O.C. RELIGION : ORANGE COUNTY FILE : Santa Barbara Retreat Features Zen Master

By TERESA WATANABE

Sept. 4, 1999 12 AM PT

Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Han, an internationally renowned spiritual teacher, poet and author, will lead a five-day retreat beginning Monday at UC Santa Barbara. The retreat, titled “Seven Miracles of Mindfulness,” will focus on transforming suffering and bringing forth peace, joy and freedom in daily life.

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Teresa Watanabe

Teresa Watanabe covers education for the Los Angeles Times. Since joining the Times in 1989, she has covered immigration, ethnic communities, religion, Pacific Rim business and served as Tokyo correspondent and bureau chief. She also covered Asia, national affairs and state government for the San Jose Mercury News and wrote editorials for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. A Seattle native, she graduated from USC in journalism and in East Asian languages and culture.

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