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 Tuesday, July 13, 2004
MORNING OBSERVANCES 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Walking Meditation with Maha Ghosananda Ven. Samdech Maha Ghosananda M.O. 1 Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Presentation of the New Awareness, which wants to be a bridge between different ideologies, ways of being and ways of approaching the transcendence.
Jordi Orus is a Master of yoga, founder of the association "Athanor" and of "Arcadia", a pedagogical center for the sustainibility
A outdoor walking meditation with Maha Ghosananda.
Koldo Aldai graduated in history and geography from the Deusto University, writer, editor and founder of webs of New Awareness and of the Foundation Alalba.
The Ven. Maha Ghosananda is the Supreme Patriarch of Buddhism in Cambodia. Ven. Ghosananda is a world-renowned peace activist who has led numerous Dhammayietra peace walks in Cambodia. He is the winner of the Alternative Peace Prize and the Niwano Peace Prize.
Emilio Fiel is Founder of the religious community "Arco Iris" in Spain and expert of many initiatory traditions.
Kathy Newburn is a psychologist and founder of the school "Arcana" in New York.
Pathways of Peace with the Sounds of Peace Sandra Comeau Jan Campbell
Juan Ruiz is a psychologist and therapist, specialist of "holothropic" breathing, coordinator of the travels of Gelupa Keutsang Rimpoche.
M.O. 4 Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
By its fundamental nature, the labyrinth is a metaphor for a pathway to unity, within self, community and with all cultures, faiths, ages and genders. This facilitated open walk is accompanied by the music CD "World Peace Chants" by New Orleans-based devotional singer Sean Johnson, and his ensemble, The Rishis (named for the great sages of India). Sean created the music especially for the labyrinth walks at the 2004 Parliament.
Islam: Voice, Vision and Action of Women Yaratullah Monturiol Jadicha Candela Castillo Asma Lamrabet Leila Laure Bousquet Room 112, Spanish/English/Catalan Panel Discussion
Sandra Comeau has been involved in the Veriditas Labyrinth Movement for over five years, obtaining her facilitator training from Dr. Lauren Artress of Grace Cathedral. She has extensive training in ancient cultures, sacred geometry, spiritual counseling and various other healing traditions, as well as an undergraduate degree in Cross-Cultural Studies.
Panel discussion offering three practical points of view regarding the struggle of women against violence, the usurption of rights and the emerging feminist reading of Islam.
Yaratullah Monturiol is an Arabist and vice-president of the UNESCO Association for Interreligious Dialogue in Barcelona ("Associació Unesco per al Dioleg Interreligiós").
Jan Campbell has been involved in various events presenting the Labyrinth experience. She facilitated the Labyrinth at the 1999 Parliament in Cape Town. Her volunteer work has spanned many spiritual traditions including interfaith projects. She has spent over 15 years embracing o diversity of spiritual studies.
Jodicha Candela Castillo is founder of the religious group Islamica An-Niso for Spanish Muslim women. Low consultant for the Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Entities (Federación de Entidades Religiosas Islamicas-FEERI)
Asma Lamrabet is a Dr. in Medecine and Visiting Professor at the "Instituto Nacional de Pediatria" in Mexico City. She has worked in hospitals in various Latin American countries. She has recently published books about the situation of Muslim women in Western society.
INTRARELIGIOUS 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Leila Laure Bousquet is a Muslim activist for women's cause in France. She has been implied in different feminist associations and involved in several interreligious congresses.
Interreligious Dialogue and New Awareness Jordi Orus Koldo Aldai Emilio Fiel Kathy Newburn Juan Ruiz
Socially Engaged Buddhism: A Pathway to Peace Matt Weiner Sulak Sivaraksa Ven. Sobita Thero Ven. Samdech Maha Ghosananda
Room 111, Spanish/English/Catalan Panel Discussion
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