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.

JUNE 2025
Bellmaster: Dale and Friend

Sunday, June 1st 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
“Mind Creates the Form of Reality” and “Observer and Participant”

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 Planning Session

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.

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JULY 2025
Bellmaster: TBD

Sunday, July 6th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading from Peace is Every Step-
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday, July 13th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

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

10:15-11:00 Study Period

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

No second session.

AUGUST 2025
Bellmaster: TBD

Sunday, August 3rd 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading from Peace is Every Step-
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday, August 10th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday August 17th
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday, August 24th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Transmission Ceremony
Facilitator: Leslie
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony

No second session._______________________________________________________________________________

SEPTEMBER 2025
Bellmaster: TBD

Sunday, September 7th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday, September 14th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday, September 21st 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday, September 28th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony
Facilitator: Kevin
Sitting Meditation
Walking Meditation
Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony

No second session.

OCTOBER 2025
Bellmaster: TBD

Sunday, October 5th 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday, October 12th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday October 19th
Facilitator: TBD
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Dharma Reading
Dharma Sharing

10:15-11:00 Study Period

Sunday, October 26th 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Transmission Ceremony
Facilitator: Leslie
Sitting Meditation
Walking meditation
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony

No second session.