Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

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

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PROGRAM DE
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
8:00-9:00am MORNING OBSERVANCES
Nepal and the American Southwest. He has done fieldwork among the Zuni, Hopi and the Navajo of the American Southwest, and more recently among the Tharus of India and Nepal and among the Khasi, Garo and Naga of northeastern India. He has focused mainly on politics, religion, history and the impact of literacy Leo Killsback is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation of southeastern Montana (USA) He is also a member of the Northern Cheyenne War Dancers Society and a painter for the sacrificial ceremony of life at Noavose. He is currently completing his dissertation on the history of Cheyenne leadership and also teaches courses, including Tribal Law, Tribal Government and Native Americans in Film, at the University of Arizona and Tohono O ohdam Community College. Arturas Sinkevicius is an active member of the Lithuanian Ancient Religion Romuva Senior Priests Circle as well as a participant in Kauno Romuva, an Ancient Lithuanian religion community. He is the leader of Ethnographic Farm, a summer camp held each year since 1997 where young people learn traditional rituals, singing, dancing, and making musical instruments. He studied Recreation Pedagogy at Vilnius University and works as a teacher of Ethnic Culture Ms Mary Issaku Serwah is a social health worker and educator operating through her church in partnership with the NGO Compassion International Ghana. She confronts such health issues as malaria, HIV/ AIDS and TB as well as issues such as adolescent reproductive health, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse. From a background in teaching, she has also been active in several African peace and leadership conferences.
Sikh Observance organised by Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Room 109 Religious or Spiritual Observance This morning observance, organised by Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, will focus on Kirtan, divine celestial music central to Sikh prayer. This communal observance will be interactive, encouraging participation and include an exposition of the Sikh scripture.
The Still Mind, Emptiness and Divine Love Daniel R Condron Room 108 Religious or Spiritual Observance After 25 years of deep and disciplined meditation, Daniel Condron achieved the still mind. After 30 years, while teaching a participatory still mind class, Daniel Condron achieved the great emptiness. After this two-hour experience, he quickly wrote it down in a book titled 'The Emptiness Sutra'. During this session, Dr Condron will lead participants through a centring experience and guided meditation, first to the stillness where peace is experienced and then to the great emptiness where the self is drained of all limitations in thought-at this point, the self might experience a greater consciousness than ever before. This will be a meditation and an observance of the spiritual self when it is connected with all of humanity. People of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome to participate and experience a still mind, emptiness and divine love. Participants will learn how stilling their minds can help them toward the goal of the spiritual healing of the earth. Daniel R Condron is a Doctor of Divinity. Doctor of Metaphysics, Psi Counsellor and Master of Science. He has practiced and taught meditation, concentration, dream interpretation, consciousness and the stages of enlightenment for over 30 years. Dr Condron opened his first seven chakras in 2000. Soon after, he gained the ability to cause his mind to be still at will. In 2006, Dr Condron opened his eighth and ninth chakras and experienced bliss.
Shinto Prayer for the Sunrise Ritual Rev Munemichi Kurozumi Room 110 Religious or Spiritual Observance In the Shinto tradition, this prayer is offered every morning facing the rising sun. The priest, in following the traditional formalities of Shinto ceremonies, expresses his sincere appreciation for the blessing of the sacred and precious working of the source of the universe called Amaterasu Omikami' that symbolically manifests in the rising sun. The blessing of Omikami that gives birth to, sustains and nurtures all beings on carth in millions of forms, is regarded as most precious and wonderful. The priest and those attending the ritual see in the working of 'Omikami' a divine good and sincerity, and in return they express their heartfelt appreciation for the ray of the rising sun just as though they are merging into the divine and working as one. They pray that the divine good will, manifest in all things as well as in the minds of people, brings peace in the world, makes clouded and impure minds purified, causes differences to be appreciated and respected, while hatred and conflicts are overcome by broad-mindedness. As all differences have come from the same source of the universe, they pray for the flourishing and co-existence of each of them in great harmony in diversity. The ultimate goal of the prayer is the emanation of the divine good so that all will be blessed. Rev Munemichi Kurozumi was born as the first son of the present 6th Chief Patriarch of Kurozumikyo Shinto in 1962. In his capacity as the Vice Chief Patriarch, he has devoted himself to providing spiritual guidance to people within and outside his group, and has been energetically involved with various local, national and international initiatives. He has taken part in many interreligious gatherings and interfaith dialogues.
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