Practical lesson from Melbourne Convention: God, men and pluralism

Anand Krishna ,  Jakarta   |  Mon, 12/21/2009 3:14 PM  |  Opinion
Source: The Jakarta Post

“You are lucky. A good hotel location, the city mosque is not far from your hotel, just walking distance,” Hassen, the maxi (not a taxi, because it could take six of us) driver greeted me as I was struggling to put on my seat belt.

Melbourne 2009 - and it was the second day of December.

What a change! I was in the city more than 20 years ago.

Then, as a businessman, and I do not remember being driven by a Hassen who would for the next half an hour brief me on the geography of the city, highlighting only such places related to the “religion of God”.

Hmm, “So, other religions are not *of’ God?”

Anand Krishna at the Parliament

Dada Jashan P Vaswani Spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune, India

Yasus of Jamaica

Richard Prideaux Teacher at Beaconhills College, Berwick, Melbourne

Edward Hubbard Clergy member of the Correllian Nativist tradition and a public religious educator

Naresh Jain, Member of the Parliament Board of Trustees

 

a Professor from Iran

 

Member

Members of Our Delegation Interacting with World Leaders

Abdul Malik Mujahid, recently elected as the CHAIR of the Board of Trustees of the Council for the PARLIAMENT OF WORLD'S RELIGIONS.

Maya with Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia

Michael Beckwith of Agape Church ("The Secret" Fame)

16 Desember 2009 - Parliament of The World's Religions

Anand Krishna & Friends di D FM 103.4 Jakarta pukul 06.30 s/d 07.30 membahas tentang "Parliament of The World's Religions".

Merupakan kunjungan Bapak Anand Krishna ke Melbourne sebagai Duta Besa Besar dari Parliament of The Wolrd's Religions 2009 yang diadakan di Melbourne, Australia. Berangkat bersama beberapa teman seperti Dr. Made Arya Wardhana, Dian Martin & Ibu Maya Safira Muchtar. Dan mereka akan berbagai di acara talkshow kali ini.

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Pre-Parliament : My Religion is not better than yours

Presentation

 

Presentation

Book Launching "One Earth, One Sky, One Humankind"

Participants (Full House, we had to add extra chairs with several still standing at the back!)

Book Signing

Anand Krishna has been a 2009 Ambassador since August of 2009, and in that time he has spoken to over 10,000 people about the work of the Council and the 2009 Parliament. An Indonesian national of Indian descent, Anand is an author, educator and spiritual leader seeking to explore and expand the role meditation plays in the world’s great faiths and religions. He has written over 110 books within last 10 years with more than half a million copies sold all over Indonesia.

As a 2009 Ambassador, Anand Krishna has actively promoted the Council and the 2009 Parliament through the use of the Ambassador toolkit resources in hosting Pre-Parliament events, writing and responding to blogs, facebook messages and forwading email blasts to oer 2,000 recipients. Through his Anand Ashram Foundation, Anand has organized an exuberant series of events in promotion of the Melbourne Parliament of Religions. The events took place in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Bali and included peace campaigns, interfaith harmony meetings and expositions. . Anand describes of his role as a 2009 Ambassador as being “a fulfillment of a dream.”

Anand Krishna has also published an opinion piece in the Jakarta Post, which is Indonesia’s largest English-language newspaper. The argument jumps right into the dilemmas posed by religious radicalism and terrorism and calls on the Melbourne Parliament of Religions to encourage real progress and interreligious harmony.

JAKARTA

• Exposition in Jakarta, September 1, 2009, attended by more than 600 participants, with General (ret.) Hendropriyono former chief of national intelligence as Guest of Honor. Also attending the event were the Director General of Immigration, veteran artist Selamet Raharjo and others. 
• Peace Campaign at National Monument Grounds, September 5, 2009, attended by about 5000 participants. 
• Interfaith Harmony Meetings, Every fortnight on Saturday evenings. Attendance is usually 120 - 150. 
• Peace Campaigns,, Every fortnight on Sunday mornings. Attendance is usually 4000 - 5000.

YOGYAKARTA

• Interfaith Harmony Meetings, Every fortnight on Saturday evenings. Attendance is usually 120 - 150. 
• Peace Campaigns, Every fortnight on Sunday mornings. Attendance is usually 800 - 1000.

BALI

• Exposition in Bali, September 21, 2009, attended by about 200 participants. 
• Interfaith Harmony Meetings, Every fortnight on Saturday evenings. Attendance is usually 120 - 150. 
• Peace Campaigns, Every fortnight on Sunday mornings. Attendance is usually 1000 - 1500.

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