarity and relevance to all who are interested in health, awakening and the well being of the world.
240 pages – NZ$20 + postage and packing
Growth and Unfolding – Our Human Birthright
by Tarchin Hearn
new edition Sept 2004
Growth and Unfolding combines poetry and vision with clear instruction and good down-to-earth common-sense. It leads us step by step to a life that is awake, integrated and joyous and truly universal in scope. At times humorous and at times biting, it cuts very quickly to the core of what is most important to all of us.
180 pages – NZ$20 + postage and packing
Walking in Wisdom
by Tarchin Hearn, 2003
“Did you know, my friend
That every breath you take changes the world?
Have you realised
That every step you take transforms myriad lives?”
Walking in Wisdom presents a path of awakening to be realised in the midst of walking outdoors in nature. Filled with techniques, reflections and poems, it teaches us to be attentive and compassionately present while engaging in life. Simple yet profound, it re-awakens interest in many facets of life we have come to take for granted and touches some of the deepest themes of Buddhist teaching.
65 pages – NZ$10 + postage and packing
Walking in Wisdom also now in French …
Marcher en Sagesse
by Tarchin Hearn
translated 2008 by Françoise Autin.
Walking in Wisdom is now available in French under the title Marcher en Sagesse and can be purchased directly from www.jangchoub.org.
Daily Puja
by Tarchin Hearn
new 5th Edition 2007
4th edition available as an ebook here
This booklet is a collection of reflections or mini-contemplations inspired or taken directly from the Buddhist tradition. They are presented in a way that will speak to the universal nature of everyone, regardless of their religious beliefs.
42 pages – NZ$12 + postage and packing
Meditative First Aid
by Tarchin Hearn
now out of print
available as an ebook here
Ten simple exercises that will help balance your energies and bring more vitality into your life. They are presented in a direct way, unaccompanied by any theory, for people who just want to get on with a practice that will strengthen the body’s natural resistance to illness and speed the healing process.
Loving Kindness
by Tarchin Hearn et al
now out of print
available as an ebook here
Loving Kindness is a collection of poems, essays and practical exercises on the theme of Loving Kindness; written by teachers associated with the Wangapeka to celebrate the yearlong LovingKindness Retreat held at the Wangapeka in the year 2000.
It aims ‘to provide inspiration and practical support’ for meditators and others to cultivate ‘the mind and heart of lovingkindness both within their own beings and in the community at large’.
Karunakarma Series:
The following 3 books were originally available in the Karunakarma Series as A4 coil-bound manuals, only the first is now available in hardcopy:
Satipatthana – Foundations of Mindfulness:
A Manual for Meditators
by Tarchin Hearn
also available as an ebook here
This book evolved from notes that were initially assembled for Tarchin’s own use. They were compiled while teaching a one month Satipatthana retreat and 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.
46 pages – NZ$10 + postage and packing
Coming To Your Senses
by Tarchin Hearn
now only available as an ebook here
This Karunakarma manual outlines the work of cleansing and exploring the five senses. Filled with practical exercises and inspiring contemplations, this booklet will be valuable for people wanting to do this work on their own and for instructors and teachers wishing to share the work with others.
Sangha Work
by Tarchin Hearn
now only available as an ebook here
Essays, contemplations and practical exercises to support a community of friends in Dharma. Tools for a healthy and happy community.
Bulk Study Discount:
Over the years, a number of people have used one or more of Tarchin’s books as a springboard or guide for dharma teaching or discussion. To more actively support this, Wangapeka Books is now offering approximately 35% discount, depending on the book, on any single title ordered in lots of 5 or more.
Books currently available for bulk study discounts are:
Breathing: the Natural Way to Meditate - discounted rate = $NZ 14.00 plus postage and packing
Growth and Unfolding - discounted rate = $NZ 14.00 plus postage and packing
Natural Awakening - discounted rate = $NZ 14.00 plus postage and packing
Walking in Wisdom - discounted rate = $NZ 7.50 plus postage and packing
Daily Puja - discounted rate = $NZ 9.00 plus postage and packing
Something Beautiful for the World - discounted rate = $NZ 17.00 plus postage and packing
To order books please contact:
Wangapeka Books
c/- Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre
355 Wangapeka River Rd
RD 2, Wakefield 7096
New Zealand.
E-mail books@wangapeka.org
Please let us know how many books you want and where you wish them to be sent. We will then calculate the total cost, including shipping, and let you know.
Payment within NZ can be by online banking, by Visa or MasterCard (via a secure page, information available from the Wangapeka), or by cheque (made out to Wangapeka Educational Trust); overseas payment is by Visa or MasterCard only (via our secure page as above). Please let us know which method you prefer and we will supply details for payment with the total cost.
Books will be posted when we receive payment.
Books are also available for purchase when visiting the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre.
Books by Ven. Namgyal Rinpoché
are available from Bodhi Publishing in Canada
at www.bodhipublishing.org.
