The Washington Mindfulness Community’s annual Evening of Remembrance is a special evening that allows sangha members to reflect on and honor the lives of our deceased loved ones. You are invited to bring a photo, memento, story, song or poem to share with the sangha as you speak about your loved one. This is always a beautiful and moving evening, and we very much hope you can attend.

We will open the Zoom room at 6:15 pm ET with music, and begin our sitting meditation at 6:30 pm ET. We ask you to join with your camera on and your audio off; we ask you to sit in dimly lit rooms and use candles for light. The evening will end by 8pm.

You can log in via our regular link. If you haven’t joined us by Zoom before, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the log-in details.

Warm smiles,

WMC Practice Council

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, October 19th, you’ll be able to join 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

*since the weather is still (slightly!) warm, the monks have requested that we refrain from wearing short pants/dresses, or low cut/sleeveless tops in the Dharma Hall. 🙏

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

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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 read the Refuge Chant, 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 contine watching this wonderful dharma talk about responding to the suffering in and around us.

If you’d like to join us online, please write to 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  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends

This coming Sunday, October 12, we will have a special online evening, beginning a series of teaching and focused reflections on the Five Mindfulness Trainings. This is in preparation for the beautiful transmission ceremony of the Trainings, which will take place on January 6.

We will begin the evening as usual with a sitting meditation. Jeanine and Shelagh will then lead us in this first session of reflection, focused on the first and second Mindfulness Trainings, Reverence for Life and True Happiness. You may want to have a copy of the Trainings with you.

The second session of reflection will be on November 9, focused on the third and fourth Mindfulness Trainings, True Love and Loving Speech and Deep Listening. The third session will be on December 14, reflecting on the fifth Mindfulness Training, Nourishment and Healing.

These three preparatory evenings are an opportunity for all of us. They are particularly relevant for anyone who is planning to receive the Mindfulness Trainings at the January 6 transmission ceremony; those who are interested should contact us here, and we will offer guidance on the registration process.

The Five Mindfulness Trainings remind us of our deep aspiration to live each day with a calm mind and an open heart. They provide invaluable guidelines for mindful living, acting as guardrails on the path of mindfulness that preserve and encourage our practice. Our commitment to the trainings deepens when we receive them formally in a Five Mindfulness Trainings transmission ceremony. This transmission publicly joins us with the tradition of mindfulness practice passed from teacher to student in an unbroken line from the Buddha, through many generations of Indian, Chinese and Vietnamese teachers, through Thich Nhat Hanh, to us.

As in past years, the Washington Mindfulness Community will join with the Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center, the Opening Heart Mindfulness Community and the Mindfulness Practice Center of Fairfax for the joyous transmission ceremony. This will take place online and in-person (at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Oakton, Virginia) on Saturday, January 6th, 2026, beginning at 9:00 am (Eastern time).

Warm wishes

WMC Practice Council (currently Jeanine, Joann, Jude, Nigel, Pat)

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, October 5th, you’ll be able to join 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Note: Since we’re still having warmer weather, the monks have asked that we please refrain from wearing short pants or low cut, sleeveless tops at the Vihara. 🙏

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com

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Alternatively, if you’d like 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 begin watching this wonderful talk about responding to the suffering in and around us.

If you’d like to join us online this Sunday, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the log-in 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.

We’ll see you Sunday! ❤️

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this evening, Sunday September 28,  at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read Beginning Anew, 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 watching this wonderful dharma talk by Kaira Jewel.

If you’d like to join us, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the log-in 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 ❤️

Love,

Steve 

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, September 21, 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

*the weather is still warm: the monks have requested that we refrain from wearing short pants/dresses, or low cut/sleeveless tops in the Dharma Hall. 🙏

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

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If you wish to join us via Zoom that evening, you can join us for the separate but parallel mindfulness meditation and practice beginning at 6:30pm. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read the Refuge Chant, 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 Kaira Jewel’s inspiring dharma talk, made for these times.

If you would like to join us online, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com, and we’ll send you the zoom log-in information.

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  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, September 14th at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read the Five Awarenesses, 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 the Kaira Jewel dharma talk we’ve been watching.

