Day of Mindfulness: Harvesting Peace – Gratitude in Action
🌾 Harvesting Peace: Gratitude in Action
🗓 Sunday, August 24, 2025
🕤 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 1100 S. Valley Center Ave, San Dimas, CA
Join us for a half-day mindfulness gathering designed to bring together community members and Tzu Chi volunteers for a day of inner reflection, compassion cultivation, and peaceful connection.
With the theme “Harvesting Peace: Gratitude in Action,” this event offers a nurturing space to pause, recharge, and deepen our mindfulness and spiritual practice. Through guided meditation, reflective exercises, and shared silence, we honor the power of gratitude and its role in planting seeds of peace—both within ourselves and throughout the world.
🧘♀️ Brief schedule:
7:30 AM – Sign-in
8:00 AM – Three-Step One Bow Pilgrimage
9:00 AM – Break
9:30 AM – Opening Ceremony
9:40 AM – Breath Awareness & Gentle Stretching
10:20 AM – Sitting Meditation
11:05 AM – Break
11:15 AM – Contemplation: Journaling
12:00 PM – Vegan Lunch
12:45 PM – Mindful Flower Arrangement
1:45 PM – Break
1:55 PM – Dharma Reflection: Teachings from Dharma Master Cheng Yen
2:05 PM – Affirmation Card Drawing
2:30 PM – Community Sharing Circle
2:45 PM – Closing & Gratitude
🧡 Who is welcome?
This event is open to all individuals 16 years and older, whether you're new to mindfulness or returning to deepen your practice.
🧺 What to bring:
Comfortable clothing suitable for meditation and light movement
(A vest will be provided. Please dress respectfully, as the event is held in a Buddhist compound.)Closed-toe shoes
A reusable water bottle
Your own food containers, utensils, plate, and cup
🥗 Vegan snacks and lunch will be provided
💵 The event is free of charge; donations are welcome on-site.
🙏 During the event, please:
Keep your phone on silent
Refrain from using electronic devices
Maintain silence throughout the program
Let us come together to breathe, reflect, and take mindful action—nourishing peace within and around us. 🌱