Parliament of Worlds Religion 1993 Chicago IL

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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Friday, September 3 . Seminars & Lectures
4:00 PM–5:00 PM Sandburg Wing #6 "What is the Humanist Tradition?" Michael Werner
The American Humanist Association is a broad based, democratic humanist group. The Humanist tradition is an evolving one and not a monolithic group or set of beliefs. We will explore the breadth of Humanism in history and culture, and how it provides a life view, in some cases, in marked contrast to traditional religion. Michael Werner-President, American Humanist Association; Steering
Leader, Humanists of Chicagoland; Treasurer, Fellowship of Religious Humanists.
4:45 PM–5:15 PM Clark Wing #10 "Religious Harmony and Fellowship of Faiths, a Jain Perspective" Dr. Sagarmal lain This lecture will show how our world is shrinking but unluckily and disdainfully the distances of our hearts are widening day by day. Instead of developing mutual love, co-operation and faith, we are spreading hatred and hostility and thus ignoring the values of harmonious living and co-existence. The blind and mad race of nuclear weapons is a clear indication that the human race is proceeding towards its formidable funeral procession. In the prevailing circumstances, the only way out left for the survival of mankind is to develop a firm belief in mutual co-operation and co-existence. Religious harmony and fellowship of faiths is the first and foremost need of our age. Dr. Sagarmal Jain-Ph.D, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Comparative
study of Jain ethics with reference to the ethics of Buddhism and the Bhagavad Gita; formerly professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Hamidia College Bhopal and M.L.B. College Gwali at present, Director, P.V. Research Institute, Varanasi; has ten books and one hundred fifty Research articles to his credit.
4:45 PM–5:15 PM LaSalle Wing #4 "Dynamics of Jain Meditation" Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanuji The workshop will explain meditation, its purpose and results. Meditation offers freedom from stress and liberation from emotional shackles. Its purpose: to get in touch with one's own self. To experience one's true nature which is Paramatma-Godhood. The results: meditation prepares an individual to take responsibility for one's thoughts, words and actions. Finding solutions to problems without blaming others. Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanuji-first Jain Master to visit the West; first
to Switzerland at the Geneva Conference in 1970 and then in 1971 at Harvard Divinity in the United States, now travels the world with his message of Ahimsa & Reverence for All Life; founder of the Divine Knowledge Society in Bombay and the Jain Meditation International Center in New York.
5:10 PM-5:30 PM Burnham Wing #2 "Practice of Compassion in Modern Life") Dr. Sneh K. Jain The disposition to render assistance to those afflicted by various types of calamities is known as compassion. True practice of this virtue readily enhances our fitness to work for betterment of the Society. The presentation will include a discussion of Vaiyya Vratya, a five-point approach to rendering service to all ailing and suffering co-habitants of Mother Earth. Dr. Sneh K. Jain-Professor of Pharmacy, University of Sagar, India,
first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Pharmacy in India (1964); has done post-doctoral work in Germany; celibate nun in the Digambara sect of Jainism.
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