Sunday mornings
8:30-10:00 AM: Sitting and Walking Meditation, recitation or reading, and Dharma Sharing.
10:15-11:00 AM: Sutra Study in second period. Details for each week are below. The last Sunday of each month we have a recitation ceremony and no second period.

In-person: We meet In Room 27 of the Education Building at Myers Park Baptist Church, 1931 Selwyn Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina. Click here for details on finding our room or select the Visit: Where We Meet page on this website.
By Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/287099868?pwd=blVaUnAvejAvRktSVnpWc29LekVsUT09
or Meeting # 287 099 868, PASSCODE: 776538

Page Numbers on the calendar below refer to the book listed or to sutras and recitations in Chanting from the Heart. A new edition of the chanting book was published recently, but we do not yet have copies for everyone. The links below also lead to electronic versions of the reading.

FEBRUARY 2025
Bellmaster: Dale and Friend

Sunday, February 2nd 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – Peace Is Every Step
Facilitator: Kevin
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading from Peace is Every Step- “Reconciliation” pg 119-120
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“The Known Manifests Itself in Countless Ways” and
“Tasting Yourself at the Foot of an Apple Tree”

Sunday, February 9th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – Beginner’s Mind Day/Operation Sandwich
Facilitator: Sangha (Sitting-Leslie, Bell-Dale, Walking-Kevin, Dharma Sharing-Jeff)
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Operation Sandwich
Facilitator: Charline

Sunday, February 16th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – 12th of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings
Facilitator: Dale
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Dharma Reading: 12th of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings “Reverence for Life”
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Mind and Object are One”

Sunday, February 23rd 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony
Facilitator: Kevin
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony

No second session.

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MARCH 2025
Bellmaster: Leigh and Charline

Sunday, March 2nd 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – Peace Is Every Step
Facilitator: Kevin
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading from Peace is Every Step- “Please Call Me by My True Names” (pp 121-124)
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Small is not Inside, Big is not Outside”

Sunday, March 9th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
(Daylight Savings Time Begins.)
Facilitator: Leslie
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading: Discourse on the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma: Universal Door Chapter
(p 327)
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“The Sun My Heart” and “Interbeing and Interpenetration”

Sunday March 16th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: Charline
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Dharma Reading: Flower Garland Discourse: The Ten Great Aspirations of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
(p 324)
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Eyes Opening in Samadhi” and “Seeing and Loving Always Go Together”

Sunday, March 23rd 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: Vishwa
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading: 12th of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Spring Cleaning Our Meditation Room

Sunday, March 30 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – Five Mindfulness Trainings Transmission Ceremony
Facilitator: Leslie
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony

No second session.

APRIL 2025
Bellmaster: Dip and Friend

Sunday, April 6th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: Dale
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading from Peace is Every Step- “Suffering Nourishes Compassion” (pp 125-126)
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Heartbreak” and “Reconciliation Originates in the Heart of Compassion”

Sunday, April 13th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: Leigh
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading: “Nourishing Happiness” (p 61)
Dharma Sharing

10:15-1:00
Potluck Brunch (Bring a vegetarian or vegan dish. No alcoholic beverages please.)
Games!

Sunday, April 20th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – 13th of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings
Facilitator: Charline
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Dharma Reading: 13th of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Operation Sandwich

Sunday, April 27th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony
Facilitator: Leslie
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony

No second session.

MAY 2025
Bellmaster: Vishwa/Jeff

Sunday, May 4th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: Dip
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading from Peace is Every Step- “Love in Action” (pp 126-130)
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Little Room for Compassion” and “Fearless in Life and Death”

Sunday, May 11th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM –Sutra Singing Day
Facilitator: Jeff
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Sutra Singing
Dharma Sharing as time allows.

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Past, Present, and Future on the Tip of a Hair” and
“Entering the World of Interdependence with the Theory of Relativity”

Sunday May 18th – 14th of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings
Facilitator: Kevin
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Dharma Reading: 14th of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“A Raft to Cross the River” and The Ability to Abandon and the Capacity to Discover”

Sunday, May 25th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM – Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony
Facilitator: Leslie
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony

No second session.

JUNE 2025
Bellmaster: Dale and Friend

Sunday, June 1st 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: Leigh
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading from Peace is Every Step- “The River” and “Entering the Twenty-First Century”
(pp 130-134)
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Planning Session

Sunday, June 8th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: Jeff
Dharma Reading: Discourse on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings (p 322)
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Mind Creates the Form of Reality” and “Observer and Participant”

Sunday, June 15th (Father’s Day) 8:30 AM-10:00 AM –Music Day
Facilitator: Kevin
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
The Joy of Music: Bring an instrument, your voice, or just your joy!
Dharma Sharing as time allows.

10:15-11:00 Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Mountains are Again Mountains and Rivers are Again Rivers” and
“Neither Form Nor Emptiness”

Sunday, June 22nd 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Dharma Talk by Dharma Teacher Leslie Rawls:
“Awakening the Bodhisattvas Within”
Dharma Sharing as time allows.

10:15-11:00 Dharma Sharing and Study Period
The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
“The Udumbara Flower is Still Blooming”

Sunday, June 29th 8:30-10:00 AM- Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony
Facilitator: Leslie
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony

No second period.