The name Kawai Purapura
Kawai Purapura is the Maori term for that eternal oneness that exists within the heart of all peoples and all creation. In other cultures and traditions this has been called: Self-realisation; satchidananda (being-ness, awareness, blissfulness in Vedanta) or nirvana (the essential nature in the Buddhist tradition). It is the state of non-dual awareness in which all the past (kawai) and all possible futures (purapura) exist in the eternal moment, pure presence.
A place is inherently sacred when people come together with the sacred intentions and work with the whenua (the land), papatÅ«Änuku (the earth) and their own sense of belonging to the place and to the community that inhabits the place.
The land
Born on a bright morning during a whakawÄtea (dawn blessing ceremony) it emerged out of a sense of the history of the land and a hope for the future. This place has been developed as a taonga (treasure) and koha (gift) to Aotearoa (New Zealand), preserving the ngahere (forest), awa (stream) and the tamariki o Tane (the flora and fauna) for future generations.
Ka aranga te wairua o KÄwai Purapura ko te ao. The spirit of KÄwai Purapura arose with the dawn, in that time that is neither dark not light, neither night not day, but the place between this world’s dual phenomena; the timeless space that exists beneath the apparent flow of life.Being at KÄwai Purapura is an opportunity open to our true nature through conscious living.
Kotahitanga – the oneness of all peoples and all nature is an essential principle that underlies the kaupapa (purpose – vision) of KÄwai Purapura. This awareness of non-duality has been the cornerstone for spiritual traditions over millennia.