WISDOM AND COMPASSION IN THE WORLD: A Mindfulness Meditation Retreat
September 18-21, 2008
Trinity Center, near Morehead City, NC
Leader: Therese Fitzgerald, long-time student and teacher of meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh
Cost: about $450 double, $500 single (three nights and nine meals). Some scholarships available.

This retreat will include periods of sitting meditation, indoor walking meditation, writing sessions, outdoor walking meditation, silent meals, yoga, and focused discussion groups, as well as ample time for rest, reflection, and being in nature. Daily Dharma talks will reflect on the Buddhist teachings. Recommended for both beginning and experienced meditators, this retreat will be conducted in partial silence.

RETREAT LEADERS

Therese Fitzgerald is director and teacher of Dharma Friends, based on Maui, Hawai‘i. She has decades of Dharma practice at the San Francisco and Tassajara Zen Centers and then with Vietnamese Zen monk and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh, who ordained her as a Dharma teacher. She is a native of Charlotte, NC.

Wendy Johnson is a Buddhist meditation teacher and organic gardening mentor who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. An ordained lay dharma teacher in the traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh and the San Francisco Zen Center, she was one of the founders of the farm program at Green Gulch Zen Center. She is the author of Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World.

DETAILS

The retreat will be Thursday, September 18 through Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Trinity Center, a retreat center on an island across from Morehead City, NC. The cost per person is $450. The fee includes housing and all meals. You may pay total now or send a $100 deposit and the rest by September 10. Register now! Space is very limited.

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REGISTRATION FORM - Mindfulness Meditation Retreat, Sept. 18-21, 2008

To register, send a check and the registration form to:
RCWMS, 1202 Watts St., Durham, NC 27701.

Name:	___________________________________________________________
Address:	___________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip:	___________________________________________________________
Phone Number:	Day:	______________	Night:	______________
E-mail Address:	___________________________________________________________

___ I have enclosed $450 and agree to share a room. (We'll assign a roommate if you don't have one.)
I have arranged to room with: ___________________________
___ I have enclosed an extra $50 for a single room, for a total of $500. (There are very few single rooms and they will be given those who register first.)
___ I have enclosed a $100 deposit to hold my space and will send the rest by September 1.
___ I have special needs (food, accessibility, etc.):