Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, December 3rd, you’ll be able to join the WMC either in-person or online for our evening of mindfulness practice!

Our in-person program will take place at the Washington Buddhist Vihara, located at 5017 16th St NW DC. Please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled. The monks have asked that we 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 Five Mindfulness Trainings

-Listening to a 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..

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If you wish to join us via Zoom that evening, you can join us for 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 we’ll continue watching a dharma talk by Sr Chan Duc.

If you would like to join us online, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we will send you 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 hope we’ll see you this Sunday