<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="gmail_quote"><strong><span style="COLOR: #ff99cc"><font color="#660000" size="4" face="arial black,sans-serif">CULTIVATING THE MIND OF LOVE</font></span></strong></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="gmail_quote"></div></span><strong><span style="COLOR: #ff99cc"><font color="#660000" size="4" face="arial black,sans-serif">GLENN H. MULLIN </font></span></strong>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="gmail_quote"><strong><span style="COLOR: #ff99cc"><font color="#660000" size="4">APRIL 17, 2011</font></span></strong></p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="gmail_quote"><strong><span style="COLOR: #ff99cc"><font color="#660000" size="4">10 A.M. - 6 P.M.</font></span></strong></div>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class="gmail_quote"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><span style="COLOR: #88cbfb"><font color="#660000"><strong>About the Dharma Teacher:</strong>
<div><strong>Glenn H. Mullin (Ngapka Maitri Zopa)</strong></div></font></span> is a world 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. 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. 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></span>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class="gmail_quote"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><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. 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. His place is now known as the Shambhala Museum and Art Institute. </font></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail_quote"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><span style="COLOR: #88cbfb"><font color="#000000"><strong>For more information about Lama Glenn Mullin,</strong> please click here: </font></span></span></span><a href="http://www.glennmullin.com/new/profile.php" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><span style="COLOR: #88cbfb"><font color="#000000">Lama Glenn Mullin</font></span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="gmail_quote"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000">This year, Lama Glenn will be offering </font></span></span></p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="gmail_quote"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><em><font color="#000000"><span style="COLOR: #88cbfb"><font color="#660000">The Seventh Dalai Lama's Oral Transmission on The Way of the Bodhisattva:</font> </span></font></em></span></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="gmail_quote"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><em><font color="#000000"><span style="COLOR: #88cbfb"><strong><span style="COLOR: #ff00ff">CULTIVATING THE MIND OF LOVE</span></strong>.</span> </font></em></span></span></div>
<p class="gmail_quote"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><strong>The Seventh Dalai Lama</strong> (1708-1757) 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 <strong>Meditations to Transform the Mind</strong> is a highly valued collection of spiritual advice for taming and developing the mind. <strong>The Seventh Dalai Lama</strong>'s rich spiritual writings and oral transmissions are direct and arresting, giving clear advice on the essence of Buddhist practice and the <strong>Bodhisattva's Path</strong>. In particular, the oral transmission lineages coming from him after his enlightenment serve as <strong>easy guides to Buddhist spirituality, both for meditation and for "being in the world."</strong> His social activism gave shape to the Tibet that came into the modern era. During this Retreat, <strong>Lama Glenn Mullin</strong> will provide valuable and easy to understand teachings on <font color="#660000"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><span style="COLOR: #88cbfb"><strong><font color="#660000">The Seventh Dalai Lama's Oral Transmission on The Way of the Bodhisattva: Cultivating The Mind Of Love</font></strong></span></span></span>,</font> making them really accessible to Westerners. </font></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail_quote"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><strong><em>Bodhicitta</em></strong>, means “<strong>mind of enlightenment</strong>" or "<strong>mind of love</strong>”. In Buddhism, bodhicitta is the wish to attain complete enlightenment in order to be of benefit to all sentient beings. One who has bodhicitta as the primary motivation for all of his or her activities is called a Bodhisattva. This one day retreat looks at the manner in which the <strong>Great Seventh</strong> <u>abbreviated all Buddhist practice into <em><strong>Five Factors</strong></em></u><strong>:</strong></font></span></span></p>
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<li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><strong>Universal Love, </strong></font></span></span></li>
<li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><strong>Meditation, </strong></font></span></span></li>
<li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><strong>Wisdom, </strong></font></span></span></li>
<li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><strong>Joyous Presence, and </strong></font></span></span></li>
<li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><strong>Dedication. </strong></font></span></span></li></ol></div><span style="COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: small"><font color="#000000"><span style="COLOR: #ff99cc"><font color="#660000"><font color="#000000">
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#990000"><font face="arial black,sans-serif">COME LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP AND CULTIVATE THE MIND OF LOVE AND </font></font></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#990000"><font face="arial black,sans-serif">OPEN YOUR HEART AND LIFE TO </font></font></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#990000"><font face="arial black,sans-serif">TRUE LOVE,<span> </span>JOY, WISDOM, ENLIGHTENMENT, AND ONENESS </font></font></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#990000"><font face="arial black,sans-serif">TO ALL THAT IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL BEINGS</font></font></div></font>
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