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 DESCE
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
tions find and maintain inner peace. This is a special program and will include presentations from all panellists. It will extend into an Openspace session with conversation between presenters and participants.
Michelle Mueller works as the Acting Director of Religious Education at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill, NJ, USA. She graduated from the Pacific School of Religion in 2008. She first attended the Parliament of the World's Religions in 2004 in Barcelona after winning a Covenant of the Goddess essay contest.
Prabha Duneja is a writer, speaker and lecturer on Hindu religion. She is a missionary of the Geeta Society, Chairwoman of Women's Interfaith Circle of Service URI/CC, and an active leader of the interfaith movement in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has written numerous articles as well as the books 'Mantra and the Modern'. 'The Legacy of Yoga in Bhagawad Geeta, An Introduction to Bhagawed Geeta', and 'The Gateway to Freedom: Bhagawad Geeta.
Anisa Buckley is a PhD Candidate in Islamic Studies at the Asia Institute and the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. She holds an MA in Islamic Studies from the University of New England, Armidale: a Graduate Certificate in International Development from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; and a BEd from the University of Sydney.
Jessi Kaur, a frequent speaker at interfaith conferences, has travelled extensively, sharing the spiritual values taught by the Sikh Gurus. She believes that harmony is possible in a diverse world when barriers of ignorance are brought down. She is co-founder of the International Institute of Gurmat Studies and author of 'Dear Takuya', a children's book promoting acceptance of diversity among young children. She is also Fine Arts Commissioner for Cupertino, California.
Chang Wu Shi is a Buddhist nun in the Mahayana tradition, practising since 1995 under the guidance of the late Chan Master Sheng Yen in the Dharma Drum Mountain lineage of Chinese Chan Buddhism. She has participated in and been a panellist on international conferences on peace making, spirituality and sangha education. Currently she oversees the operation of the Special Project Department and the International Translation Department at the Dharma Drum Mountain Cultural Center in Taiwan.
Chang Shen Shi is a Buddhist nun in the Mahayana tradition, practising since 2001 under the guidance of the late Chan Master Sheng Yen in the Dharma Drum Mountain lineage of Chinese Chan Buddhism. Prior to becoming a bhikshuni, she studied in New York City and earned a PhD in sociology in 2004. She attended Sangha University of DDM for professional monastic training, including philosophy of Buddhism and Chan practice.
Dr Barbara Condron is an educator, interfaith minister, filmmaker and author. In the fields of mind and energy, Barbara is a leader in researching the appearance and development of spiritual consciousness in humankind. Her work builds upon outstanding thinkers (DaVinci, Gandhi, Jung and Joseph Campbell) in the fields of symbology and archetypes, opening perception to deepen understanding of the unity existing within our diversity.
A San Francisco native, biologist turned rabbi, Elisheva Salamo is priveleged to serve as the spiritual leader of Keddem Congregation and a fabulous group of seniors at the local Jewish Community Center. Ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, one of her great passions is playing with biblical and rabbinic texts, and watching how everyone comes up with important insights. Formerly a teacher in the American Jewish Committee's CJEEP program to send Jewish educators to Catholic high schools and vice-versa, she has a strong interest in mending the damaged realtionship between Christians and Jews through shared study, understanding and mutual respect.
4:30-6:00pm OPEN SPACE
Youth Projects Sustaining Peace
from the Inside Out
Shyla Bauer Lindsay Alderton Ami Trivedi Danny Haworth Room 104
Interactive Workshop
Young people around the world require relevant ways to explore their spirituality, connect with their inner strength and resources, and acquire practices which will sustain them in developing their true potential. This is a workshop providing a safe space for people to slow down, reflect on and workshop the way the world works, and to foster meditation as a tool for inner peace. Experienced youth moderators from Buddhist and Brahma Kumaris provide a dynamic workshop designed to unite people from different cultures and spiritual disciplines, by focusing on the shared common strengths and celebrating differences. Shyla Bauer is the director and instigator of Loving Kindness Peaceful Youth (LKPY), an international peace organisation for young people. Shyla is from Australia but has worked and volunteered in India, Nepal, Mongolia and the UK.
Lindsay Alderton is the coordinator of The HABIT! Project, which was developed by Loving Kindness Peaceful Youth in 2007. Lindsay has worked with and inspired young people throughout the world to instigate and develop their own HABIT! groups in their local communities. Lindsay is from the UK, but currently lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
Ami Trivedi has been studying Rajayoga meditation since childhood. She has been facilitating self-empowerment activities for young people for the last 10 years. She was involved in planning and is a trained facilitator for the You First project. Working in the Information Technology industry as an architect, she has a passion for maintaining a calm mind while juggling a demanding schedule.
Danny Haworth lives in a meditation retreat centre and works as an advocate for a community legal centre. He has always believed that inner peace is everyone's right and does not require one to move away from society or reach a certain age. He is 28 and has been meditating since 1998. He was involved in planning and is a trained facilitator for the You First youth project.
Compassion Rising (World Premiere) Michael Fitzpatrick, Producer
Room 107
Film
Rooted in the historic encounter between the Trappist monk Thomas Merton and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this film reveals a musical experience that expresses the connection between spirituality and the arts. This film was undertaken with the intention of creating a new music derived from the chant traditions of East and West. Filmed in the world's largest cave, this music evokes feelings of compassion, peace, harmony and love.
Michael Fitzpatrick is an acclaimed concert-cellist and electric-cellist. Utilising music as a vehicle for inducing feelings of peace, Fitzpatrick designed and performed the sacred music for The Gethsemani Encounter and produced "Compassion', the first recording in history that brings together the traditions of ancient Tibetan Chant and Trappist/Gregorian Chant. He has performed his signature composition "Invocation for World Peace for Solo Cello' at holy sites and religious gatherings throughout the world.
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