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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the role of women as nurturers of the world.
Chatsumarn Kabilsingh-Ph.D.; Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
3:00 PM-3:45 PM Adams Ballroom
"A New Vision of Living and Dying"
Sogyal Rinpoche
In this presentation, Sogyal Rinpoche will address the most crucial questions of living and dying, and show how what we call "life" and what we call "death" are parts of one single process. Once we go beyond our fears and prejudices, death is revealed as life's greatest opportunity for transformation, as we come to glimpse what it is in us that survives death, and is changeless. With ease, humor and clarity, Rinpoche presents a radically new vision of living and dying, one based on a deepening understanding of the innermost essence of the human mind.
Sogyal Rinpoche-educated in Tibet and at Cambridge; international speaker and meditation master; author The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, acclaimed as landmark in bringing together Tibetan
Buddhist teachings and modern understanding of death and dying. 3:00 PM-3:45 PM Parlor H
"Aspects of Suffering in Judaism and Hinduism" Rabbi Jack Bemporad
This presentation will clarify the similarities and differences between "suffering" in Judaism and Hinduism; delineating suffering; how each religion defines suffering; and the means it provides to overcome it. A special focus will deal with the work of Sri Aurobindo especially his "life divine".
Rabbi Jack Bemporad-Temple Israel, Lawrence, NY; Endowed
Professorship of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut; through his relationship with the Vatican, was instrumental in co-founding the Center in 1992; past Director of the Commission on Worship and Adult Education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; presently on the Board of Governors of the Synagogue Council of America and Chairman of the Interreligious Affairs Committee.
3:00 PM-3:45 PM Salon I
"Etheric Purification of the Psycho-Sphere: Key to Planetary Healing, Economic Rejuvenation and World Peace"
Bambi Baaba
The need for world governments and religious leaders to work together with Highly Evolved Beings and Spiritual Masters in search for lasting solutions to human and world problems. The merging of religion, science and technology with spiritual science to heal the earth's ether (psycho-sphere), through etheric purification. Opening up the higher brain faculties to produce accidentfree technology, through constructive mutual sharing and cooperation, and selfless service to humanity. The re-emergence of divine culture and advanced civilizations in which human beings live in peace, love and harmony, without war, social evils, disease, exploitation, hunger, poverty, and religious, racial or economic segregation. Economic rejuvenation of the developing areas of the world through building ecologically friendly spiritual cities on key geocosmic focal points.
Bambi Baaba-His Imperishable Glory, Intra-being Ansenserenist Bambi Baaba, is a Spiritual/Cultural Guardian, inventor of "Ansenserenica", the science of global etheric purification; founder of the Sserulanda Foundation, a worldwide, non-profit, non-sectarian, voluntary self-help organization, now building Sseemsamirembe, a new ecologically friendly spiritual city in Uganda East Africa, dedicated to world peace and economic rejuvenation.
Friday, September 3 Major Presentations
3:00 PM-3:45 PM Salon II
"Round Table of Religious Leaders
and Communities"
Ivanka Jakic
The presentation discusses proposals for the establishment of Round Tables and the Council For Reconciliation, as submitted to the World Council of Churches (Geneva), the World Conference on Religion and Peace (New York), the United Nations, and at the seminar, "The Role of Churches in the Creation of a Culture of Peace," held in Barcelona by the Centre UNESCO de Catalunya, in cooperation with the UNESCO Division for Human Rights and Peace. Ivanka Vana Jakic-initiator of the "Zones of Peace Transnational Project"; reconciliation missionary for past five years; native of the former Yugoslavia; Tibetologist.
3:00 PM-3:45 PM Salon III
"Shakti: The Form of the Formless"
Dr. Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande
The concept of Shakti (literally, "energy" or "power") as the divine power has been integral to the philosophy, theology, and practice of Hinduism throughout its history. However, so varied are the types of manifestations of Shakti in various sects of Hinduism, it has been difficult to grasp their connection, let alone their underlying unity. This presentation will a) discuss the significance of these manifestations for understanding the impersonal as well as the personal character of the divine in Hinduism, b) illustrate the role of Shakti worship in integrating various beliefs, and c) exphasize the relevance of the concept of Shakti for the dialogue between Hinduism and other systems of faith. Dr. Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande-Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Linguistics, Comparative Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., Sanskrit, Nagpur University, India; Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Illinois; current recipient of "University Scholar" award for contributions to the fields of South Asian Linguistics and Religion; author of The Eternal Self and The Cycle of Samsara: Introduction to Asian Mythology and Religion.
3:00 PM-3:45 PM State Ballroom
"Perspectives for a Post-Colonial Caribbean Church" Dr. Henry Charles
A discussion of the ideals and realities of the Church in the postcolonial Caribbean world.
Dr. Henry Charles-Trinidad; Assistant Professor, St. Louis University (Department of Theological Studies); Ph.D., Religious Studies, Yale Graduate School; Th.M., Harvard Divinity School.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Adams Ballroom
"Two Types of Unity and Religious Pluralism" Prof. Masao Abe; Donald Mitchell
The religious interpretation of the unity of ultimate reality in an exclusive sense can entail intolerance and religious imperialism. What kind of understanding of the unity of ultimate reality can solve the dilemma and create the possibility of positive tolerance and peaceful coexistence among religions. This presentation will distinguish two kinds of unity: "monistic unity" and "nondualistic unity." Is nondualistic unity the real common basis for the contemporary pluralistic situation of world religions? Presentation by Prof. Masao Abe; response by Prof. Donald Mitchell. Prof. Masao Abe-Professor Emeritus, Buddhist Studies, Nara
University, Japan; Visiting professor of Buddhism and Japanese philosophy, Purdue University; member, Kyoto School of Philosophy; deeply involved in the comparative study of Buddhism and Western thought and in Buddhist-Jewish-Christian dialogue; publications include Zen and Western Thought and Emptying God. Donald Mitchell-professor of comparative philosophy, Purdue University; associate editor of Buddhist Christian Studies; author of Spirituality and Emptiness: The Dynamics of Spiritual Life in Buddhism and Christianity.
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