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World
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Seville,
Spain.
The Meeting of
the World Religious Leaders begain at 4.30 PM(Spanish
Time) at the beautiful city os Seville in Sapin
on the 14th of December. Organised under the auspices
of the UNESCO by the Elijah Interfaith Academy
(Isreal), the Foundations for the Three Cultures
of the Mediterannian, and McGill University the
theme of this first meeting is " Religion,
Democratic Society and teh Other - Hostility,
Hospitality and teh Hope of Human Flourishing".
The Board of World Religious Leaders was constituted
and announced right in the begining before the
starting of the first inaugural session. The Board
consists of the following:
H.H. the Dalai Lama as
the Chief Patron Members
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Buddhists Venerable
Norman Fischer Zen Priest, Ven Blanch Zenkei Hartman
of USA, Dharma Master Hsin Tao of Taiwan,Ven Bhikkhuni
of Sri Lanka, Ven Jinwol Lee of UK, Ven Saydaw
Ashin Nyanissra of Myanmar, Ven Phra Thepsophon
of Thailand and Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo a Tibetan
Lama in USA |
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Christians
Ecumenical: Patriarch Bartholomew I chief
of the World Orthodox Christian Church, Abess
Isabelle Flye Saintmarie of Bethleham, Presideing
Bishop Frank Grisswold of USA, Archbishop Karl
Gustav Hammer of Primate Church of Sweeden, Bishop
Maria Jepsen the first woman Bishop of the workd
in Germany, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and
Kalingrad chief of the Russian Orthodox Church,
Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarric of the Cathoric
Church from USA, Patriarch Mestob II of Istanbul,
Archbishop Noutrous Moulem of Galee Isreal, Bishop
Vincentiu Poiesteanu of the Orthodox Church of
Romania, Abbot Primate Notker Wolf Grand Chancellor
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Hindus:
Dr Shrikant Jichkar Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam
and Representative of Acharya Sabha from India,
Shri Rishi Prabhakar , of Siddha Samadhi Yogas,
Banglore, Sr. Sri Ravishankar of the Art of Living
Foundation India, Harmoinder Singh of Delhi Sikh
Gurudwara Committee, Sri Puthigeshree Swami of
India, Swami Swatantranand of Rishikesh, |
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Jews
Chief: Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi Doron of
Isreal. Chief Rabbi Shear Yashhuv Cohen of Haifa,
Chief Rabbi Menachen Haohen of Rumania, Chief
Rabbi Cyruilkl of South Africa, Chief Rabbi Berell
Lazxar of Russia, Chief Rabbi Michel Melchoil
of Norway, Rabbi David Rossen of Istreal, Chief
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks of of UK, Chief Rabbi Rene
Sirat of France, |
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Muslims:
Sheikh Muhammand Noor Abdallah of USA,
Dr Muhammad Zaki Badawi of UK, Dr Y Basga Mossa,
of USA, Dr Mustafa Ceric of Bosnia, Sheikh Nazim
Haqqani of of Turkey, Sheikh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
of Syria, Dr Wahiouddin Khan of Dekhi India, W.Deen
Muhammad of USA Dr Adamou Njyoya of South Africa
and Dr Abdurrahaman Wahid for mer President of
Muslim leader of Indonesia. |
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Dr
Shrikant Jichkar of the Hindu religion
got the honour of Chairing the inaugural session.
Sri Sri Ravishankar gave the first inaugural speech.
He said that there is need to change the threee
T´s from tiem to time Trade, Technology,
Thinking and Tradidion. . Dr Shrikant Jichkar
in his sppch summerizing and concluding speech
said that the the Indian tradition is an all encompassing
, tolerant and accommodating tradition. He spoke
about the inmmanant conept of divinity of the
Indian tradition which accommodated everyone.
Tehre was no conqust, nor conversion from the
Indian tradition but there was coexistence by
assimilation. |
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