The land of Oz will host the 2009 Parliament in December, in Melbourne. Not all programs or speakers have been finalized, so Buddhists have time to present such to the organizers.
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World's Parliament of Religions
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World's Parliament of Religions
Good and evil have no fixed form. It's as easy to turn from doing bad to doing good as it is to flip over the hand from the back to the palm. It's simply up to us to do it. Master Hsuan Hua.
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I got one of those come-on-down e-mails and, because Aussies are enjoying summer while I freeze my keester off here in the states, I was really tempted to create some program that might gain acceptance. Then I realized I have three children, a mortgage, a job and besides all that, I'm too old and fat and lazy.
I do hope others will attend, however.
PS. If you go, I'd love to have a souvenir kangaroo.
I do hope others will attend, however.
PS. If you go, I'd love to have a souvenir kangaroo.
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Would you not rather have three wallabies instead of one big kanga? They are much cuter - and you would save in shipping.genkaku wrote:I got one of those come-on-down e-mails and, because Aussies are enjoying summer while I freeze my keester off here in the states, I was really tempted to create some program that might gain acceptance. Then I realized I have three children, a mortgage, a job and besides all that, I'm too old and fat and lazy.
I do hope others will attend, however.
PS. If you go, I'd love to have a souvenir kangaroo.
Good and evil have no fixed form. It's as easy to turn from doing bad to doing good as it is to flip over the hand from the back to the palm. It's simply up to us to do it. Master Hsuan Hua.
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Dear Will -- Let my people get back to your people on that. Three kids, three wallabees ... a nice, even distribution of wealth. On the other hand, would I have enough money to pay for my much-needed rubber room?
The thought, however, is appreciated ... sort of.
The thought, however, is appreciated ... sort of.
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Re: World's Parliament of Religions
Parliament for what? Do we get to vote on whether God exists or not?Will wrote:The land of Oz will host the 2009 Parliament in December, in Melbourne. Not all programs or speakers have been finalized, so Buddhists have time to present such to the organizers.
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Dear Individual -- It was in 1894 that the first World Parliament of Religions was held in Chicago. I think, but don't know, that there have been other similar events at other times. The object of the exercise, as near as I can figure, is to meet, greet, learn from each other and perhaps give a boost to tolerance.
I don't think that selling God is on the menu.
I don't think that selling God is on the menu.
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Try clicking on the link provided.Individual wrote:Parliament for what? Do we get to vote on whether God exists or not?Will wrote:The land of Oz will host the 2009 Parliament in December, in Melbourne. Not all programs or speakers have been finalized, so Buddhists have time to present such to the organizers.
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Good and evil have no fixed form. It's as easy to turn from doing bad to doing good as it is to flip over the hand from the back to the palm. It's simply up to us to do it. Master Hsuan Hua.
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So far it looks good for a talk fest. And its only going to be across Bass Strait from where I'll be living.
I'll take a rain cheque for the time being until I know what I'll be doing and where I'm working.
I'll take a rain cheque for the time being until I know what I'll be doing and where I'm working.
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..