Regional Interfaith Dialogue, Connecting and Cooperating for Peace and Harmony In the Asia-Pacific region
Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, said on Monday it was possible that once he dies his incarnation could be found in India, where he has lived in exile for 60 years, and warned that any other successor named by China would not be respected.
Read more…Dalai Lama Says His Successor May Come From India, Sends Message to China
“That which is said by the Pope is taken very seriously not just by the Catholic community, but taken seriously by all of us,” says Lord Nicholas Henry Bourne of Aberystwyth, UK Minister for Faith.
Read more…Lord Bourne: That which is said by the Pope …
Climate change and conflict have left the river Jordan a stagnant stream and the Sea of Galilee critically low
Read more…Where Jesus once preached, the holy waters are draining away
NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (Reuters) – Boodsabann Chanthawong recently joined a growing number of women defying generations of Thai Buddhist tradition by becoming ordained as novice monks at an unrecognized all-female monastery outside Bangkok.
Read more…Thailand’s rebel female Buddhist monks defy tradition
In Dhaka on November 27th-28th 2018, Religions for Peace Bangladesh sponsored an international seminar on World Peace through Interfaith and Intrafaith Dialogue in association with Religions for Peace Asia. It was attended by about 140 religious and interfaith leaders together with religious scholars and researchers from Bangladesh and international attendees from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
Read more…Bangladesh: World Peace through Interfaith and Intrafaith Dialogue
Tropical rainforests are an irreplaceable gift. Not only do they exhibit nature in its most exquisite beauty, they are planetary life support systems that provide billions of people with food, shelter, livelihoods, medicine and clean water.
Read more…Harnessing the moral authority of the world’s religions to save rainforests
Religions for Peace Advisory Forum Provides “Open Space” to Advance National Reconciliation and Peace in Myanmar
Read more…Forum on Reconciliation and Peace in Myanmar
Scarboro Missions in Toronto, Canada first published the Golden Rule poster in 2000. It has received a positive reception in many nations, worldwide.
Read more…The Power of a Poster in a Digital World
Orthodox Christianity may be Russia’s most high-profile religion, but it is only one of the country’s four official “founding” faiths. Another of the four, Buddhism, has been experiencing a rebirth in post-Soviet Russia.
Read more…Buddhism flourishes in Siberia
After their dramatic rescue from Nang Non cave, the Thai boys and their soccer coach have ordained as novice monks for a period of nine days, as a part of paying respect to the Thai Navy SEAL, Saman Gunan, who died during the efforts to save them.
Read more…Why the rescued Thai soccer team has ordained as Buddhist novice monks