MCPS

Offerings for 2025

Please join us for our regular on-going weekly practices

We have returned to strongly-suggested masking for in-person practices at Dharma Gate as of January 1, 2025. Please see our protocol for more details. (link to https://mindfulnesspugetsound.org/return-to-in-person-practices/

Breathing, Smiling, Being

Join us for a supportive six-week introduction to meditation on Tuesday evenings, starting May 6, 2025. What You’ll Learn: Join us for a supportive series introduction to the art of Mindfulness, Sitting and Walking Meditation, Loving-kindness and Compassionate Awareness. Please see link for more details: https://mindfulnesspugetsound.org/breathing-smiling-being-a-six-week-introduction-to-meditation/

Ongoing Practice Schedule

Practice with us online & in-person

Our constituent groups are meeting and practicing together, some for hybrid practices and most are solely online. Dharma Gate is open on Monday nights to all, members and non-members, with a masking protocol as of January 2025 We continue to offer our hybrid model, offering the option to zoom in, for both Days of Mindfulness and Monday night practices. Please see the Practice page for information on each practice group.

Days of Mindfulness

We will hold Days of Mindfulness (DOM) on the 3rd weekend of each month in 2025 and will alternate Sundays and Saturdays each month starting Sunday, Jan19 followed by Saturday, Feb 15, and so on throughout the year. In May, we will have a date change and our DOM will be on Saturday, May 17. The program is held at Dharma Gate from 8:45 am to 4 pm. You can join in-person at 1910 24th Ave S, Seattle 98144 or connect by Zoom.
Please visit:
Days of Mindfulness for details.

Newcomer Orientation

Please visit our Newcomer Orientation section if you are new to our practices.

Online Practice Schedule

For in-person practice opportunities, we are returning to masking protocols for 2025 at Dharma Gate.
https://mindfulnesspugetsound.org/return-to-in-person-practices/

MCPS supports the practice and tradition of mindfulness and Buddhist meditation, as exemplified by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and other Buddhist teachers, for the liberation of ourselves and all beings. Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Zen master, poet, author, and peace activist, predicts that the next living Buddha will be the sangha (or spiritual community).

Our practice reflects a special emphasis on community-building. We welcome people of all backgrounds (spiritual, ethnic, race, sexual orientation, gender, ability, etc.) to practice with us.

Our mission is to nurture compassion and understanding, both within the sangha, and throughout the larger society.

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