Osher Life Long Learning Institute

Osher Life-long Learning Institute
A new course: "India: Culture, Traditions, and Gandhi"
has been developed for the members of the Osher Life-long Learning Institute (OLLI) of American University at the Gandhi Memorial Center from March to May 2009. This course will introduce participants to the arts and philosophy of India through lectures and demonstrations.

Gandhi Memorial Center
Phone: 301-320-6871
Fax: 301-229-7576
Email: info@gandhimemorialcenter.org
Web: http://www.gandhimemorialcenter.org/
Address: 4748 Western Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20816, USA

The Green Rule Interfaith Project

The Green Rule Interfaith Project

To Discover the Sacredness of Creation within the World's Religions

To represent creation as a whole, a tree is used as a central image, symbolic of the entire Earth, its various peoples, cultures, creatures and ecosystems. You will notice on the poster that there is only one tree but many different species of leaves. This is intended to express the old adage 'unity in diversity.' Each leaf represents a different faith tradition, and each species is significant to the faith it represents.

A Green Rule Study Guide is available:
http://www.faith-commongood.net/docs/greenrulehandbook.pdf

It offers suggestions on how you can use the Green Rule poster as an imaginative and practical tool to teach youth and adult members of your faith community and school system about the sacredness of creation in their own faith, while taking into consideration the similar beliefs of other traditions.
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Swami Vivekanada at the First Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago

A Vignette from the First Parliament of the World's Religions,
Chicago, Illinois



The Voice Of Swami Vivekananda


http://www.udeps.com/Vivekananda.html

Women -- Summit to End Global poverty -- April 13th 1008

Washington National Cathedral

Invites you to:
"BREAKTHROUGH"

The Women, Faith and Development
Summit to End Global Poverty

Sunday, April 13th, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Free, but Registration is Required

for further information and to register
click on http://www.wfd-alliance.org/

Educational Resource - A New Website: homidhalla.com

A New Website on Zarathushti Lore
from January 1, 2008
by
Dr. Homi Dhalla

The soul of the earth complained to the Creator that it was being oppressed by violence, savagery and cruelty and it needed a protector. In response to this call, Prophet Zarathushtra was deputed to bring about order in the prevalent chaos. It was this that moved Rabindranath Tagore to remark: “He was the watcher in the night who stood on the lonely peak facing the East and broke out singing the paens of light to the sleeping world when the sun came out on the brim of the horizon”.

Although the Prophet spread his message in the distant past, his legacy lives on. The moral vision, which he has bequeathed, is timeless. His message as taught in the Gathas brought forth ideas that not only changed the stream of human thought but influenced the most important concepts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This spirit of the Gathas has also been echoed in the Avestan and Pahlavi literature.

The Pahlavi texts are an integral and important part of Zarathushti literature. This literature throws significant light on the practice of Zoroastrianism in Sasanian and post-Sasanian times. A crucial part of this literature is wisdom literature. This form was evidently an important vehicle to impart knowledge to children as well as adults. Those Pahlavi texts dealing with this aspect are known as ‘Andarz’ and may also be termed as wisdom literature. The Pahlavi term ‘Andarz’ means, “counsel, advice, maxim, admonition or teaching”. These are admonitions of sages, learned priests and ministers.

Hence, my intention in launching this website is to bring the inspiring message of the Gathas as well as other maxims and admonitions from later literature to the common man. Every time you visit this website, a new thought would be projected from this vast moral storehouse. They are pregnant with Zarathushti values and hence would provide guidance to us in our daily lives.

You could access this website by logging onto homidhalla.com from January 1, 2008.