Willow Branch Sangha

Willow Branch Sangha welcomes participation from any interested person regardless of spiritual background or level of experience in meditation practice.

Sunday* 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM - Church of the Loving Shepherd

• Practice Program

  • Incense Offering

  • Chanting of Sutra Opening Verse

  • Heart Sutra Chant

  • A reading selected by the session host

  • First sitting meditation (25 minutes)

  • Walking meditation (10 minutes)

  • Second sitting meditation (10 minutes)

  • Recitation of Five Mindfulness Trainings (first Sunday of the month)

  • Touching the Earth***

  • Dharma sharing/discussion

  • Recitation of The Three Refuges**

  • Recitation of Sharing the Merit

  • Tea**

*All Sunday's except for the third Sunday of the month which is dedicated to the recitation of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings

**Optional - Included at host's discretion

***Optional - With reading from “Touching the Earth: Intimate Conversations With the Buddha”