2015
PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS
അമേരിക്കയിലെ സാൾട്ട്
ലേയ്ക്ക് സിറ്റിയിൽ നടന്ന ആറാമത്
വേൾഡ് പാർലമെന്റ് റിലിജിയൻസിൽ നൂറിലേറെ രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ
നിന്നായി അൻപതിലധികം മത
വിഭാഗങ്ങളിൽപെട്ട പതിനായിരത്തിലധികം തെരഞ്ഞടുക്കപെട്ടവർ പങ്കെടുത്തു . അമേരിക്ക, ബ്രിട്ടൻ , ജർമ്മനി ആഫ്രിക്ക എന്നീ രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ സ്ഥിരമായി താമസിക്കുന്ന 60 ലധികം ഭാരതീയരെ പരിചയപെദുവാൻ എനിക്ക് സാധിച്ചു . കൂടാതെ അമേരിക്കയിൽ ചിക്കാഗോയിൽ 40 വർഷമായി താമസിക്കുന്ന കൊട്ടാരക്കര കമലായം കുടുംബത്തിലെ 5 പേരെ പരിചയപെടാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞു. അടൂർ ബോധി ഗ്രാമം സ്ഥാപകൻ ജോണ് സാമുവേൽ ( ജെ . എസ് .അടൂർ ) ഡോക്ടര ശശിധരൻ എന്നി വരെയും പാർലമെന്റിൽ വച്ച് പരിചയപെട്ടു .. ജോണ് സാമുവേലിന്റെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ നടന്ന " സോഷ്യൽ മീഡിയ" സെമിനാറിലും പങ്കെടുത്തു . . അമേരിക്കയിൽ താമസിക്കുന്ന ഓർത്തഡോൿസ് സഭയിലെ ഒരു വൈദീകനും പാർലമെന്റിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തതായി അറിയാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞു .ഒക്ടോബർ 15 നു തുടങ്ങിയ പാർലമെന്റ് 19 നു സമാപിച്ചു . യു .ആർ .ഐ ( United Religions Initiative ) എന്ന ഗ്ലോബൽ സംഘടനയുടെ ഏഷ്യയുടെ ട്രസ്റ്റി മാരായ പ്രൊഫ്. ജോണ് കുരാക്കാർ ( ഇന്ത്യ ) രവി (ശ്രിലങ്ക ) ഡോക്ടർ കാസിം നുറുൽ ഇസ്ലാം ( ബംഗ്ലാദേശ് )എന്നിവർ പാർലമെന്റിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തു .
The Parliament is the oldest, the largest, and the most
inclusive gathering of people of all faith and traditions.The first Parliament
took place in 1893. Since, this historic event has taken place in Chicago, USA
• Cape Town, South Africa • Barcelona, Spain • Melbourne, Australia - and now
in Salt Lake City, Utah!.Indian Jain Muni Acharya Dr Lokesh inaugurated the
Parliament of the World Religions, 2015 at Salt Lake City, USA, on October
15.In his opening speech, Acharya Lokesh emphasized on the principles of
non-violence and remembered Swami Vivekananda’s speech of the first parliament
in 1893.SwamiVivekananda was chosen to speak on the first day of the Parliament of World Religions in 1893. His speech beginning with ‘Brothers and Sisters of America’ shook the entire world. After his historic speech, Swami Vivekananda roamed all over the world and he was looked upon as Spiritual ambassador of India. Acharya Lokesh further said that war and hate has become the biggest enemy of humanity.He said that teachings of the Jain religion can only help in bringing peace in the world. Acharya Lokesh, the founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti in New Delhi, also inaugurated a Jain temple in the Parliament venue on this occasion. Parliament of World Religions was held in Salt Lake City from October 15 to 19.
The 2015 Parliament
of the World's Religions came to a close Monday with leaders of the largest
interfaith gathering revealing plans to conduct a gathering every two years.In
the closing plenary Monday afternoon, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, outgoing
chairman of the Parliament's board of trustees, said people he met during the
five-day event frequently stopped him to tell him the same thing: "This
was the best Parliament ever.""Wait until you see 2017. Parliament
will be every two years now," he said. The location for the next gathering
has not yet been determined but holding the event bienally is a significant
change from conducting it every five years.The closing ceremonies also included
prayer, music and reflections on the Parliament, which for the first time
offered a Women's Assembly.
Rachel S. Mikva, a rabbi and professor of Jewish studies at
Chicago Theological Seminary, said the experience of Parliament "has been
very much like Yom Kippur, day of atonement when we work on becoming the human
beings we were created to be."Mikva said she felt an "amazing sense
of solidarity" with others in attendance and she has a long "to-do
list" to address issues of poverty, violence and sustainability when she
goes home.Several speakers at the concluding event thanked the host city for
its hospitality, some 1,000 volunteers who covered 3,000 shifts and Salt Lake
Interfaith Roundtable for its efforts as the local organizing committee.H.H. Pujya
Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, president of Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, one of
India’s largest interfaith spiritual institutions, said the work of the
interfaith movement is needed worldwide.A declaration was issued at the
Parliament of the World’s Religions on Saturday, October 18, calling on people
to stand against hate and to pursue peace and justice.The declaration followed
a plenary session titled, ‘War, Violence and Hate Speech’ that was addressed by
world-renowned experts, analysts and lifetime champions of peace.
