RI & Toronto retreats

[Guest guest]

>

> My understanding is that there won't be a Rhode

> Island retreat. The only

> East Coast retreat will be Toronto. It won't be in

> last year's facility.

> I'll bet crowds won't be as large, because we won't

> get the same media

> coverage two years in a row.

>

 

Crowds for the Toronto program are likely to be just

as large as last year, if not larger. No one counted

how many people were daunted by the crowds at the 2004

public program and went home without getting a

darshan.. or couldn't even get into the hotel.

Although the local media won't be hyping the novelty

of Amma's first-ever visit, there will be enough

advance publicity in the Toronto area that when July

rolls around you would have to be living under a rock

not to know that Amma is returning.

 

 

>

> Ow!!!That truly sucks the big one! Most people

> cannot drive the extra,

> what, 900 miles from Boston to Toronto. We have come

> to depend on the RI retreat.

> This is very bad news, indeed. Avram

>

I would be quite surprised if they bag the Bryant

College retreat. They've been hosting that retreat

for years. And it's not like they need the campus for

the Patriots training camp.. The Pats moved their

training camp from Bryant to Foxboro two years ago.

If they don't have the RI retreat, I would presume

they would replace it with a a couple more public

progams and a devi bhava in Boston (Boston usually

gets just one public program, and no devi bhava). I

would think that Washington DC is owed one or two

extra programs, to make up for last year's

on-again-off-again thing.

 

Keval

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Granted, I am close to NYC but I do not especially want to see Amma

in a frenzied city setting. RI was a peaceful oasis, you know? And

every other retreat is too far away for me (I can't afford the travel

expenses on top of the retreat expenses) -- with the exception of

Boston, which is only a public program. Without RI, I agree with

Avram: This is very bad news, indeed.

 

Much love and sadness,

Christine

 

Ammachi, Mike Brooker <patria1818> wrote:

 

> > Ow!!!That truly sucks the big one! Most people

> > cannot drive the extra,

> > what, 900 miles from Boston to Toronto. We have come

> > to depend on the RI retreat.

> > This is very bad news, indeed. Avram

> >

> I would be quite surprised if they bag the Bryant

> College retreat. They've been hosting that retreat

> for years. And it's not like they need the campus for

> the Patriots training camp.. The Pats moved their

> training camp from Bryant to Foxboro two years ago.

> If they don't have the RI retreat, I would presume

> they would replace it with a a couple more public

> progams and a devi bhava in Boston (Boston usually

> gets just one public program, and no devi bhava). I

> would think that Washington DC is owed one or two

> extra programs, to make up for last year's

> on-again-off-again thing.

[Guest guest]

I attended a satsang today in Worcester, MA, at the home of one

of the two organizers for New England events. The latest plan is

that there will indeed be a retreat in New England. It will not be

at the usual scenic Smithfield, RI location, because Bryant College

has decided to stop leasing its property to outside parties. The

location is still being scouted, but it may well end up in eastern

MA, and devotees on the retreat may have to live in one of several

hotels, just like they have to do in retreats in other cities. This

is because it is difficult to find a university that will allow

cooking. The tentative dates for the retreat are July 22-24.

 

A nice bonus for us New Englanders...the Massachusetts program will

be on Guru Purnimah.

 

Harry

 

Ammachi, "Christine" <halfelf333@a...> wrote:

>

> Granted, I am close to NYC but I do not especially want to see

Amma

> in a frenzied city setting. RI was a peaceful oasis, you know?

And

> every other retreat is too far away for me (I can't afford the

travel

> expenses on top of the retreat expenses) -- with the exception of

> Boston, which is only a public program. Without RI, I agree with

> Avram: This is very bad news, indeed.

>

> Much love and sadness,

> Christine

>

> Ammachi, Mike Brooker <patria1818>

wrote:

>

> > > Ow!!!That truly sucks the big one! Most people

> > > cannot drive the extra,

> > > what, 900 miles from Boston to Toronto. We have come

> > > to depend on the RI retreat.

> > > This is very bad news, indeed. Avram

> > >

> > I would be quite surprised if they bag the Bryant

> > College retreat. They've been hosting that retreat

> > for years. And it's not like they need the campus for

> > the Patriots training camp.. The Pats moved their

> > training camp from Bryant to Foxboro two years ago.

> > If they don't have the RI retreat, I would presume

> > they would replace it with a a couple more public

> > progams and a devi bhava in Boston (Boston usually

> > gets just one public program, and no devi bhava). I

> > would think that Washington DC is owed one or two

> > extra programs, to make up for last year's

> > on-again-off-again thing.

[Guest guest]

on 2/27/05 7:54 PM, hdeft at hdeft wrote:

>

> I attended a satsang today in Worcester, MA, at the home of one

> of the two organizers for New England events. The latest plan is

> that there will indeed be a retreat in New England. It will not be

> at the usual scenic Smithfield, RI location, because Bryant College

> has decided to stop leasing its property to outside parties. The

> location is still being scouted, but it may well end up in eastern

> MA, and devotees on the retreat may have to live in one of several

> hotels, just like they have to do in retreats in other cities. This

> is because it is difficult to find a university that will allow

> cooking. The tentative dates for the retreat are July 22-24.

>

The TM Movement has had big courses at U Mass - Amherst and U Maine - Orono.

Both decent places. Maybe they could check those out.