{"id":2790,"date":"2026-03-11T21:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2026-03-28T20:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T03:24:25","slug":"march-practice-in-person-practice-days-of-mindfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/march-practice-in-person-practice-days-of-mindfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"March practice \u2013 In person practice \u2013 Days of Mindfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good afternoon dear friends \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nAs we await spring\u2019s arrival our March practice will focus on <strong>Loving Kindness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On March 1<\/strong> we recited the Five Mindfulness Trainings and looked deeply within them for the presence of <strong>The Four Brahmaviharas<\/strong> \u2013 what Thay calls the Four Elements of True Love. Loving kindness; Compassion; Sympathetic Joy; Equanimity. <strong><br>\nOn March 8<\/strong> we practiced with a Guided Love Meditation by Thay as well as the Chant of Compassion and the Loving Kindness Song<br><strong>March 15<\/strong> \u2013 We will practice with a <strong>Sutra Service<\/strong> focused on love and compassion<br><strong>March 22<\/strong> \u2013 We will practice with Thay\u2019s book: <strong>Cultivating the Mind of Love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>March 29<\/u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DAY OF MINDFULNESS IN PERSON \u2013 ALSO ZOOM<\/strong><br> Mountain Rain Zendo \u2013 2016 Wall St, Vancouver, 3:30-7:30.<br> Includes formal meal \u2013 tea provided. Please bring a bag meal<br><strong>Suggested Donation of $15.00. Donation on a sliding scale accepted, no one will be turned away. &nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>RSVP: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:wwsangha@gmail.com\"><strong>wwsangha@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There will be no regular sangha gathering on Zoom on March 29 and May 31.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>May 31<\/u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DAY OF MINDFULNESS IN PERSON \u2013 ALSO ZOOM<\/strong><br>Mountain Rain Zendo \u2013 2016 Wall St, Vancouver. 3:30-7:30 <br>Includes formal meal \u2013 tea provided please bring a bag meal.<br><strong>Suggested donation of $15.00. Donation accepted on a sliding scale, no one will be turned away. &nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>RSVP: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:wwsangha@gmail.com\"><strong>wwsangha@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IN PERSON SUNDAY PRACTICE \u2013 ALSO ZOOM<\/strong><br><strong>April 26, June 28, July 26<\/strong><br>\nMountain Rain Zendo \u2013 2016 Wall St, Vancouver,\n6:00 to 8:00. <br>Please arrive at 5:45 (arrival at 6:20 also possible)<br><strong>Helpful but not necessary RSVP: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:wwsangha@gmail.com\"><strong>wwsangha@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon dear friends \u2013 As we await spring\u2019s arrival our March practice will focus on Loving Kindness. On March 1 we recited the Five Mindfulness Trainings and looked deeply within them for the presence of The Four Brahmaviharas \u2013 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/march-practice-in-person-practice-days-of-mindfulness\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2790"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2812,"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions\/2812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}