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Mahamudra centre, Colville

Mahamudra centre, Colville

This stupa (shrine) sits in the grounds of the Mahamudra retreat centre, near Colville in the Coromandel. Mahamudra is a Tibetan Buddhist centre, set up in 1981 by the Tibetan lamas Thubten Yeshe and Kyabje Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

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Paul Morris, 'Diverse religions - Forms of Buddhism', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/32256/mahamudra-centre-colville (accessed 17 April 2024)

Story by Paul Morris, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 12 Jul 2018