Las Vegas Events
1. The Lotus in the Desert sangha is having it's "Lotus Day of Mindfulness at Mount Charleston" from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. We will be at our traditional site off the Bristlecone Loop Trail 148 in Lee Canyon, the 1st (fire) road to right past Lee Canyon Meadows. Will try to have a Tibetan prayer flag marking the entrance to the parking lot, the trail and the Aspen Grove. The grove is about a 25 minute hike, mostly along a fire road.
What to bring: water, lunch, blanket or yoga mat for yoga and recalling. Something long sleeve as there where hints of a cool breeze. Optional but recommended: your favorite poetry, prose (or your own work) that relates to nature, peace, life, or the Dharma.

2. In support of the International Day of Peace, the Religious Science Church in Las Vegas has scheduled several activities with visiting Tibetan Monks on Saturday and Sunday (20th and 21st). The contact information is
5317 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas , Nevada 89108
Phone (702) 648 6181 FAX (702) 648 6001
On Saturday, September 20, a workshop will take place at the church entitled “Sacred Earth and Healing Arts of Tibet”. It will be presented by the Tibetan Monks of the Institute of Higher Buddhist Studies; Gaden Shartse Lhopa Khangtsen. . In the evening starting at 6 p.m., the monks will perform chanting, the Yak dance and lecture for two hours. This program is $20.00. Tickets are available at the church.

On Sunday, Sept 21, the Tibetan Monks will present Special music at the 9:15 a.m. meditation and 10:00 a.m. Sunday Celebration Service. We will have an international pot luck in honor of our visitors. Bring your International Dish for the Potluck after service. Have lunch and visit with the monks from the Temple N Gaden Shartse. After lunch, the monks will perform group healings. The fee for these healings is $20.00.

Regionally, Nationally, or Internationally

There are numerous websites that provide in depth information. What follows is just a start.

1. The following message about the International Day of Peace is from the UN website. To read more, go to their website at: http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2003/

The General Assembly, in resolution 55/282 (PDF), of 7 September 2001, decided that, beginning in 2002, the International Day of Peace should be observed on 21 September each year. The Assembly declared that the Day be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day. It invited all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, regional and non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate the Day in an appropriate manner, including through education and public awareness, and to cooperate with the United Nations in establishing a global ceasefire.

"Twenty-four hours: to give relief workers a safe interlude for the provision of vital services; to offer mediators a building block towards a wider truce; to allow all those engaged in conflict to reconsider the wisdom of further violence."
-- Kofi Annan --
United Nations Secretary-General

2. "We the Peoples" Initiative site at
http://www.wethepeoples.org/welcome.php

3. The "International Day of Peace Vigil" website at
http://www.idpvigil.com/

4. The "World Peace Prayer Society" website at
http://www.worldpeace.org/peaceday.html

5. The "International Day of Peace" website at
http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/

6. The "Pathways to Peace" website at
http://www.pathwaystopeace.org/