Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

Residential Retreat October 5 – 10, 2011 with Thich Nhat Hanh

Title: Stepping Into Freedom, Savoring Life (click here for more information)

Description: A retreat with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of the international Plum Village delegation. This retreat offers us the opportunity to gather for silent meditation, dharma talks, walking meditation, silent meals, and sharing our experiences of the practice in small groups. There will be opportunities for artistic expression, as well as times for noble silence. The retreat is open to all, including beginners, those who have previously attended retreats, and families with teens and children. For more information please read the invitation letter and registration form.

Financial aid: Scholarship / Financial aid: Limited funds are available for those in need; please email at info@tnhtour.org fax us at 845-733-4300 or call at 845-733-4959 for an application form and to register for the retreat.

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Jenny will be driving down and has tent enough for anyone who would like to participate.

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. — William Ames

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Good News of the Day:
They lived across the street from each other for years, but didn’t know each other well. James Bronson was a fixture in Adams Morgan, a retired barber who’d been greeting passerby from his front stoop for more than 3 decades. John O’Leary was 25 years younger, a sound engineer who’d bought his six-bedroom townhouse just as the neighborhood was beginning to gentrify. Not the likeliest of roommates. But when Mr. Bronson lost his home and had nowhere to go, O’Leary took him in rent-free. It was a split-second decision that would profoundly change both their lives. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4438

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Be The Change:
Do something kind for a neighbor today.

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Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness. — Mark Twain

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Tip of the Day:
It’s the little things in life. The waitress who notices your empty glass, and refills it without asking. Grabbing hold of a tissue, right before a sudden sneeze. The sound of snow falling. Freshly laundered clothes… An observer of life’s smiling snapshots, Neil Pasricha reveals 3 secrets (all starting with A) to leading a life that’s truly awesome. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4456

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Be The Change:
Take a moment to witness something small that makes life worth living. For tips, see http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4456a

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To build toilets is easy, but to shift people’s mind and hearts is the real work. Software is more important than hardware. — Ishwar Patel

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Inspiration of the Day:
Government officials shut down the streets. As everyone silently stood in line to pay the final respects, the magic of Ishwar-kaka was evident — the richest men in the country stood next to human-waste scavengers next to powerful politicians next to reknowned Gandhians next to vegetable sellers next to his next-door neighbors next to kids who had merely read about him. A humble man who built over 200,000 toilets and helped launched 118 organizations that would elevate the work of sanitation across India. Wise men say that you die the way you have lived. For a vast cross section of society, Ishwar Patel was a hero. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4439

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Be The Change:
Do a task that requires humility. Wash extra dishes, sweep the floor, or clean a toilet.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves. — Gandhi

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Inspiration of the Day:
In the race to build computers that can think like humans, the proving ground is the Turing Test-an annual battle between the world’s most advanced artificial-intelligence programs and ordinary people. The objective? To find out whether a computer can act “more human” than a person. In his own quest to beat the machines, the author discovers that the march of technology isn’t just changing how we live, it’s raising new questions about what it means to be human. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4447

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Be The Change:
Come back to your humanity: Reflect on what makes you come alive, and create space for it in your week.

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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. — Thomas Merton

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Tip of the Day:
Google has taken its 360-degree Street View cameras into some of the most famous and acclaimed galleries, opening the world’s art collection to the internet. From the Tate Britain in London to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, you can now browse 385 rooms in 17 galleries, and see more than 1,000 works by 486 artists. Zoom in close enough, and you can see individual brushstrokes, hairline cracks in the canvas and microscopic details that are almost invisible to the naked eye. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4444

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Be The Change:
Bring art into your day.

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