Dear Friends,
This Sunday, July 2nd, you’ll be able to join the WMC either in-person or online for our evening of mindfulness practice. Parallel but separate meetings, with the same dharma talk and the same reading.
Our in-person program will take place at the Washington Buddhist Vihara, located at 5017 16th St NW DC. Please arrive before 6:30pm to get settled. The monks have asked that everyone wear a mask and also dress appropriately for their residence (no short pants or skirts, no tank tops or low cut tops please).
Here’s the evening’s format:
-25 min sit
-Walking meditation
-25 min sit
-Walking meditation
-Greeting and transition
-Recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings
-Dharma talk
-Dharma sharing
Our program will officially end at 8:30pm but you’ll have the option to come downstairs for social time together until 9pm if you wish.
If you have any questions about or in-person practice or format, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com
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If you wish to join us via Zoom that evening instead, you can join us for the parallel mindfulness meditation and practice beginning at 6:30pm.
After sitting meditation we’ll have our monthly recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings, watch a portion of a video dharma talk, and have an opportunity to practice dharma sharing. The entire program will run about 60 minutes total.
This week, we’ll continue with a dharma talk by Brother Phap Huu, abbot of upper hamlet at Plum Village: “Creating a Culture of Healing, Stopping, and Having Enough”
If you’d like to join the online meeting, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you login details.
Our Sangha is supported by dana - donations given from the heart. Your generosity is a gift that supports the Vihara, WMC expenses, the library, and your own practice. Part of your tax deductible donation also goes to help the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation (which helps support our monks and nuns in monasteries around the world and also helps continue to spread Thay’s teachings everywhere) and automatic monthly donations can be scheduled at our website:
https://www.mindfulnessdc.org/giving
We’ll see you this Sunday!