Vihara Evening Puja, Meditation & Dhamma Talk
2026-04-12 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-19 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-03 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-10 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-24 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-06-07 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-06-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-06-21 18:30 - 20:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Auckland Buddhist Vihara, 29 Harris Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
The weekly Sunday evening puja starts off with chanting, followed by a group meditation sitting and a dhamma talk.
The lay community can participate in person at the Vihara or via this Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86719656283?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 867 1965 6283
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Vimutti Meditation Workshop
2026-04-18 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-23 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-20 13:00 - 17:00 | Vimutti Buddhist Monastery, 750 Paparata Road Bombay, Auckland, 2343, New Zealand
This is a monthly meditation workshop at Vimutti Buddhist Monastery led by the resident Sangha. All are welcome. Come for an afternoon of practice.

Vihara Open Day
2026-04-26 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Auckland Buddhist Vihara, 29 Harris Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
The monthly Open Day at the City Vihara starts at 10.00 am. Sangha from Vimutti Monastery will be at the Open Day. The programme includes:

Taking of 5 precepts
Offering alms food to Sangha from Vimutti Monastery
Shared meal
Dhamma reflections/meditation or Q&A

Vihara Sangha-led Evening Puja, Meditation and Dhamma Talk
2026-04-26 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-06-28 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-07-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Auckland Buddhist Vihara, 29 Harris Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
The weekly Sunday evening puja starts off with chanting, followed by a group meditation sitting and a dhamma talk. Sangha from Vimutti Monastery will be leading the puja.
The lay community can participate in person at the Vihara or via this Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86719656283?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 867 1965 6283
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Vimutti Working Bee
2026-05-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-04 10:00 - 16:00 | Vimutti Buddhist Monastery, 750 Paparata Road Bombay, Auckland, 2343, New Zealand
This is a day to help with maintenance and upkeep of Vimutti monastery. You can join any time from 10:00 am onwards. Please wear suitable work attire and bring a packed lunch. The following items may be helpful to bring along:

water
work gloves
hat
gumboots

Join us for this opportunity of merit making.

Vimutti Open Day
2026-05-10 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Vimutti Buddhist Monastery, 750 Paparata Road Bombay, Auckland, 2343, New Zealand
The Open Day at Vimutti Monastery is a monthly event where the lay community come together to offer alms food to the resident monks and devote time for dhamma learning and practice. The programme includes:

Taking of 5 precepts
Offering alms food to monks
Shared meal
Dhamma reflections/meditation or Q&A

Vihara Vesak Celebration
2026-05-17 09:00 - 19:00 | Auckland Buddhist Vihara, 29 Harris Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
ATBA’s official Vesak Celebration is on Sunday, 17 May. Due to the Wesak celebration, the usual Vihara Open Day will form part of the day’s programme. Sangha from Vimutti will be at the Celebration.
The full-day programme starts at 9.00 am (for those wishing to observe eight precepts), followed by Open Day, continuing through to the lighting of Vesak lanterns in the evening. Five precepts will be formally requested just before lunch dana, followed by pindapat, a shared meal and dhamma reflections. In the afternoon, there will also be social activities in the form of a walk up Mt Wellington folllowed by tea, and the Dhamma School children’s programme. The Vesak lanterns will be lit at dusk.
All are welcome to join in the Vesak celebration at any part of the programme.

Vihara Evening Puja, Meditation & Dhamma Reflections
2026-07-05 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-07-12 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-07-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Auckland Buddhist Vihara, 29 Harris Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
The weekly Sunday evening puja starts off with chanting, followed by a group meditation sitting and dhamma reflections.
The lay community can participate in person at the Vihara or via this Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86719656283?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 867 1965 6283
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Vimutti Open Day
2026-07-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Vimutti Buddhist Monastery, 750 Paparata Road Bombay, Auckland, 2343, New Zealand
The Open Day at Vimutti Monastery is a monthly event where the lay community come together to offer alms food to the resident monks and devote time for dhamma learning and practice. The programme includes:

Taking of 5 precepts
Offering alms food to monks
Shared meal
Dhamma reflections/meditation or Q&A

All are welcome.

Vimutti Meditation Workshop
2026-07-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Vimutti Buddhist Monastery, 750 Paparata Road Bombay, Auckland, 2343, New Zealand
This is a monthly meditation workshop at Vimutti Buddhist Monastery led by the resident Sangha. All are welcome. Come for an afternoon of mindfulness practice.

Vihara Open Day
2026-07-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Auckland Buddhist Vihara, 29 Harris Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
The monthly Open Day at the City Vihara starts at 10.00 am. Sangha from Vimutti Monastery will be at the Open Day. The programme includes:

Taking of 5 precepts
Offering alms food to Sangha from Vimutti Monastery
Shared meal
Dhamma reflections/meditation or Q&A

All are welcome.

Vimutti Asalha Puja
2026-07-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Vimutti Buddhist Monastery, 750 Paparata Road Bombay, Auckland, 2343, New Zealand
The Asalha Puja will replace the normal evening puja at Vimutti Monastery. The puja starts at 6 pm with chanting, followed by an hour of group meditation. Then, Sangha at Vimutti will give a formal dhamma talk. All are welcome.

Vassa
2026-07-30 - 2026-10-26 | Vimutti Buddhist Monastery, 750 Paparata Road Bombay, Auckland, 2343, New Zealand
The Vimutti community is currently engaging in the vassa retreat, which began on 30 July and lasts until October 26.
You are very welcome to come to Vimutti for the day to participate in the optional schedule, which will be in place every day of the vassa:

08:30 – Sitting Meditation
09:30 – Walking Meditation
10:30 – Sitting Meditation
11:00 – Dhamma Reflection
11:30 – Satisampajañña: Meal
12:00 – Satisampajañña: Meal clean-up
13:00 – Rest/Individual practise
14:00 – Sitting Meditation
15:00 – Walking Meditation
16:00 – Sitting Meditation

Please note: this is an optional schedule for the Vimutti residents, so you may or may not find others who are participating on any given day at any given time. The meal proceedings are as normal with a dhamma talk and discussion.
During vassa, activities at the monastery will be kept to a minimum in order to provide a quiet environment for practice. The activity that continues will be the monthly Working Bee. At the Vihara, activities continue as usual with a monk from Vimutti leading the monthly Open Day and Sangha-led Sunday evening puja on fourth Sundays.