The 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire made a
passionate plea for peace.“We come here as people of all different religions
and none, from all different beliefs and we come from all parts of the world,
and we represent millions and millions of the human family who want peace,”
Maguire said. “We have a human right to peace and everyone in their hearts want
peace for themselves, their families, their communities. They want enough to
eat, they want a decent home, they want human security and they want to freely
speak about how they feel and what they believe in.”“We must realize that we
are human beings, we have our common humanity, that we are capable of loving,
that no matter what wrong people do, in their hearts they are good.”
മതങ്ങളുടെ 6 മത് പാർലമെന്റിൽ രണ്ടായിരത്തിലധികം സെമിനാറുകൾ
സാൾട്ട് ലേയ്ക്ക് സിറ്റി യിലെ കണ്വെൻഷൻ സെന്റര് ലെ വിവിധ വേദികളിൽ
നടന്നു .. ആറാമത് പാർലമെന്റിന്റെ
ഉദ്ഘാടനം ഒക്ടോബർ 15 തീയതി വൈകിട്ട് 6 മണിക്ക് പ്രധാന ആഡിട്ടൊറിയതതിൽ നടന്നു.
മനോഹരമായ ഒരു
പട്ടണമാണ് സാൾട്ട്
ലേയ്ക്ക് സിറ്റി .1899 ലാണ് സാൾട്ട് പാലസ് പടുത്തുയര്ത്ത്തിയത്
.1910 ൽ
ഉണ്ടായ അഗ്നി ബാധയിൽ പാലസ് നശിച്ചു
.1969 ൽ പാലസ്
വീണ്ടും പടുത്തുയർത്തി . 1994 ഈ
പാലസ് പൊളിച്ചതിന്
ശേഷം 679000
squre feet വരുന്ന കണ്വെൻഷൻ സെന്റര് പനിതുയർത്തി
.2000 ,2005 ലും ഇതിൻറെ വ്യാപ്തി വർദ്ധിപ്പിച്ചു
. അഞ്ചു നിലകളിലായി വ്യാപിച്ചു കിടക്കുന്ന സാൾട്ട് പാലസ്
സെന്റര് പ്രകൃതിക്ക് അനുയോജ്യമായ
വിധത്തിൽ അത്യാധൂനിക സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യ
ഉപയോഗിച്ച് പണിതിട്ടുള്ളതാണ്
.
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city in
the U.S. state of Utah. With an estimated population of 191,180 in 2013, the
city lies at the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a
total population of 1,153, Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger
metropolis known as the Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo Combined Statistical Area.
This region is a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development
stretched along an approximately 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch
Front, comprising a total population of 2,423,912 as of 2014. It is one of only
two major urban areas in the Great Basin
and the largest in the Intermountain West.Salt Lake City, Utah’s
high-elevation capital, is bordered by the buoyant waters of the Great Salt
Lake and the snow-capped peaksof the Wasatch Range. Downtown’s 10-acre Temple
Square, headquarters of the Mormon Church, is home to the majestic,
19th-century Salt Lake Temple and the neo-Gothic Assembly Hall. The acclaimed
Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs in the square’s domed Tabernacle.Salt Lake
City was founded on July 24th, 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young who had
reached this desert valley after an eighteen-month trek from Illinois. The
settlers soon began to irrigate the land and build up a town. Starting from
present-day Temple Square, they laid out an ambitious grid plan which still
determines the layout of the city. The area, then under Mexican sovereignty,
was ceded to the United States under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. The
Mormons took advantage of this change to establish a state of their own based
on their religious ideas. The capital of this state of Deseret
("honey-bee") was Salt Lake City.
The young city claimed a similar status for the territory of
Utah, established in 1850, whose first Governor was Brigham Young. The gold
rush in the West and the completion of the transcontinental railroad brought
increasing numbers of people to the city, which now achieved a modest degree of
prosperity. After the Mormons officially renounced polygamy, Utah was admitted
to the Union as the 45th state. During the 20th century the city developed at a
great pace, tripling its population between 1900 and 1930, and thereafter it
grew rapidly into a large modern city.Temple Square is the holy place of the
Mormons. On this 10 acres square, with trees and flowerbeds, are the Mormon
Temple, the Mormon Tabernacle, the Temple Annex, the Assembly Hall, several
monuments, and information centers which supply information on the doctrines
and the history of the Mormon faith. he Joseph Smith Memorial Building is
located in Temple Square. It was built in 1911 and originally known as the
Hotel Utah, but renamed in honor of the first president of the Mormon Church.
Some of the decorative features include marble columns, art glass and a grand
staircase. On site are the Legacy Theater, conference rooms, the FamilySearch
Center, and restaurants. With more than 80 acres, Liberty Park is Salt Lake
City's largest public park and features a variety of recreational activities.
This green space is a lovely nature retreat, with mature trees, a pond, a pool,
and sports areas. The park is also home to the Tracy Aviary.
The Parliament of the World’s Religions was created to
cultivate harmony among the world’s religious and spiritual communities.
Parliament Board chair, Imam Abdul Malik Muhahid reminds us that “ Faith brings
out the best in us, Interfaith brings
out the best of our faiths” Too often religion is misused as an instrument for division and injustice. 2015 Parliament
continues our rich tradition of initiating dialogue and nurturing relationships
among people of difference providing a frame work and sustainable future,
Dedicated work of Sikh Community:-
Langar is the sikh wword for “open kitchen. Langar was
started by the first sikh Guru Guru Nanak gi, and was designed to uphold the
principal of equality between all people
regardless of religion,caste, colour,creed, age, gender or social status.In
addition to the ideals of equality, the
tradition of Langar expresses the ethics of sharing community, incluaiveness
and oneness of all humankind. At theGolden temple in
India,over 100,000 people are fed very single day for free..
Prof. John Kurakar
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