Common Gound Event at Carmichael's Books
On Tuesday, August 3rd at 7 PM, CArmichael's will host a discussion of the new book Common Ground Between Islam and Buddhism: Spiritual and Ethical Affinities.
Fons Vitae publisher Gray Henry and Interfaith Paths to Peace director Terry Taylor will discuss the foundational principles of these two great religions and how finding common ground can provide hope for the future.
Carmichael's Bookstore
2720 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40206
May 12, 2010
The Launch of
Common Ground Between Islam & Buddhism
On May 12, 2010, the Dalai Lama, joined by a panel of select scholars, officially launched the Common Ground project, which he and HRH Prince Ghazi bin Mohammad of Jordan have initiated. It is hoped, with the publication of this work to which both have contributed, that this spiritual relationship will flower in many ways, including the promotion of a new realm of scholarship and research.
Both the Dalai Lama and Prince Ghazi are currently overseeing translation efforts to make this work as accessible as possible to Islamic and Buddhist peoples, and to the world at large.
A film has been made of this historic occasion, which will shortly be available here soon.
Among the participants on the panel were Ingrid Mattson, Hamza Yusuf, Eboo Patel, Imam Plemon T. El Amin, & Reza Shah-Kazemi.
LINKS TO MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE EVENT:
November 16‐13, 2010
15th Annual Festival of Faiths
Louisville, KY
This year’s theme will be Earth, continuing our series on the Four Elements; we welcome suggestions. We intend to extend the Festival’s scope beyond the environmental to include the spiritual.
Man is adama (the Hebrew and Arabic word for earth), composed of red, white,
yellow, and black, and yet is one element. As unity is the natural state of things, reconciliation is, therefore, a move toward nature and our truer selves.
The themes of reconciliation, conflict resolution, and forgiveness will be part of this exploration of the many aspects of human spirituality that make us one, here on the Earth