Events - Upcoming Events
Things That Matter
- Date:
- Sunday 11 April 2010
- Time:
- 11:45am
- Duration:
- 1.5 hours
- Location:
- Grevillea/Jacaranda, 2nd floor, St Michael’s Hall
A new lively, interactive program focused on things that matter to all of us, here and now. We ask the question: What on earth could religion in the 21st century possibly contribute to our contemporary concerns? Views, visions and ideas to challenge our assumptions, disturb our complacency and stimulate creative thinking and constructive action.
SESSION TWO: Sunday 11th April 2010, in Grevillea/Jacaranda Room, 2nd floor
TOPIC: Imagine: a Buddhist Monk for Prime Minister!!
Probing the root causes behind the separation of enlightenment and state
The incompatibility of spiritual intelligence with political viability is a curious phenomenon.
- Ryan Croken (2009), freelance writer and editor based in Chicago
We urgently need to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized world. Rooted in a principled determination to transcend selfishness, compassion can break down political, dogmatic, ideological and religious boundaries. Born of our deep interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity. It is the path to enlightenment, and indispensible to the creation of a just economy and a peaceful global community.
From the Charter for Compassion, unveiled to the world on 12th November 2009
FACILITATOR: Julie Hall
Commencing after morning service with refreshments. All welcome!