Announcement and Invitation

        Meditation Retreat – April 2012

The White Sands Buddhist Center is pleased to announce that there will be a retreat at our monastery from Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29, 2012.  We cordially invite you to participate in this fall retreat.  Theme of retreat focus on transforming suffering through mindfulness.

          To participate in this retreat, we invite you to send in your registration to White Sands Buddhist Center, 4640 Knost Dr. Mims, Fl 32754, Phone: 321.383.072.  In addition, you may contact the following individuals to obtain more information and/or register: (Mims) Cat Tuong: 407.718.8914; (Orlando) Truc Nguyen: 407.733.1301, Hoang Thu: 321.388.8351, Phap Hanh: 321.946.7242, Phap Nguyet: 407.574.0298, Dinh Nguyen: 858.201.8837, Dieu Thuan: 321.287.3256.  (West Palm Beach) Phap Dat: 561.251.1969/ 561.923.6267.

          For the retreat, please remember to bring personal items that you may need during the retreat, such as comfortable walking shoes, your medications and other personal items.  We also encourage you to check weather forecast for that weekend so that you will bring the appropriate/comfortable clothing.

          We are very happy to invite you to attend the retreat so that together we can study and practice the Buddha’s noble teachings.  

Please Note:

·         Due to limited space at our retreat center, the number of participants is limited to 200.  If you intend to participate in the retreat, please let us know of your intention by registering in advance.  For those travelling from out of town, please contact one of our staff members for registration purposes and any questions. The airport that is closest to our center is the Orlando International Airport (MCO).

·         For each retreat, we have a number of dedicated staff members and volunteers who spend a significant of time to help prepare for the retreat, such as preparing food, getting the facilities ready, providing rides for individuals who are coming from out of town, etc.  For those reasons, we hope that you will register in advance and participate the entire duration of the retreat.

·         To make it more convenient for our volunteers who provide rides to  out-of-town participants to and from our center, please make your travel arrangement so that you arrive at Orlando International Airport (MCO) during the evening of Thursday and depart on Monday.  Our volunteers are able to provide transportation at the end of the week and the beginning of the week.

·         If you live within driving distance to our center and would like to volunteer or help guide our young people to learn more about the Buddha’s teachings, we would like to invite you to come on Wednesday of each week to help care for and maintain our spiritual home.