My parents are putting on an event in Yass on the 16th September which proves to be very interesting. Basically it is the Together for Humanity Foundation, which bring a Sheik, a Rabbi and a Priest together to discuss the differences and similarities of Islam, Judaism and Christianity (respectively) and ultimately help promote understanding and tolerance in our society.
It is a great cause, and they primarily speak to schools all over the country. There is a dinner on the night of the 16th including a panel of the speakers and I thought it might be of some interest to some of the more local readers of my blog 🙂
As a person who studies Chan Buddhism, obviously I’d love to see even more diversity represented. But I still think it will be a very interesting event and I hope to see a few of you there 🙂
%s/in Yass/walk into a bar/.
C’mon Pia, fix the title. 🙂
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MC
@Michael: … The bartender looks up and says, “What is this? Some kind of a joke?”
Hehe, yeah I know 🙂 Anyone I mention to it is inevitably let down by the lack of a punchline. Perhaps I should start with a joke and then mention the event 🙂
I guess those are all dudes ay! In the Ottawa Citizen, there is a weekly page where a religious questions is asked and the respondents are normally Sikh, Muslim, Christian, Hindu and from time to time a Buddhist and are almost always all male! Does religious plurality ever consider gender diversity?
Hi Tracey, it is a great point! Some of the most amazing Buddhist teachers I’ve met have been women and there are great women in all religions, just not necessarily in representative roles which is a pity.