Parliament of Worlds Religion 2004 Barcelona

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

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Program Descriptions Saturday, July 10, 2004
MORNING OBSERVANCES 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Dorje Dondrub is a Buddhist monk of the monastery of the Garraf (Barcelona), coordinator of the Ngagpa Assembly, he is giving classes of meditation and Buddhist philosophy.
Bhakti Das is founder of the yoga center "Vedanta Sivanando" in Barcelona and professor of Indian music. He is also an active Hindu member of the interreligious group of the UNESCO Center of Catalonia.
The Prayer of Women for Giving Peace on Earth Yayasan Dharma Tiga Room 121 Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance Kidung Gayatri: Ni Wayan Sekariani (Batuan, Sukawati, Gianyar, Bali)
Vicente Merlo is a Dr. in Philosophy at the University of Valencia and specialist of the Hindu philosophy, he is a professor of the Master of History of Religions of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Yayason Dharma Tiga is a nonprofit public foundation in Bedulu, Bali, Indonesia, that aspires to maintain and support the conciliation spirit aroused in the interfaith meeting in the Samuan Tiga Temple in the year 1011; that it may be useful through
Arts and Religiosity among cultures in Indonesia and throughout the world. Individual biographical information of its members can be found in the Performance Section of the Program Book.
Yoga Prayer: Embodied Christian Spiritual Practice with Father Thomas Ryan Rev. Thomas Ryan
Room 117, English Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Meditation for Morning Observance Rev. Dr. Heng Sure
Participants will learn a way of praying through their whole being the Prayer of St. Francis - "Lord, make me a means of your peace" - through a sequential flow of yoga postures. This Morning Observance is also a part of the Symposium on Interfaith Education.
Room 122, English/Spanish Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Chan Buddhist meditation with brief instructions, concluding with dedication of merit for world peace. Other presenters include members of Dharma Realm Buddhist Youth and teaching staff of the Dharma Realm Buddhist University.
Father Ryon directs the Paulist North American Office for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. He is the co-founder and former director of Unitas in Montreal, an ecumenicol center for spirituality and Christian meditation.
Rev. Heng Sure, Ph.D., an American Buddhist monk, serves as Director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery and teaches on the staff at the Institute for World Religions. He is a member of the Global Council of the United Religions Initiative, and a founding member of the Bridge CC of the URI.
Self-Inquiry Meditation H. H. Mahamandaleshwar Maheshwarananda
Room 120, English Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Zazenkai:Practice of Zen Meditation Berta Meneses Rodriguez
Room 123, Spanish Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
"Yoga in Daily Life" offers numerous methods to attain physical and mental well-being. An important tool in self-investigation and self-knowledge is the technique of "Self-Inquiry Meditation." In this meditation practice we come into contact with our subconscious, the source of our desires, complexes, behavioral patterns and prejudices. We become acquainted with our own nature, and then beyond self-acceptance to SelfRealization. This technique enables us to overcome negative qualities and habits and helps us to better manage life's problems.
A session of Zen meditation (zazenkai). It will include 5 parts: 1. a brief introduction; 2. meditation (zazen) of 25 minutes: 3. kinhin of 7 minutes; 4. meditation of 25 minutes; 5. reading of the sutra of the heart and the vows of the Bodhisatva.
Zen master of the Sanbokyodan-Bedan school; he is in charge of the area of Catalonia and Balearic Islands.
His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda has dedicated his entire life to helping humanity through yoga and by evoking the ancient spiritual heritage of Sat Sanatana Dharma. He is the author of the system Yoga in Daily Life, and is the Founder of International Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashrom Fellowship.
Native American Morning Observance Gordon BelCourt
Room 124 Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
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