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 Major Presentations
12:00 PM-1:30 PM Grand Ballroon
"Darshan by Mata Amritanandamayi" Mata Amritanandamayi
A rare opportunity to hear one of the most revered spiritual teachers of modern India. Teaching, meditation practice. Mata Amritanandamayia-representative of India's ancient Vedanta tradition; teaches by example; has initiated many service projects throughout India; founder, M.A. Centers in India and abroad.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM Adams Ballroom
"Sikh Attitudes to Social
and Political Injustice"
Indarjit Singh; Dr. Kamaljit K. Sethi
This presentation will demonstrate the relevance of Sikh teachings to modern day social and political circumstances. It will examine the Sikh route to a more egalitarian society. Sikhism is a social and fraternal religion standing equally for the "Mother/ Fatherhood of God and the Brother/Sisterhood of Humankind," guaranteeing equal status for all human beings. It is the religion of our times, modern in outlook, scientific in analysis, rational in approach, and practical in adaptability. It is a religion which is concerned with the creation of a just social order and is committed to social equality and peaceful co-existence. Sikhism enjoins on its followers social responsibility involving both social service and political action against injustice whoever its victims. In fact, the ninth prophet of the Sikhs was martyred by the Mughal State because he defended the right of expression of Hindus. (Introducer: Mr. Tejpal S. Hansra)
Indarjit Singh Founding Editor of The Sikh Messenger, a quarterly magazine about Sikh history and religion in circulation in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Europe, India and many other countries; author, Strangers in our Midst and co-translator of "Rehat Maryada," a guide to the Sikh Way of Life.
Dr. Kamaljit K. Sethi-anchor of "The Sikh Program," a weekly television program addressing Sikh history, religion and news from 1988 to present; founding member of the Sikh Broadcasting Corporation; Judge at the International Youth Symposium, Hemkunt Foundation, 1993.
2:00 PM-3:30 PM Grand Ballroom
"Native American Scriptures of Creation" Oren Lyons; Thomas Yellowtail; Thomas Banyacya; Alfred Yazzie; Douglas Long; Pete Catches
This panel presents Spiritual leaders from six different Native nations. Each member will give a brief overview of how their Creator brought them into this world.
Oren Lyons Onondaga Faith Keeper, New York.
Thomas Yellowtail-Crow Nation Religious Leader, Montana. Thomas Banyacya-Hopi, Traditional Spiritual Leader, Interpreter of Hopi prophecies.
Alfred Yazzie-Navajo, Healer, Spiritual leader. Douglas Long-Wisconsin Winnebago, President of Native American Church of North America.
Pete Catches (Petaga Whya Mani); Lakota spiritual leader.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM Parlor H
"Zarathushtrian Scriptures
Source, Depth, and Understanding"
Pallan R. Ichaporia
This presentations will discuss Zoroastrian Scriptures-their antiquity and survival through the ages-the archaic language is only recently well understood-and its profound influence on other major religions.
Pallan R. Ichaporia-B.A. in Avesta/Pahlavi, and M.S. and Ph.D. in business administration, University of Oklahoma.
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2:00 PM-2:45 PM Red Lacquer Room "Race Unity:
Lessons from the American Bahá'í Experience" Dr. Robert C. Henderson
Racial segregation in the religious life of America has often been more intense than in other aspects of social life. The Bahá'í community provides a model of inter-racial unity which has important implications for American society at large.
Dr. Robert C. Henderson-Secretary-General of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. A former management consultant with Tarkenton and Associates, former President of Air Atlanta, and a longtime partner in an inter-racial marriage; has studied race relations from the streets of Watts to the boardrooms of corporate America.
2:00 PM-2:30 PM Salon I
"Pagans in Interfaith Dialogue: New Faiths, New Challenges" Donald H. Frew
Neopagan witchcraft is one of the fastest growing religions in America. Santeria and Voodoo also claim very significant followings in the U.S. Traditional religion is experiencing a resurgence among Native Americans. New waves of immigrants from Asia and the Pacific bring more pagan religions to North American shores every day. These religions challenge the interfaith community to broaden its persepctive and to encompass a wider range of religious practice and experience. This presentation will address the growth of pagan practice and its implications for the future of interfaith encounter and dialogue.
Donald H. Frew-Wiccan High Priest in two traditions; Elder of
Covenant of the Goddess; CoG Public Relations Officer; has published extensively on the subject of the history of modern Craft, its current place in the American community of faiths, and its future; 8 years as Executive Secretary, Berkeley Area Interfaith Council.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM Salon III
"World Parliament of Superstition? Scientific Evidence for a Basic Reality to the Spiritual"
Charles T. Tart
Many people have great conflict between the religion of their childhood and parents versus the belief of contemporary society, especially when science is brought in. We have gone from excesses of medieval superstition to the excesses of "scientism." Scientism, especially as automatized habits of thought and feeling, is a psychologically depressing approach to life and also a parody of the open-minded spirit of genuine science. The field of laboratory parapsychology has provided high quality evidence for characteristics of mind (but not of the physical brain) that support a spiritual view of life. We could use genuine science and genuine spirituality to enrich each other, rather than be in conflict.
Charles T. Tart Professor of Psychology, UC Davis; Senior Fellow, Institute for Noetic Sciences, Sausalito; internationally known for research with altered states, transpersonal psychology, and parapsychology. His ten books include two classics, Altered States of Consciousness; and Transpersonal Psychologies; Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human Potential, synthesized Buddhist, Sufi, and Gurdjieffian mindfulness training ideas with modern psychology. His latest book, Open Mind, Discriminating Mind extends these explorations.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM State Ballroom
"A Place for Women on Earth:
A Buddhist Perspective"
Chatsumarn Kabilsingh
This presentation will explore on the one hand-the imbalanced representation of women in Buddhism and on the other