The Religions for Peace (Tasmania Branch) gathering will be held from 12 noon to 1.00pm on Tuesday 8 October at the 50 and Better Centre, Bathurst St., Hobart.
Our guest speaker for this gathering will be Venerable Drolma, a Buddhist nun, who recently attended a retreat conducted by her mentor and well-known Australian Buddhist nun, Ven Robina Courtin.
Quietly, with comparatively little drama, a large number of very different religious groups came and settled in Australia, becoming part of the landscape, part of Australian life and society
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association’s Annual Event will cover the topic of Religion in the Media at Richmond Town Hall.
Anti-Poverty Week is a week where all Australians are encouraged to organise or take part in an activity aiming to highlight or overcome issues of poverty and hardship here in Australia or overseas.
The next Religions for Peace (Tas Branch) interfaith gathering will be a Silence Day on the UN International Day for Peace itself, 21 September.
Prof Jeff Halper – Israeli anthropologist and human rights activist – will give a public lecture on Imagining the future: towards a multi-cultural Middle East confederation.
In the spirit of building friendship across communities the Buddhist Council of Victoria has collaborated with the Australian Intercultural Society to arrange an Iftar dinner at the Vietnamese Quang Minh Buddhist temple in Braybrook on Monday night, 5th of August 2013.
Interfaith Service for International Day of Peace, NSW
An Interfaith Service will be conducted in observance of International Day of Peace at the Baha’i Temple in Sydney.
The way people think and behave has shifted considerably since the days when life was circumscribed by religious belief, according to Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Institute for Science and Ethics at Oxford University, UK.
On September 12, the Centre for Dialogue at Latrobe University will have four renowned Swamis will be speaking on the topic of The Contemporary Global Crisis: The Shift Towards Human Wealth. A panel of Swamis discus the human aspect of the Global Financial Crisis as an issue of attitude rather than of economics.
Charles Hogg, National Coordinator of Brahma Kumaris Australia, will give a talk on “Overcoming Over-thinking” Saturday 21 September in observance of International Day of Peace in Adelaide.
