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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and repatriating sacred objects, and more specifically, the return of the Wampum Belts to his nation, the Mohawk Nation. Herman Agoyo, San Juan Pueblo, is active in repatriation issues in his community. He is a life time councilman, 4 times Lt. Governor, I term Governor, andl term Chairman of All Indian Pueblo Council for the Pueblo and New Mexico Indian Tribes. Mr. Kanentiio, a Mohawk, is the Director of Round Dance Productions, and he is also columnist for the Syracuse Herald Journal
value and significance, despite having few initial resources. He will also open discussions on restoring religious, cultural, and political freedom for the Tibetan people, Brahma Das is the Executive Director of the Council for World Tibet Day. He is serving as Media Director for two other organizations founded by Ma Jaya and he was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in History. Across the Barricades, Lippincott, 1971) as well as a National Correspondent from the U.S. Senate for Westinghouse Broadcasting. He is now a writer, editor, and consultant on various issues. He also teaches journalism and comparative religion at the River School, a small private School in Sebastian, Florida.
3:00 PM–3:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.19 Spiritual Challenges Facing the 2nd Millennium: The Museum of World Religions As a Response Dharma Master Hsin Tao; Mr. Eugene Imai; Ms. Maria Reis Habito; Dr. Roland R. Ropers, Ph.D. The lecture will address problems that the world is facing as a giobal village in spite of scientific advances. It will elaborate upon the mission and potential of the Museum of World Religions as a site for inter-religious dialogue that fosters mutual understanding and cooperation towards love and peace Dharma Master Hsin Tao was born in Burma in 1948, came to Taiwan at age 13, educated in the Buddhist order at age 25. spent 8 years in ascetic practice, founded Ling chiu shan monastic community in Fu long in 1983. Established the WRM development foundation with branches in Taipei and New York in 1991. The Museum is due to open in Dec. 2000 Eugene Imai was born in Osaka, Japan in 1949. In 1972, he became a staff member of Shinji Shumeikai and has been a director of Shinji Shumeikai of America since 1975. Maria Reis Habito was born in Cologne, Germany and raised Roman Catholic. Maria studied Chinese language and culture at Taipei Normal University from 1979 to 1981. She did her Doctoral Studies in Chinese Buddhism at Kyoto University from 1986-89 and received her Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1990. She is currently serving as a consultant for The World Religions Museum Preparatory Committee. Roland Ropers, President of the International Gandhi & Griffiths Society, worked for more than 25 years in international chemical business. He holds a Ph.D. (oriental philosophy) from the University of Colombo/ Sri Lanka. He is a disciple of the Zen-Master and German Japanese Jesuit H.M. Enomiya-Lassalle (1898-1990) and the scholar Professor Dr. Mult.
3:00 PM–4:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.15 World Wildlife Federation: Sacred Gifts for a Living Planet Dr. Razeena Wagiet; Bishop Geoff Davies Sacred Gifts for a Living Planet is part of the living planet campaign of the World Wildlife: Fund, launched to address the destruction of the worlds natural environment in 1996 The World Wide Fund for Nature and the Alliance of Religions and Conservation view a sacred gift for a living planet as a practical, concrete and active expression of a religious tradition and its beliefs about the natural world. Dr. Razecna Wagiet is the Manager of the Community based Conservation and Environment project. Bishop Geoff Davies is the presiding Bishop of the Anglican Diocese in Kokstad.
3:00 PM–4:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.56 Unlock the Secret of Sustaining Human Lfe and Nature in South Africa Chatelaine Tayler This lecture will explain the concepts underlying, and importance of permaculture. Permaculture teachers energy savings, sharing resources, recycling, non pollution, and sustainable solutions for feeding and housing the people of the earth. The presenter will illustrate the universal benefits of this technique for humankind, the earth and all living creatures. Chatelaine Tayler is a self-appointed earth steward, which is her life commitment as a teacher and artist. She is earned a permaculture facilitators certificate She is committed to teaching and demonstrating earth care and sustainability, and has created a centre at the Gaia House for this purpose
4:00 PM–4:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.31 Building A Culture of Peace Ms. Deborah Moldow; Br. Wayne Teasdale; Ms. Monica Willard This interactive workshop is designed to empower participants to contribute to a culture of peace through their work and their faith. Topics will include the Nobel Peace Laureates Commitment 2000, the Minute of Peace, and peace through prayer, education, science and the arts. Deborah Moldow is the Director of the World Peace Prayer Society world headquarters in New York City. She represents the Society at the United Nations, where she co-chairs the Values Caucus. She is also an Interfaith
th the United Religions Initiative Brother Wayne Teasdale is a Christian Sannyasi, or renunciate (lay monk in the lineage of Father Bede Griffiths, O.S.B. Cam. He has a Ph.D. in theology from Fordham University, and is an adjunct professor at DePaul University, Columbia College and Catholic Theological Union in Chicago He serves on the board of directors of the Parliament of the World's Religions, writes, lectures widely, including Common Ground in the Chicago area, and gives occasional retreats. His new book is The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions. Monica Willard is Director of Communications for Jubillenium, a global initiative to foster peace, friendship, understanding, and tolerance among nations, religions, and people. She is the Non-Governmental (NGO) Representative of Pathways to Peace and The Wittenberg Center for Alternative Resources to the United Nations. Ms. Willard has been active in the NGO community since 1991
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4:00 PM–5:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.19 World Tibet Day and the Interfaith Call: The Making of A Major Worldwide Annual Event
Custodianship of the Earth / 2000 Days to Save
the Planet Brahma Das
Ms. Judy Sole The session will cover the goals and structure of World Tibet Day (WTD), as well as its rapid growth in size, scope, and
This workshop will begin with a showing of the film "2000 impact. Having started in a few cities in the U.S. in July of
Days to Save the Planet". This film will be followed by a 1998, WTD was observed this July in hundreds of sites around
presentation aimed to galvanise the churches into action to the world, the related Interfaith Call for Freedom of Worship in
become indeed enlightened custodians of the earth. Beginning Tibet and Universal Religious Freedom was held in well over a
from the concept that scientifically we are mere thousand houses of worship. The workshop will be led by
electromagnetic fields, we examine the power of thought, Brahma Das, Executive Director of WTD (and a student of Ma
love, perception, religion, democracy and the hundredth Jaya Bhagavati, who founded WTD). He will illustrate how this
monkey theory. Judy's field is media films and she will describe multi-faceted event was developed into a major occurrence of
with film examples. The possibility of using the media for the power of good, changing the mind set of the world away from
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