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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR: #c00000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">CULTIVATING THE MIND OF LOVE</span></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR: #c00000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">World-Renowned Buddhist Teacher and Writer</span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR: #c00000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">GLENN H. MULLIN</span></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR: #c00000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">APRIL 17, 2011</span></b><b><span style="COLOR: #c00000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></span></b></p>
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<div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-LEFT: 16px; PADDING-RIGHT: 16px; COLOR: #666; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-TOP: 16px"><strong>MINDFULNESS RETREAT </strong><strong>WITH </strong><span>World-Renowned Buddhist Teacher, Writer and Scholar </span><strong>LAMA GLENN H. MULLIN</strong></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 18px">What: </div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Broward-Lotus-Sangha/events/16902587/" target="_blank">MINDFULNESS RETREAT WITH LAMA GLENN H. MULLIN: CULTIVATING THE MIND OF LOVE</a> </div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 18px">When: </div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Sunday, April 17, 2011 10:00 AM - 6 P.M.<br></div></div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">About the Dharma Teacher: </span></b></p><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Glenn H. Mullin (Ngapka Maitri Zopa)</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> is a world </span>renowned Tibetologist, Buddhist teacher and writer, and translator of classical Tibetan literature. He has authored more than two dozen books on Tibetan Buddhist culture, Tibetan Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhist art.<span> </span>Most of his books have been translated into a dozen languages. He studied in the Himalayas for almost two decades with many of the greatest lamas alive at the time and is well versed in Zen Buddhist Practices and meditation which he transmits to his students in an entertaining and clear manner.<span> </span>Glenn has taught Buddhist meditation and philosophy in more than 20 countries around the world. His clear method and language makes it easy for Western practitioners to apply timeless mindfulness teachings and meditation practices to their everyday lives.</font></span></div>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 6px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><font color="#000000"></font></span></p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 6px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><font color="#000000">Glenn presently lives in Mongolia, where he is helping to rebuild the traditional culture. He is the chief fund-raiser and project director for the restoration of the Mongolian residence of the great Russian-born New York artist and writer Nicholas Roerich, one of the early luminaries of the theosophical movement.<span> </span>Roerich became the first Buddhist to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (1929) and his “Roerich Peace Pact” was signed by President Roosevelt and 25 world leaders in 1935.<span> </span>His place is now known as the Shambhala Museum and Art Institute. </font></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#000000">This year, Lama Glenn will be offering</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#000000">The Seventh Dalai Lama's Oral Transmission on The Way of the Bodhisattva: CULTIVATING THE MIND OF LOVE.</font></span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">The Seventh Dalai </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Lama is often considered to be one of the greatest of the early Dalai Lamas. He wrote extensive commentaries on the Tantras, and over a thousand mystical poems and prayers. His Meditations to Transform the Mind is a highly valued collection of spiritual advice for taming and developing the mind.<b><span> </span>The Seventh Dalai Lama</b>'s<b> </b>rich spiritual writings and oral transmissions are direct and arresting, giving clear advice on the essence of Buddhist practice and the Bodhisattva's Path. During this Retreat, <b>Lama Glenn Mullin </b>will provide valuable and easy to understand teachings on <b>The Seventh Dalai Lama's Oral Transmission on The Way of the Bodhisattva: Cultivating The Mind Of Love, </b>making them really accessible to Westeners.<b> </b></span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Bodhicitta, </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">means<b> “mind of enlightenment" or "mind of love”. </b>In Buddhism,<b> bodhicitta </b>is the wish to attain complete enlightenment in order to be of benefit to all sentient beings. One who has <b>bodhicitta</b> as the primary motivation for all of his or her activities is called a <b>Bodhisattva</b>.<span> </span>One of the methods for developing the mind of love is to cultivate and practice the <b>Four Immeasurables or Brahmaviharas:</b></span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><font color="#000000">Immeasurable Joy in the Joy of Others (Mudita), and </font></span></b></p>
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