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<p><b><span style="COLOR: pink"><font color="#990000">The Broward Lotus Sangha will be meeting today for mindfulness meditation practice with Special Guest Teacher Jeff Roth</font></span></b><font color="#990000"> <br>From 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. <br>
At ArtServe, 1350 East Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL</font></p>
<p><img border="0" alt="biggrin" src="http://img1.meetupstatic.com/img/smileys/biggrin.gif"><font size="4"><b><u>PLEASE NOTE THAT TONIGHT'S SANGHA MEETING IS NOT AT OUR PEMBROKE PINES LOCATION.</u></b> </font></p>
<p><font size="4">Instead, we are meeting At ArtServe (1350 East Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale-see below for directions) as we are expecting a much larger number of people to attend that would fit in our regular meditation hall: <u>We already have over 80 confirmed registrations</u> <img border="0" alt="laughing" src="http://img1.meetupstatic.com/img/smileys/laughing.gif"></font></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="4"><b>Our s<b>pecial guest teacher this evening is </b>Rabbi Jeff Roth</b>, a long time student of Dr. Sylvia Boorstein, is founder and director of the <b>Awakened Heart Project</b>. His teachings offer a fresh take on meditation that focuses on using the distilled wisdom of Judaism and Buddhism as a way to learn from life experience. By combining these two traditions, he presents a model that allows Westerners of all backgrounds to embrace timeless Eastern teachings without sacrificing their birth traditions. <font size="4">During this special gathering we will enjoy sitting and walking meditation, as well as a Dharma Talk and a period of Questions and Answers by <b>Rabbi Jeff Roth</b>. </font></font></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="4"><font size="4">Please be punctual. We will begin promptly at 6:30 pm. (It would be advisable to arrive by 6:15 p.m. in order to give yourself a chance to mindfully find our new location and a place to seat. Feel free to bring your favorite seating arrangement or use the chairs provided. </font></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="4"><b><u>Directions</u>:</b> <br>ArtServe is located on the south side of Sunrise Blvd near Holiday Park, east of I-95, between US-1 South and US-1 North on Sunrise Blvd. 1350 East Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, 954-610-2163.</font></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="4"><b>To register and for more information, </b>please click here <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Broward-Lotus-Sangha/calendar/11889450/"><font color="#330033">http://www.meetup.com/Broward-Lotus-Sangha/calendar/11889450/</font></a>. </font><font size="4"><font size="4"><b>Questions?</b> please call Emunah at (954) 940-0563.</font></font></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="4">Click here to learn more about Jeff Roth and the </font><a href="http://www.awakenedheartproject.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#330033" size="4">Awakened Heart Project</font></a> <a href="http://www.awakenedheartproject.org/"><font size="2">http://www.awakenedheartproject.org/</font></a></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For more information about the Broward Lotus Sangha, please visit </font></b><a href="http://www.browardlotussangha.org/" target="_blank"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">www.BrowardLotusSangha.org</font></a><font size="4"><b><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The <b>Broward Lotus Sangha</b> (<b>BLS</b>) is a Community of Mindful Living in the tradition of <b>Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh</b>, who was nominated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the Nobel Peace Price back in the 60s when they were working together to build <i>The Beloved Community</i>, promote Peace on Earth and end the war in Vietnam. A <i>“<b>Sangha</b>”</i> is a community of practitioners that gets together to meditate, practice mindfulness, support its members’ spiritual practice, and socialize with a focus. Throughout our practice, we emphasize the cultivation of <i>Smirti</i> (Mindfulness), <i>Samadhi</i> (Concentration), and <i>Prajna</i> (Insight), and endeavor to live in harmony and awareness. To learn more about our practices including sitting and walking meditation, please click here: </font><a href="http://www.plumvillage.org/HTML/practice.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman">http://www.plumvillage.org/HTML/practice.htm</font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">. To learn more about the <b>Broward Lotus Sangha</b>, please click here: </font><a href="http://www.browardlotusangha.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman">www.browardlotusangha.org</font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">. To learn more about <b>Thây Nhất Hạnh</b> and his work, please click here: </font><a href="http://www.plumvillage.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman">http://www.plumvillage.org</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>We meet the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM </b><span>(and other times as stated in our <b>Calendar of Events</b> <u><span style="COLOR: #365f91"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Broward-Lotus-Sangha/calendar/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/Broward-Lotus-Sangha/calendar/</a></span></u>).</span> The door opens around 6:00 PM to set up and practitioners are invited to arrive by 6:15 PM so they can say 'hello', find a comfortable place to sit and relax. Feel free to wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothes and bring your favorite seating arrangement (For your convenience, chairs are provided and a limited number of Zafus and Zabutons are available on a first come, first served basis). </font></font></p>
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