Book Title: 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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________________ 1999 GIFTS O F SERVICE WAYS Gifts of Service to the World tend to fall under one or more of the following Headings. (When filling out the Gift Description Worksheet, mark the single heading that most closely corre sponds to the proposed Gift.) Building Bridges of Understanding and Cooperation Gifts that reach across the gulfs which often result from our diversities; Gifts that promote encounter, dialogue, and shared action among diverse religions, ethnic groups, genders, cultures, and life styles OF GIVING Celebrating Life and its Possibilities Gifts of celebration, art, music, dance; Gifts that create events which suggest and shape the richness of possibility. Fostering Creative Engagement Gifts that promote the cooperative, visionary, and creative engagement of religion and spirituality with other guiding institutions, including: business/commerce, government, education, and media; Gifts that promote institutional and systemic reform and healing Jain Education International 2010_03 то THE WORLD Meeting Essential Needs Gifts that are designed to address issues relating to the basic needs of living beings: survival, food, shelter, education, etc. Nurturing Transformative Community Gifts that involve communities that build, enrich, and transform humanity and the planet Offering Sacred Practice Gifts that involve religious or spiritual practice, ritual, fiturgy, prayer, meditation, etc., and whose primary focus is outreach, healing, and transformation of a larger whole Pursuing Universal Human Rights Gifts that express concern for civil, political, social, and economic rights of all human beings For Private & Personal Use Only 9 www.jainelibrary.org

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