If you’d like to join us, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoom log-in 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 Sunday

Love,

Steve ❤️

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, September 7th, 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Note: it’s still warmer weather, and the monks have asked that we please refrain from wearing short pants or low cut, sleeveless tops at the Vihara. 🙏

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

———————————————-

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 watching Kaira Jewel’s powerful talk.

If this is your first time to join us via Zoom, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you log-in 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.

See you on Sunday!

Love

Steve ❤️

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, August 31st at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read Nourishing Happiness, 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 watching this wonderful dharma talk by Kaira Jewel. If you’d like to join us, please write to wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the zoom log-in 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.

We’ll see you this Sunday

❤️

Love, Steve 

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, August 17th, you’ll be able to join 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Note: now that we’re into (much!) warmer weather, the monks have asked that we please refrain from wearing short pants or low cut, sleeveless tops at the Vihara. 🙏

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our 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, you can join us for mindfulness meditation and practice beginning at 6:30pm. 

After a 20 minute sitting meditation we’ll read the Refuge Chant together, 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 watching Kaira Jewel’s beautiful talk from the OI retreat this past April.

If you would like to join us online, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoom log-in 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  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, August 10th at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read the Five Awarenesses, 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. 

The dharma talk will be the next section of the dharma talk we have been following that Kaira Jewel Lingo gave at the OI retreat earlier this year. If you like, you can watch it in advance or afterwards, here.

If you would like to join us this Sunday, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoon log-in info.

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 ❤️

Love, Steve 

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, August 3rd, you’ll be able to join 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Note: now that we’re into warmer weather, the monks have asked that we please refrain from wearing short pants or low cut, sleeveless tops at the Vihara. 🙏

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com

———————————————-

If you wish to join us via Zoom that evening, you can join us for mindfulness meditation and practice beginning at 6:30pm. 

After a 20 minute 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 watching Kaira Jewel’s beautiful talk from this past April.

If you would like to join us online, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoom log-in 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  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, July 27th at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read Beginning Anew, 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. 

The dharma talk will be the first section of a powerful talk that Kaira Jewel Lingo gave at the OI retreat earlier this year. If you like, you can watch it in advance or afterwards, here.

If you would like to join us this Sunday, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoon log-in info.

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 ❤️

Love, Steve 



Dear Friends, 

Please join us on Sunday, July 20th at 6:30pm ET when 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Note: now that we’re seriously into warmer weather, the monks have asked that we please refrain from wearing short pants or low cut, sleeveless tops at the Vihara. 🙏

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our 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, you can join us for mindfulness meditation and practice beginning at 6:30pm. 

After sitting meditation we’ll recite the Five Awarenessess, watch a portion of a video dharma talk given by Thich Nhant Hanh, and have an opportunity to practice dharma sharing. The entire program will run about 60 minutes total. 

If you’d like to join the online sit, please write to us, again at wmcsangha@gmail.com, and we’ll send you the 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 Sunday  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, May 18th, 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

*now that the weather has gotten warmer, the monks have requested that we refrain from wearing short pants/dresses, or low cut/sleeveless tops in the Dharma Hall. 🙏

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

———————————————-

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 read the Refuge Chant, watch the first portion of a video dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, and have an opportunity to practice dharma sharing. The entire program will run about 60 minutes total. 

If you would like to join us, please write to wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the log-in 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  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, May 11th at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read the Five Awarenesses, 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. 

The dharma talk will be the final section of the beautiful talk given by Sister Dang Nghiem that we have been following these past weeks. In this final section, she is reflecting with teenagers on the ways in which you can cultivate joy and happiness in yourself; the older folk are sitting at the back, listening deeply. If you like, you can watch it in advance or afterwards, here.

If you would like to join us this Sunday, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoon log-in info.

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 ❤️

Love, Steve 

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, May 4, 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

———————————————-

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 reading 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 will continue watching a beautiful and profound dharma talk by Sister Dang Nghiem called How to Love Oneself, which you can watch before or after Sunday here.

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  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, April 27 at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read Beginning Anew, 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. 

Sister Dang Nghiem is giving the dharma talk, which we have been following for a few weeks now. You can watch it in advance or afterwards, if you like, here.

If you would like to join us on Sunday, please write to wmcsangha@gmail.com and we"‘ll send you the zoom log-in 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 ❤️

Love, Steve 

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, April 20, 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

———————————————-

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 read the Refuge Chant, 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 will continue watching a beautiful and profound dharma talk by Sister Dank Nghiem called How to Love Oneself, which you can watch before or after Sunday here.

