[Fcm-News] FW: News Release: St Petersburg Gathering for Burma, Saturday October 6

[Powell, Diane]

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From: Richard Ferriss [mailto:rickfrrss at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:03 PM
To: bpf-tampabay at yahoogroups.com
Subject: News Release: St Petersburg Gathering for Burma, Saturday
October 6

 

Friends:

 

Here is the news release for the Burma event that Buddhist Peace
Fellowship has planned for this Saturday in St Petersburg.

 

Please forward it to anyone who might be interested.

 

And please consider coming on Saturday. 

 

(btw: The art museum next door has an exhibit of Buddhist art from India
and Tibet opening the same day (http://www.fine-arts.org/).)

 

peace,

 

Rick Ferriss

bpf-tampabay

 

info at bpf-tampabay.org

813-850-8168

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Pinellas Park, Florida, October 2, 2007

 

St Petersburg Gathering for Burma, Saturday October 6

 

A gathering in support of the people of Burma will be held this
Saturday, October 6, from 11:00 AM to 2 PM in Straub Park just north of
the art museum, in Downtown St. Petersburg.  Visitors can sign
petitions, pick up literature from a wide range of sources, and discuss
how Americans might best help to peacefully resolve the crisis in Burma.
At 1:00 PM there will be chanting of the Metta Sutta, a traditional
Buddhist expression of loving kindness that has inspired the the monks
and nuns who have been demonstrating in Burma.

 

This will a non-confrontational, non-partisan gathering in the spirit of
the initial protests in Burma: "Love and kindness must win over
everything." Everyone with an interest in peace in Burma is welcome.

 

This free event is sponsored by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Buddhist
Peace Fellowship, an international organization that was founded in
1978, and now has chapters in 29 states and 11 countries. Members come
from many different Buddhist traditions. For more information, call Rick
Ferriss at 813-850-8168, email rick at bpf-tampabay.org
<mailto:rick at bpf-tampabay.org> , or visit www.bpf-tampabay.org
<http://www.bpf-tampabay.org/> .

 

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Who: Sponsored by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Buddhist Peace
Fellowship. Everyone with an interest in peace in Burma is welcome.

What: Meditation & chanting (1:00 pm) and information exchange
(11:00-2:00) in support of the struggles of the people of Burma against
the military dictatorship

When: Saturday October 6, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Program at 1:00

Where: Straub Park (downtown St Petersburg near the Pier), under the
banyan trees just north of the art museum.

Why: To raise awareness of the situation in Burma, and express support
for the people of Burma.

How: Literature and petitions, informal discussions. At 1:00 there will
be a group chanting in Pali and English of the Metta Sutta, a
traditional Buddhist expression of loving kindness that has inspired the
the monks and nuns who have been demonstrating in Burma.

 

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For more information contact:

Rick Ferriss: 813-850-8168. rick at bpf-tampabay.org
<mailto:rick at bpf-tampabay.org> 

 

Burma event web page:

www.floridanastuff.com/BPF/burma71006.htm

 

Buddhist Peace Fellowship Tampa Bay web site:

www.bpf-tampabay.org <http://www.bpf-tampabay.org/> 

 

Buddhist Peace Fellowship Tampa Bay meetup:

http://buddhism.meetup.com/552/

 

Buddhist Peace Fellowship national website Burma page:

www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/2007/burma_peace.html

 

 

 

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