The Australian Association of Buddhist studies hosts Dr Flavio Geisshuesler (Asian Studies, University of Sydney) talk on meditation in Tibetan Buddhism at this year’s University of Sydney Alumni Festival at 3:45pm – 4:45pm (AEST) on Saturday 30 November.
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Buddhist Meditation and the future of contemplation
The Australian Association of Buddhist studies presents a lecture series on Meditation and the future of contemplation. Professor David Germano from the University of Virginia is the holder of the 2024 University Buddhist Education Foundation (UBEF) Visiting Professorship in Buddhist Studies. As part of this Professorship, there will be a lecture series in the John Woolley Rogers Room (N397) of the John Woolley Building (A20) at the University of Sydney on 17, 22, 24 and 29 October. These lectures will be hybrid sessions.
NSW: International Day of Peace Interfaith Prayer Service 2024
To celebrate this day, you are cordially invited to join the 21st Interfaith Prayer Service on Saturday, 21 September 2024, at 3 pm at Knox Cultural Centre, Knox Grammar School, 2 Borambil Street, Wahroonga 2076 (a stone’s throw distance from Warrawee Train Station).
NSW: Baha’i Prayer Event – To Build a Better Community
The local Baha’i community of Parramatta is inviting leaders of the various faiths, community groups and organisations in Parramatta to a multifaith prayer gathering on 29 August 2024. The theme is “To Build a Better Community” and it is focused on reaching out to build bonds of fellowship and friendship between the diverse local communities in the area.
NSW: Buddhist Studies Seminar
The Australian Association of Buddhist studies will hold its next event on on Thursday 22 August in the Rogers Room (N397), John Wooley Building (A20), University of Sydney. The topic will address The Words and World of Gebchak Nunnery: Tantric Meditation in Context. This will be a hybrid session.
Religions for Peace NSW: Branch Meeting
The NSW Branch of Religions for Peace will next meet on Wednesday 28 August at the Vedanta Hall, Croydon from 10-12:00 concluding with lunch. The theme for the meeting is The Interfaith Movement, Its Benefits & Challenges. Guests will be Prof. Des Cahill, President of Religions for Peace Australia, and Dr. Sue Ennis, Secretary.
RIGPA – International Day of Peace
Rigpa Australia – Centres for the Study and Practice of Tibetan Buddhism will conduct an observance the United Nations International Day of Peace. The event will be in Sydney on Sunday 22nd September from 4-6pm.
Australian Religious Response to Climate Change: Conference 2024
The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) warmly invites you to participate in our second national Conference.
The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change has a unique role in Australia in bringing together diverse people of faith as witnesses to both our common humanity and respect for the earth.
Groups and communities in many different parts of the country have supported ARRCC’s work on Faiths 4 Climate Justice, ethical investment, solidarity with First Nations people and challenging new coal and gas projects.
NSW: Buddhist Studies Seminar
The Australian Association of Buddhist studies will hold its next event on Thursday 2 May, 2024. The topic will address Reimagining Meditation through Indo-Tibetan Tantric Practices. This will be a hybrid session.
Sydney church stabbing
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed repeatedly at a mass at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley just after 7pm on Monday.
A live stream of the mass on the church’s website showed a person approaching the altar who then appeared to stab toward the bishop’s head multiple times.
The 16-year-old perpetrator is in police custody. He made reference to “his religion’ which causes authorities to declare this was a terrorist event
Vatican official to speak on Interreligious Dialogue in Parramatta
The Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations and the Diocese of Parramatta will welcome Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald M.Afr.OBE on Wednesday 8 May 2024 for a free public lecture entitled: “Interreligious Dialogue in our Day: 60 Years after Nostra Aetate” at St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall, Parramatta.
Religions for Peace NSW Branch Meeting
The NSW Branch of Religions for Peace will next meet on Monday 11 March at the Vedanta Hall, Croydon from 10-12:00 concluding with lunch. Theme of the meeting will be Steps Towards Harmony.
