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Meditation & Mindfulness in Bac Ninh

Meditation, workshops, tea gatherings and community sits. Find your pace.

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Mindful Breathing and Mindful Sitting + Wisdom in Life Guided Reading

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Mindful Breathing and Mindful Sitting + Wisdom in Life Guided Reading

Mindful Breathing & Seated Meditation + Wisdom Guidance

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Tai Chi Mindfulness Ball + Wisdom Guided Reading

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Tai Chi Mindfulness Ball + Wisdom Guided Reading

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Activity schedule poster for Mindful Peace Academy featuring a white Buddha statue with floral and plant decorative elements

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Wellness Cycle + Wisdom

Guidance: Reading and Chanting "The Heart Creates Happiness"

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Event schedule poster for善明小院featuring candlelit lotus lantern decorations and listing meditation, tea ceremony, and other activities across multiple dates in October

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Mindful Peace Yard Volunteer Day

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Event schedule poster for善明小院with Buddha statue and illuminated lotus flowers in background

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One Day of Chan—New Moon Sutra Chanting and Blessing

Chanting Sutras on the First of the Month — A Blessing Practice

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Activity schedule poster for善明小院showing mindfulness breathing, tea meditation, and seated practice sessions from October 6-10, with illuminated lotus lanterns and Buddha statue in

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Weekend Group Practice Gathering

Dhyana Vegan Experience, Mindfulness Stretching, and Dhyana Tea

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Event schedule poster for Mindful Peace Academy displaying October wellness activities including meditation, tea ceremony, and yoga classes with lotus lanterns and Buddha statue in

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Mindfulness Sitting Practice

Mindful Sitting Practice

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Event schedule poster for善明小院featuring illuminated lotus lamps and a meditation figure silhouette against a warm backdrop

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Dhyana Tea Reading Circle

Dhyana Tea & Reading Circle — *Tea and Meditation Practice*

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Woman wearing traditional Vietnamese áo dài smiling in front of yellow colonial architecture, promoting Vietnamese language learning experience

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Vietnamese Language Learning Experience Class

Vietnamese Language Experience Class

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Event schedule poster for善明小院displaying October mindfulness activities including breathing practice, meditation tea gathering, and seated meditation, with lotus lanterns in backgro

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Mindfulness Breathing Practice

Mindful Breathing Practice

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Dining Gathering Setup

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Dining Gathering Setup

Dhyana Vegan Experience – Table Setting – Learning Meal

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Loving-Kindness Cooking Gathering II

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Loving-Kindness Cooking Gathering II

Dhyana Vegan Experience—Cooking with Compassion

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Compassionate Cooking

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Compassionate Cooking

Dhyana Vegan Experience — Cooking with Compassion

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Why Practice a Plant-Based Diet

A plant-based diet is more than a dietary choice—it's a practice rooted in mindfulness and compassion. When we eat consciously, we consider the impact of our choices on all living beings and our shared world.

In the contemplative traditions, eating simply and mindfully helps quiet the mind and lighten the body, creating space for deeper practice. A plant-based approach aligns naturally with the principle of non-harm and cultivates awareness with each meal.

Many who come to Mindful Peace Academy find that choosing whole, plant-based foods becomes part of their journey inward. It's not about restriction, but about nourishing ourselves in a way that feels true to our values and supports our practice.

Whether through our Dhyana Vegan Experience or simply by bringing more intention to what we eat, this choice becomes a quiet act of care—for ourselves, for others, and for the world around us.

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Why Practice a Plant-Based Diet A plant-based diet is more than a dietary choice—it's a practice rooted in mindfulness and compassion. When we eat consciously, we consider the impact of our choices on all living beings and our shared world. In the contemplative traditions, eating simply and mindfully helps quiet the mind and lighten the body, creating space for deeper practice. A plant-based approach aligns naturally with the principle of non-harm and cultivates awareness with each meal. Many who come to Mindful Peace Academy find that choosing whole, plant-based foods becomes part of their journey inward. It's not about restriction, but about nourishing ourselves in a way that feels true to our values and supports our practice. Whether through our Dhyana Vegan Experience or simply by bringing more intention to what we eat, this choice becomes a quiet act of care—for ourselves, for others, and for the world around us.

Dhyana Vegan Experience—Why Choose a Plant-Based Path

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Mid-Autumn Leisure Afternoon Session

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Mid-Autumn Leisure Afternoon Session

Mindful Coffee, Handcrafted Mooncakes, Mindful Breathing Experience

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Hands holding a homemade mooncake above a wooden plate with several mooncakes and a tea cup, with a full moon in the background

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Mid-Autumn Day at Leisure — Morning Session

Sutra copying and folding vegan dumplings

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Mid-Autumn Festival event poster featuring tea ceremony, calligraphy, moonlit gathering, and traditional cultural activities

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Mid-Autumn Special

Handmade moon cakes, vegan hot pot, Mid-Autumn Dhyana Tea Ceremony

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Mindful Peace Academy event schedule poster showing September programs including Zen Tea, Health Great Cycle, and Mindful Eating sessions with instructor names and times

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Mindfulness in Eating

Rest in the present moment, grateful for nature's gifts.

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Mindful Peace Academy event poster featuring Chinese calligraphy text overlaid on misty mountain landscape, with event details and QR code for registration

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The Great Circle of Well-being

Using gua sha to clear blockages and moxibustion to nourish your core, opening your body's inner flow and bringing harmony to mind and spirit.

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Light blue ceramic tea cups and tea leaves arranged on a wooden tea tray with additional teaware and greenery in soft focus

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Mindful Peace Academy's Seven Forms of Tea Meditation Workshop — Now Enrolling

Mindfulness Meditation & Tea Gathering — A Community Learning Program

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Tai li Mindfulness Ball and potted plant on wooden deck with forest trees in background

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Mindfulness Ball

Yielding overcomes force; cultivate both inner and outer.

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Calligraphy artwork displayed on a framed scroll in a wooden meditation space with a vase and candles nearby

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In each stroke, awakening the wholeness that has always been within.

Reading Together: The Wisdom of the Heart Sutra

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Multiple hands performing AnDao pressing technique on an open palm

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Reading Circle with Guidance — Hold Your Health in Your Hands, Settle Your Heart in the Present Moment

A community gathering bringing together traditional Chinese healing touch and mindful meditation

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Participants seated around a table with a pink lotus flower in a glass vase at center, accompanied by wooden zen décor and candles

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Mindful Tea Meditation — Come with your heart, find peace with us

The essence of meditation is a clear, free heart without clinging. This heart needs no escape, no seeking elsewhere—only moment-to-moment awareness, returning always to what is true.

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Full moon illuminates a traditional building at night, with moonlight reflecting on water, alongside event invitation text for a gratitude tea gathering

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Moonlight Gratitude Tea Gathering

A cup of tea, a full moon, gratitude in the heart, and friendship that endures.

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Stone Buddha statue head with detailed carved facial features and ornamental jewelry

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Exploring Buddhist Worldview Together

We chase the world outward, yet find ourselves more lost. Why?

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Open book, lit candle, and tea cup on a desk with a blurred green outdoor background

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Shanming Courtyard — August 25-29 In-Person Activities Schedule

Public Service Activities – Scan to Book a Consultation

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