Renovations

An architect friend has come up with a stunning design for the new Centre and we need to raise an extra $250,000 to complete these renovations.

These plans include:

• two shrine rooms both with natural lighting
• a large room upstairs which can be divided into two when needed
• personal lift for those who are unable to navigate the steps
• designated library, kitchen and a beautiful foyer

Overall, we'll be providing a great space for those interested in learning how to practice the Dharma. We'll be able to break into multiple groups or hold multiple classes on the same evening, making the most of our limited teaching resources. And the whole place will be well served with appropriate heating, cooling and insulation.

See all the details on our project page.

We need your help

The renovations will cost a total of $1.1 million. We need $250,000 to bring the project to fruition.

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Latest Updates:

Volcano walk news

Start your training now and get your friends and whanau to join in or sponsor you to summit three of Auckland’s volcanic cones. This epic walk is around 16km and should take about five hours. The good news is you can walk as little distance or as far as you like. Find out more, including how to register, here.

Dancing in the Dark

Beck is offering a dancing in the dark event Saturday 9 November at 7pm. Find out more and register here.

Buddhist Association of NZ offer their help

The Buddhist Association of NZ is hosting an auction of Chinese art on Saturday 9 November, with proceeds going towards our centre renovations. Find out more here. A big thank you to their president, Sean Zhang, for getting in touch and offering to help!

Art exhibition raises $7,320

Our Mahakala art exhibition raised $7,320. A massive thank you to all those who donated art, purchased art, manned the front desk, and to Sue and Sally for curating it so beautifully.

Pujathon raises $6,175

Suvarnadhi completed 24 hours of devotional ritual. A big thank you to all those who joined in for parts of the 24 hours, led pujas, and to all those who sponsored Suvarnadhi. It was a wonderful result for the centre!

Sponsor Suvarnadhi's 24-hour pujathon

Our chairperson will do 24 continuous hours of devotional ritual the weekend of October 12 & 13. Sponsor her and join in (as much as you'd like). Find out more here.

Fundraising art exhibition opens Oct 19

Come along to the opening - perhaps you'll even find a new piece for the house? People have donated some beautiful artworks. Find out more here.

Seeking artwork for the ABC Fundraiser Exhibition

We are organising an exhibition of donated works mid October. More details to follow, but at the moment we are seeking commitment, by September 20, from those willing to contribute work. See https://aucklandbuddhistcentre.org/news/the-great-art-exhibition-mahakala for details.

5 October - Art class - with Toni

Toni Chase, Auckland mitra and creative designer, is providing space and materials at the centre for budding artists wishing to develop techniques, incorporate new ideas, or just enjoy the creative process in a supportive environment. Click here for details.

Coming up in October and November

We're planning a Sangha art exhibition and a Volcano walk. Watch this space, and the newsletter, for more details.

Coming up - 21 September

Fancy a sound bath? We are very grateful to Danica of Soma Circle who is donating a sound immersion experience at the Auckland Buddhist Centre later this month. See here for details

25 August to 3 September - Auction of Buddhist Items

Every late August since 2004 we've remembered our teacher Sangharakshita with a seven-fold puja. This year we also launched a project which will bring great benefit to those future dharma practitioners - a beautiful, spacious Auckland Buddhist Centre where new generations of Aucklanders can encounter the dharma just like we did. We started our fundraising events with an online auction of Buddhist Items which raised over $3000. Thank you to all those who bid on auction items. Almost all the items sold, and we will be putting up a few more items that made their way in to us late. The auction is on TradeMe. See our news item for details.

5 August 2024

The architectural plans are almost finished, we are waiting for an engineer to complete their design and certification for the heating and cooling system, and then we will be able to file for Building Consent. After that, Auckland Council says it takes about a month, but more likely two months. So we might just be able to start construction in early November. We've been told that it will take six months for the build.

Our architect (is a friend of an friend): Stevens Lawson Architects