[BLS-Special-Events] Encourage your representatives to attend CONGRESSIONAL MINDFULNESS RETREAT October 27-28, 2011 with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

[Broward Lotus Sangha]

Dear Friends,
*Please take the time to encourage your representatives to attend Thay's
CONGRESSIONAL RETREAT October 27-28, 2011 and Thay's **Lecture,* *“Path
Toward Peace: Cultivating Clarity, Compassion, and Courage in Political
Life” ** **at The Library of Congress **October 26, 2011* *by visiting,
writing, calling, faxing or e-mailing their offices*.

Members of Congress, their spouses and families, and selected Congressional
staffers (both current and former) are elegible to attend this retreat. The
retreat begins at 5pm on Thursday evening , October 27th and concludes after
lunch on Friday October 28th. It will be held close to DC at a beautiful
overnight facility with superb meeting space and a picturesque campus on
which to walk and enjoy a wide array of trees and flowers. It is the first
time since 2003 that Thay returns to D.C.

Members of congress and other invitees can register to attend by contacting:

Nelson Watkins at (202) 546-1299 or nelson at faithandpolitics.org.
On *Wednesday, October 26**th*, Thay will deliver the *Annual Walter
Capps-Bill Emerson Memorial Lecture, **“Path Toward Peace: Cultivating
Clarity, Compassion, and Courage in Political Life” at The Library of
Congress. *Contact information is the same as above.

*More information on how to take action can  be found here: **
http://www.plumvillage.org/events/events/321-how-u-can-help-congressional-retreat-11.html
*<http://www.plumvillage.org/events/events/321-how-u-can-help-congressional-retreat-11.html>


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In the Dharma,

Your Friends at the Broward Lotus Sangha
P.O. Box 245124
Pembroke Pines, FL 33024

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In the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

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