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 OF SERVICE TO THE WORLD
Festival of Faiths The Festival of Faiths, started four years ago, is an expression of its mission to share - with Kentuckians, Americans and ultimately our entire world - the vision of bringing together our vast faith traditions in an open and hospitable environment. This unique week-long faith oasis provides a venue for greater understanding and tolerance. Cathedral Heritage Foundation USA
Dhammadayada Training and Mass Ordination This program is a prototype training course to round out undergraduate students' (age 20-35) academic knowledge with spiritual and ethical practice. Such a taste of ordained life for students instills a respect for morality which stays with them even when returning to their regular lives in society. The Dhammadayada Training Project created the opportunity to teach ethics and meditation by relating it to real life situations and contexts. The hands-on experience of students in Thailand and abroad has become particularly widespread as the result of the Dhammadayada Training and Mass Ordination Program. In 1999, the program enters its twenty-seventh year. Foreign Affairs Department, Thailand THAILAND
Spirituality and Different Religious Traditions This education program - planned on an annual basis by Auburn Seminary, the Temple of Understanding, and the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute - explores how spiritual quests remain fundamental to human beings and their quality of life on the planet. The program investigates how spiritual and meditative practices can foster physical and mental health and wholeness, and it introduces spiritual and meditative practices from seven different traditions (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Native American). Programs run all day Saturday and take place in the setting of a particular tradition. Team leaders from that tradition orient participants to its beliefs, spirituality and meditative practices, and printed materials are sent to participants in advance. Temple of Understanding
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Youth Program for Culture of Peace and Meditation The General Assembly of the United Nations has pro claimed the year 2000 as the "International Year for the Culture of Peace," and the period 2001-2010 as the "international Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World." In response to the proclamation, the Dhammakaya Foundation has initiated a "Youth Program for a Culture of Peace and Meditation for youth around the world. The Foundation will make grants available for the first batch of 90 male and female youth around the world to give them a chance to participate in this program designed to exchange different understandings from different cultures. Successful candidates are entitled to view beautiful sites of Thailand, to learn about Thai culture and history, as well as learning how to meditate by our experts. Eventually. these students will join the candle lighting ceremony on Maga Puja Day, on February 19, 2000. Successful candidates who are between 17-25 years old must be able to afford a round-trip air ticket to Thailand, but the Foundation supports expenses, including accommodation, meals, and transportation. Foreign Affairs Department, Thailand THAILAND
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Towards a Global Ethic Reworked for the Children and the Youth of the World Since 1994, Ministries Outreach has presented 15 all-day workshops for adults on Spirituality, using Towards a Global Ethic and other materials from A Source Book For the World's Community of Religions. From the workshops, Ministries Outreach will construct Toward a Global Ethic for Children and Youth, based on stories from various cultures of the world. These tales will be centered around the Four Irrevocable Directives of Towards a Global Ethic. Ministries Outreach USA
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