Palpung Gisborne Announcements

Abbot Venerable Choje Lama Shedrup arrival to Palpung Gisborne

2009-11-21T04:47:13Z

Following the Culture Arts and Food Experience event on November 14th, and to top off the already amazing day, Abbott Venerable Choje Lama Shedrup arrived at the Gisborne airport for a week-long stay, received by the resident Venerable Lama Lobsang and sangha.

We are privileged and honoured to have both the Venerable Choje Lama Shedrup and the resident Venerable Lama Lobsang with us here at Palpung Gisborne for the week, and wish them a most excellent stay.

Throughout the week, our sangha had many meetings and enjoyed puja and teachings of the Four Ordinary Foundations of Buddhist practice from Choje Lama. We are all very grateful for this time together and express our sincere gratitude and joy for the week's celebrations. The Venerable Choje Lama Shedrup and the Venerable Lama Lobsang departed today for Palpung Auckland.

Culture Arts and Food Experience

2009-11-14T06:02:04Z

On November 14th, 2009, Gisborne's Culture, Arts, and Food Experience ("CAFE") invited the entire community to Te Wananga o Aotearoa's Whirikoka campus to celebrate the cultural diversity and interconnectedness of our cultures, indigenous or otherwise, in traditional food, art, and dance. Celtic highland dancing, Arabian contemporary belly dancing, Indian traditional dancing, traditional Tongan dancing, and a range of contemporary songs and talented musicians from Tairawhiti region performed on a glorious sunshine day.

The Palpung Kagyu Samten Choling Buddhist Centre's booth was supported by Buddhist practioners Colin and Meikle McNab, Tracey Walker, Michelle Karauria and Mataora Tau tau. Venerable Lama Lobsang prepared delicious Tibetan snack food for everybody to enjoy.

A selection of Buddhist booklets, Prayer flags, Prayer beads and Prayer cards were available for purchase. Many people greeted Venerable Lama Lobsang, and this was a significant opportunity of presenting Venerable Lama Lobsang to the wider Gisborne community, profiling the local Buddhist puja timetable and Temple location. Visitors also received a brochure of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's upcoming Auckland teachings on December 5th and 6th, 2009.

Venerable Lama Lobsang chanted prayers of well being, mindfulness, respect and compassion for all sentient beings before launching the SuperGrans "Men of the Moment Cook Off". Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon, surf lifesaving representative Matt Sutton, and New Zealand longboard champion Daniel Procter challenged each other's culinary skills in the healthy food cook off, which was educational, entertaining, and sampled with great delight by the visitors. Mouth watering delicacies from many parts of our global village, exotic spices, native flavours and community hospitality filled the entire day.

We would like to thank Barbara Dockley of the Gisborne District Council and Wikitoria Tau tau from Te Wananga o Aotearoa who led the initiative of "Culture, Arts, and Food Experience" to recognise and acknowledge Gisborne's 86 different cultures as a gathering of people presenting their favourite food - a wonderful opportunity for cultures to be interwoven as one, celebrating as the inhabitants of our global village.

Official Opening of Palpung Kagyu Samten Choling Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Gisborne

2008-09-12T04:11:33Z

On Saturday 13th September 2008 Abbot Ven. Choje Lama Shedrup, and Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon, on behalf of Palpung Kagyu Samten Choeling Tibetan Buddhist Trust, officially opened Palpung Kagyu Samten Choling Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Gisborne.

Link to Gisborne Herald Article

Ven. Choje Lama Shedrup speaks at the opening ceremony

Ven. Lama Lobsang at the opening ceremony

Flags at the opening ceremony