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  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, April 13 at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read the Five Awarenesses, 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. 

Sister Dang Nghiem is giving the dharma talk, which we have been following for a few weeks now. You can watch it in advance or afterwards, if you like, here.

If you would like to join us on Sunday, please write to wmcsangha@gmail.com and we"‘ll send you the zoom log-in 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 ❤️

Love, Steve 



Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, April 6th, 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

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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. 

The dharma talk we are currently following is given by Sister Dang Nghiem, on the theme How to Love Oneself. You can watch it here.

If you’d like to join us online, please write to wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoom log-in 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  🙏🪷

Love, Steve

Dear Friends

Please join us on this coming Sunday evening, March 30th at 6:30PM ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice meeting via Zoom.

After sitting meditation for 20 minutes, we’ll read Nourishing Happiness, 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.

The continuing dharma talk is being given by Sister Dang Nghiem, or Sister D, with the title How to Love Oneself. You can find it here.

If you would like to join us, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoom link details.

See you on Sunday!

Love, Steve

Dear Friends, 

Happy Spring! 🌸

Please join us this Sunday, March 23rd at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read Beginning Anew, 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. 

If you would like to join us, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we will send you the log-in 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 ❤️

Love, Steve 

Dear WMC friends, 

Given the suffering in our sangha, our city, and our world due to recent federal worker firings, cutting of funds for numerous projects, and other actions of the present government that courts have found to be illegal, the Practice Council is holding a special evening on Engaged Buddhism and in support of our federal workers on Sunday, March 9. 

The evening will start at 6:30PM as usual, and will be slightly extended until 7:45PM to allow for sharing.

The evening will include a panel of sangha members personally affected by the layoffs, as well as a discussion about engaged Buddhism and what our practice means about how we show up, whether that is to protest, to stand in solidarity, or to provide practical support.

The term ‘engaged Buddhism’ was coined by Thay in 1954, when he and his sangha made efforts during the Vietnam war to respond to the suffering they saw around them. The term refers to Buddhists who are seeking to apply the insights from meditation practice and dharma teachings to social action, confronting situations of social, political and economic suffering and injustice. The Buddha taught a path of liberation; it is central to our practice.

As Thay writes in ‘Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet’, our actions become a true expression of our love, care, and awakening.

With love

The WMC Practice Council (Jeanine, Joann, Jude, Nigel, Pat)

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, March 2nd, you’ll be able to join 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-Listening to a Dharma talk

-Dharma sharing 

After meditation we’ll be reading Beginning Anew, and then watching the next portion of a video dharma talk by Sister Dang Nghiem, followed by an opportunity to practice 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 our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

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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 read Beginning Anew, watch the same portion of Sister D’s video dharma talk as the group at the Vihara, and have an opportunity to practice dharma sharing. The entire program will run about 60 minutes total. 

If you’d like to join us online, please write to wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoom log-in 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  

Love,

Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, February 23rd at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read Beginning Anew, watch a portion of a new video dharma talk by Sister Dang Nghiem, and have an opportunity to practice dharma sharing. The entire program will run about 60 minutes total. If you would like to join us, please write to wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoom log-in 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

Love,

Steve 

Dear Friends, 

This Sunday, February 16th, you’ll be able to join 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. If you’re able to come 20 minutes early and help set up, please do, otherwise please arrive a few minutes before 6:30pm to get settled.

Here’s the evening’s format:

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-25 min sit

-Walking meditation

-Greeting and transition

-Recitation/Reading

-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.

If you have any questions about our in-person practice or format, please respond to this email.

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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 recite the Refuge Chant, 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 watching Thich Nhat Hahn’s talk on mindfulness and education.

If you’d like to join us online, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com and we’ll send you the Zoom log-in 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  

Love,

Steve

Dear Friends, 

Please join us this Sunday, February 9th at 6:30pm ET as we hold our weekly WMC mindfulness practice via Zoom meeting. 

After sitting meditation we’ll read the Five Awarenesses, 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 a dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hahn on mindfulness and education.

If you’d like to join us this Sunday, please write to us at wmcsangha@gmail.com, and we’ll send you the Zoom link for the meeting.

We know that these are difficult times for many. But please be aware that 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

Love, Steve