Interfaith Dialogue for Peace-Making
Requirements
- No
Description
The Interfaith Dialogue for Peace-Making Program is a two-week initiative designed to provide insight into the process of effective interfaith dialogue for peace-making. Communication and travel have transformed our world into a global village. People from various religions and cultures are interacting on a universal scale. Interaction is another name for dialogue. Through such interfaith and inter-religious dialogue, people are learning one another’s language, becoming familiar with one another’s religions, and, by making concessions for others, learning to live together in peace and harmony. The program helps participants understand that interfaith dialogue seeks peaceful solutions to controversial matters while, at the same time, being ready to learn from the insights and experiences of others. In this way, they can discover and appreciate wise and good things in other religions and, grow as spiritually better human beings, which is surely a goal shared by various religions. The program, further, trains participants to engage in peaceful interfaith dialogue using principles of mutual respect, tolerance, well-wishing and love. The program encourages participants to recognize that all of humanity shares a common Creator, dissolving the notion of ‘us versus them’ and fostering a ‘we-we’ perspective, seeing every person as a brother or sister. Embracing this awareness nurtures a culture of ‘love for all,’ providing an ideal foundation for interfaith dialogue and creating a unifying platform for spiritual and peace-oriented individuals worldwide.
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CPS INTERNATIONAL
Re-engineering Minds Toward God-Realization
CPS International, the Centre for Peace and Spirituality, as is apparent from its name, is an organization, which aims to promote and reinforce the culture of peace through mind-based spirituality. Non-profit-making and non-political in nature, it is engaged in promoting peace and spirituality through inter-faith efforts. The Centre was founded in January 2001 by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, a globally acclaimed Islamic scholar, whose lifelong dedication to peace and spirituality is reflected in his works. According to him, peace and spirituality are both, in fact, two aspects of the one truth. Positive thinking at an individual level is called spirituality; when this positive thinking reaches a collective level in society, it culminates in peace. The question is how should the principles of peace and spirituality be inculcated? There are two ways of addressing people: one is at the collective level and the other is at an individual level. While most speakers prefer to address people en-masse, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan—to the point of sacrifice—chose to interact with people at an individual level. According to him, addressing a crowd does not yield any long-term results, for, in very large groups, the individual’s mind is never properly addressed, and therefore individuals—the building blocks of society—are unlikely to change. CPS developed certain courses to help participants cultivate spiritual principles and develop positive personalities on a culture of peace.