[BLS-News] Plum Village-Style Rose Ceremony (ÐẠI LỄ VU LAN) This Sunday, August 17th @ 5:00 PM

[Dr. Martha Martinez]

The Broward Lotus Sangha and Tu Viện Hương Hải
Are pleased to invite you to a
ROSE CEREMONY (ÐẠI LỄ VU LAN)
In Celebration Buddha’s Mother’s Day 
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
From 5:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
At 2321 SW 127 Ave., Davie, FL 33325
 
Join us for a delightful evening to celebrate Ðại Lễ Vu Lan –-A Buddhist Celebration honoring Shakyamuni Buddha’s Mother and all mothers and fathers throughout space and time. According to Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh, this Plum Village-Style Rose Ceremony is as important as the Ceremony for the Birth of the Buddha (Vesak), for it nourishes our understanding, love, and gratitude for our parents and all beings. 
 
We will start the celebration with a Dharma Talk by Venerable Tỷ Kheo Thích Hương Huệ’, followed by a chanting of the Three Refuges and a reading of Sư Ông Thích Nhất Hanh’s A Rose for Your Pocket.  During this Plum Village-style Rose Ceremony, all participants will be invited pin to their lapels two flowers in representation of each of their parents: a red rose if parent is still alive or a white rose if he or she is no longer alive.  At about 7:00 P.M., our Rose Ceremony will be followed by joyful singing and a delicious Vietnamese vegetarian dinner. The Celebration will be conducted in English and Vietnamese.  
 
This event is free and open to the public. However, your generosity in providing a donation or Dana for the monastic Sangha is gratefully accepted and encouraged. Your kind donation helps support the activities of the Sangha (e.g., defray the costs associated with maintaining the meditation hall, offering activities, beverages and meals) and is greatly appreciated. 
 
To learn more about the Broward Lotus Sangha and for directions to this event, click here www.BrowardLotusSangha.org and here http://buddhism.meetup.com/481/calendar/.
 
To learn more about Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his tradition, click here www.plumvillage.org
 
A Lotus Flower For You, 
Broward Lotus Sangha
P.O. Box 245124 
Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 
(954) 665-4325 
 
COME MEDITATE WITH US!
www.BrowardLotusSangha.org
In the Tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh 
 
 
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