[BLS-News] UPDATE--VIETNAMESE DRAGON DANCE AND A SPECIAL TIBETAN SAND MANDALA IN HONOR OF ALL MOTHERS AT THE VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST MONASTERY THIS SUNDAY

[Dr. Martha Martinez]

UPDATE 
 
VIETNAMESE DRAGON DANCE AND A SPECIAL TIBETAN SAND MANDALA IN HONOR OF ALL MOTHERS AT THE VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST MONASTERY THIS SUNDAY.
 This Sunday, August 17th, in addition to the Rose Ceremony (Ðại Lễ Vu Lan) previously announced, we will be offering a traditional Vietnamese Dragon Dance for the whole family to enjoy, as well as Tibetan chanting and a Mother’s Day Mandala provided by the delegation of Tibetan monks visiting us from Gaden Ngari Monastery in India.  Hope you can join us! For more detailed information, please see below:
 
 
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 (Ullambana)
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 (Ullambana). 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, for it nourishes our understanding, love, and gratitude for our parents and all beings. Our list of distinguished guests will include a delegation of Tibetan monks from Gaden Ngari Monastery in India, who are creating a special sand mandala in honor of all mothers at the Vietnamese Buddhist Monastery. We will start the celebration with a traditional Vietnamese Dragon Dance for the whole family to enjoy. A Dharma Talk by Venerable Tỷ Kheo Thích Hương Huệ’ and a reading of Sư Ông Thích Nhất Hanh’s A Rose for Your Pocket will follow. 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.  We will then enjoy chanting in Vietnamese and Tibetan during the Mother’s Day Mandala closing ceremony.  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 building the sand mandala, maintaining the meditation hall, offering 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 To learn more about the delegation of Tibetan monks visiting us from Gaden Ngari Monastery in India, click here http://www.gadenngari.org/Ngari%20Tour.htm A Lotus Flower For You, Broward Lotus Sangha  COME MEDITATE WITH US!www.BrowardLotusSangha.orgIn the Tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh  
 
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