Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

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

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2:00 PM-4:00 PM IN TECHNIKON AMPHITHEATRE
Hatha Yoga: Integrating Body, Breath, Mind and Spirit
Mrs. Pramilla Vassen
This workshop invites participants to explore and observe the conscious movement of body, breath and mind, and to tune into the deeper levels of consciousness. Dive into the creative openness of mind and discover how to energise your body in a way that refreshes your whole being. This workshop will lead participants in body alignment, quiet attention, intense awareness, visualisation, relaxation and a meditative journey into the heart of your true nature.
Diploma in Remedial (Therapeutic) Yoga, and trained at Ananda Kutir Ashram as a Remedial Yoga Teacher. She is the Chairperson of South Africa's Remedial Yoga Teachers Association. She is also the Chairperson of the Hindu Association of the Western Cape, where she coordinates seventeen organisations. She is currently the Deputy Chair of the Parliament of the World's Religions South Africa, and a member of the Ayurvedic Liaison Committee."
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Human Rights and Obligations: The Qur'anic Perspective
Dr. Zafar Ishaq Ansari
The presentation will look at the potential of how Man-God relationships may help foster peaceful human relations. Dr. Ansari shows that people may achieve greater social harmony through an insightful interpretation of the Qur'an. Professor Zafar Ishaq Ansari graduated from the University of Karachi (MA) and McGill University (Ph.D.). He has published extensively, and now heads the prestigious Islamic Research Institute. International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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2:00 PM-2:45 PM IN THEATRE 3 Jihad and Human Rights in Islam Prof. Anis Ahmad
Jihad is commonly understood as the use of violence for religious purposes, hence, it is translated as "holy war." The Qur'an and the Sunnah use this term in a wider connotation. The paper will make an effort to understand how Islam looks at human rights and examine the role of Jihad as a corrective method.
Dr. Ahmad is presently Professor of Comparative Religion and Director General of Da 'wah Academy of the International Islamic University, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. Ahmad has held the positions of Vice President, IIU; Dean, Faculty of Usul al Din, IIU, Dean, Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, IIU, Malaysia; President, Association of Muslim Social Scientists, USA.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM IN SCIENCE 2.74
Searching for God in an Age of Secularity
Rabbi David Sherman
This lecture will explore the issues surrounding modern day Judaism and its response to its largely secular surrounding culture. The presenter will share with participants a new theology for modern Jews, which is based on the outlook of Progressive Judaism.
Born in Boston, Mass, in 1909. Rabbi David Sherman earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from Boston University in 1930. He is the Founding Rabbi of the Cape Town Progressive Jewish Congregation, and Chairman of Cape Town Interfaith Forum. He is also the author of the book Pioneer for Reform; Judaism Confronts Modernity
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2:00 PM-3:00 PM IN SCIENCE 3.46
Sufi Meditation - The Method of the Continual Remembrance of God (Zikr)
Mr. Jonathan Granoff (Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen)
As Bawa Muhaiyaddeen says, "God lives in Man, Man lives in God." This lecture will introduce the Sufi method of breathing, contemplation, and meditation for the purpose of merging with God.
Jonathan Granoff (Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen) is an attorney, author, awardwinning screenwriter, and a public advocate for the legal, ethical, and spiritual dimension of human development and peace. An executive of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, the Temple of Understanding, and the Middle Powers Initiative as well as an advisor to the International Association of Sufism and Inner Directions. He is the UN Representative of Lawyer's Alliance for World Security and State of the World Forum, and Vice Pres. of the NGO Committee on Disarmament at the UN
2:00 PM-2:45 PM IN SCIENCE 3.49 Thirumurais - Tamil Literature
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Mr. Marie Pillay
This lecture will explore the meaning and power of the poems contained in Thevarum, Thiruvasam, Arupta and Thirukkural. The speaker will show the relationship of these writings to life as practiced today. He will illustrate how the teachings contained in these writing can, if applied, can bring peace and harmony in South Africa, and enhance interreligious dialogue. Marie Pillay is the Guru at Siva Ghana Sabbay. He is also the Founder of the Siva Ghana Sabbay, and the Representative of Tamil People at International Conferences in India.
2:00 PM-3:00 PM IN SCIENCE 3.47
Translating Faith... Approaching Hinduism from the West
Mr. Lawrence W. Brown
The New Age Movement in the West represents an eclectic search for spiritual options. This lecture will discuss some ways in which the West approaches Hinduism and will focus on the questions: Who is God and what does God want? Are the traditional gods of India indispensable to Hinduism? How do we understand Karma and reincarnation? What are Hinduism's ethical fundamentals, especially nonviolence and spiritual tolerance. Also discussed will be the path of Gandhi, and his movement from personal spirituality to social transformation. Lawrence Brown has been a life-long student of the world's religions. Since his conversion to Hinduism, he has published Bodhi Beautiful, How to be a Hindu in America, with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in India. Lawrence Brown teaches geography and ancient history at Cape Cod Academy in Massachusetts. He is an editorialist for his local newspaper, produces and moderates an interfaith TV forum, has assisted in a successful domestic-violence prevention program with an interfaith group of clergy, the press, and local law enforcement, and has also published five books.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM IN THEATER 7 Universal Man and Universal Religion
Mr. Ram Jee Singh, Ph.D., D.Litt; His Holiness Sahi Swamiji Maharaj; His Holiness Swami Chaturanandji Maharaj; Sri M.R. Agrawal; Sri Pradeep Kumar
Every religion has its own mission. In the divine scheme, each of them has been assigned special functions. Thus the existence of the different faiths work as a spiritual division of labor. Hence, to treat our own religion as superior and the rest as inferior is a sacrilege and undivine act. The externalization of spirituality can be only in terms of morality, purity, love, brotherhood, service and sacrifice. There is an essential unity among the teachings of religion.
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