Parliament of World Religions - Cultivating Peace from the Inside Out

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> URI: Cultivating Peace from the Inside Out

by Rev. Charles P. Gibbs, Executive Director, United Religions Initiative

At the 2009 Parliament of the World?s Religions
in Melbourne, Australia, I had lunch with Dadi
Janki, the senior leader of the Brahma Kumaris,
who had been an inspirational friend for fourteen
years. Dadi told me the story of a queen who lost
a precious necklace and sent people to the
farthest reaches of her kingdom to search for it.
The search continued unsuccessfully until the day
one person went up to the queen and pointed out
that the necklace wasn?t lost, but was around her neck.

?That?s the way it is with peace,? Dadi said. ?We
spend so much time looking here and there for
peace when it is inside us all the time, waiting
to be discovered and cultivated.?

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> Do We Have To Pray Together?
> by Rabbi Michael Balinsky

> ?Do we have to pray together??

I asked this to Dirk Ficca just before my first
board meeting as a new trustee of the Council for
a Parliament of the World?s Religions. I was
relieved with his response: Members of the CPWR
do not pray together, in order to recognize the
differences that exist between our traditions.

As an Orthodox rabbi, I am part of a tradition
that has been wary of inter-religious dialogue.
For some, the tension historically has been one
of suspicion about the motives of those who
sought dialogue­and the lurking question if it
may simply be a subterfuge for proselytizing.

Perhaps as significantly, however, has been the
concern that in the search for common ground, we
might dilute the theological uniqueness of each
of our individual communities. That we might
ignore the specific ways a community views its sacred traditions and texts.

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> Sikh Teachings for Mother's Day
> by Ranbir S. Sandhu

Mother's Day, which started as a meeting of

grieving mothers of the Civil War, has now become
a celebration of the role of mothers in our
society.
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> To My Mother
> by Akbar Ahmed

> When I walk at night alone
> in the deep wadis of her sobs
> or when I know that each time I drive fast
> or laze the reply to her letters;
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> Celebrate Mother's Day ... Biblically
> by Brad Hirschfield

Children may ask why if there is a Mother's Day
and a Father's Day, is there no Children's
Day.
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> Egyptian Revolution Webinar

> Ahmed Rehab

> June 8, 2011
> 10:00am U.S. Central Time

> Ahmed Rehab
> Executive Director
> Council on American-Islamic Relations

The Egyptian Revolution saw one of the largest
and most comprehensive peaceful revolutions in
history. 12 million people took to the streets in
a period of 18 days to oust a 30 year autocratic
president and a 60 year entrenched regime. Ahmed
Rehab who participated in the Tahrir Square
movement shares his first-hand account.
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Did you miss the previous webinar?

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Your Religious Community

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> Latest from
> State of Formation
> Voices of Emerging Leaders

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Reflection on Islamophobia
by Kelly Figueroa-Ray

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Time of Emergence: Riá¸?ván 1863 and 2011
by Ben Schewel

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Empowering Women through Art in South Sudan
by Honna Eichler

> The Power of Connection...

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