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
Thursday, July 8, 2004 MORNING OBSERVANCES 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Reflections Upon Divine Signs: Meditation on Quranic Verses for People of All Faiths Dr. Irfan Khan Dr. Anis Ahmad
Kendra ashram in Gujarat. He teaches the scientific methods of Patanjali yoga and Join meditation to thousands of people in India, USA, Canada and France for a healthier relationship of mind and body. He likes to teach how to live peacefully in a high-tech world.
Room 111, English Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
The Architecture with Christian Symbols Fabià Matas Jordi Bonet Msgr. Aragonés Msgr. Bonet
This observance is offered throughout the week. Each day the observance aims at training its participants in contemplating the meaning of the Divine Text: it helps to see every discourse as a highly systematic and organized unit; we will look into the structure of the Quran as a whole; Arabic text as well as English, Spanish and Urdu translations will be provided; it is requested (not mandatory) that every participant come prepared to engage in the Text. July 8 - Meditation on the Opening Sural that is the first Divine Discourse in the Quran.
Room 115 Morning Observances, Panel Discussion
Panel discussion on the interrelation between architecture and symbolism at the Sagrada Família Temple.
Irfan Ahmad Khan is President of the World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations (WCMIR) and a Trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
Anis Ahmad is Vice-Chancellor of Riphah International University in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Meritorious Professor of Islamics and Comparative Religion. He is also Editor-in-Chief of West and Islam, quarterly journal, Islamabad. Dr. Ahmad is Chairman of the Foundation of the Faithful. He carries a Ph.D. in Comparative Religion and Islamics from Temple University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Fabià Matos is a participant in interreligious dialogue initiatives in Spain. Jordi Bonet is head architect of the Sagrada Familia Temple in Barcelona. Msgr. Aragonés is a Member of the Building Board of the Sagrada Familia Temple. Msgr. Bonet is Priest of the Sagrada Familia parish.
The Shoa Samuel Salama Dr. Jaime Vandor
Tibet: Tradition, Art, Spirituality, Thousandyear-old Culture and Philosophy of Compassion and Wisdom Thubten Wangchen
Room 113 Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Room 116 Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Presentation of the Tibetan tradition of arts and spirituality; it will be also an introduction to the Buddhist philosophy of compassion and wisdom.
Panel discussion with the participation of other non-Jewish organisations. Remembering the partial extermination of the Jewish people and other minorities. This tremendous tragedy, without any precedent in the history of humanity, should be recorded to ensure that anything similar affecting the humankind will never happen again. Samuel Salama is Director of the Setardi School of Barcelona. Jaime Vandor is Professor of Semitic Philosophy at the University of Barcelona.
Thubten Wangchen is a Buddhist monk born in Tibet, who studied 11 years in the private monastery of the Dalai Lama (Namgyal) in
ramsala (India); he now lives in Barcelona and is the president of the Tibet House.
Native American Morning Observance Douglas George Kanentiio
Ancient Jain Meditation with Munishree Kirtiji Kirtiji Munishree
Room 120 Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Room 114, English Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
This observance is also a part of the Symposium on Interfaith Education.
These traditional Pueblo morning prayers are normally done at sunrise. We begin with prayers and intentions, starting with the north and pray to all directions. We pray for the world and all its people. Then we pray for the world closer to us, our villages and its people. We pray for our family and finally for
Kirtiji is a revolutionary Join monk from Shanti Niketan Sadhana
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