जेष्ठ १० गते, २०७२ मा प्रकाशित
Recently there has been a great concern in the UK that a growing number of people
are leaving to join extremist organisations and fight in civil wars in places
such as Syria and Iraq; it has become apparent that there is a great
misunderstanding of the purpose of religion and misconceptions about the
teachings within the scriptures.
Held with a clear purposeto educate and restore the lost message of
peace with a hope of
unitingreligionsunder God, the Creator, the Dialogue
of Scriptures becamea
platform to discusseachscripturein a fair and peaceful way. Under the themeof ”Faith in the Hope of Love?” each of the
leaders and representatives from various religions brought their own religious
scriptures and answered questions by quoting from the content of their scriptures.
By comparing and contrasting each text, theaudiencelearnedabout the differentconcepts of peacewithinthe scripturesand which text has the most reliable answer to
establish peace in the world.Furthermore the audience was able to witnessharmonyformedamong differentreligions.
Phramaha
Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso’s commented,”We can work together successfully and my hope is that all religions can be
used to bring us together to unify the people.”The message echoed
in the hearts of the religious leaders in the UK to work together in the name
of peace as they continue to spread a positive message within their
communities.
In the evening, the participantswatchedthehighlightsof the successfulAfricaWorld Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP)Summit, hosted by HWPL and its affiliatesInternational Women’s Peace Group(IWPG,
Chairwoman Nam Hee Kim)andInternational Peace Youth Group(IPYG, Director Du Hyun Kim), on 30-31 March 2015 at the University of
South Africa, Pretoria. The summitcalled for theunity and action to ensure interfaith harmony andthelasting legacy of peace forthefuture generations. The Africa WARP Summit
and the Dialogue of Scripturesareacontinuation of thesuccess of theWARP
Summit held in South Koreaon17-19
September 2014.At
thesummitlast year,twonoteworthyagreementswere signed by more than 2,000global leadersat one sitting: ”The
Agreement to propose the Enactment of an International Law for the Cessation of
War” and ”TheAgreement for the Alliance
of Religions” to bring about inter-faith harmony.
With a
definitive answer to why there are constant conflicts and wars that threaten
peace, why we need a world without war, and how we can create a world of peace,
the Chairpersons of HWPL and its affiliates areactively working to make world peace a reality by
facilitating inter-religious dialogues, and gatheringgovernmentaland judiciaryofficials to enactan international lawfor the cessation of all wars.
In the mean time, for the first
time in history, Chairman Lee of HWPL announced the Declaration of World Peace
on May 25th2013 in Seoul, Korea in front of 30,000 youths from all
over the world. Since then, the IPYG Peace Walk Festivalshavetaken place to
celebrate the annual commemoration. Well-known cities like Carson City
California, Mindanao Philippines and Royal Bafokeng Nation in Republic of South Africa have
designated May 25thas ‘HWPL Day’ as a day of world peace. This year
marks the 2ndAnnual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace
and IPYG Walk Festival which will be hostedby HWPL branchesin over 50 cities from 30 countries including New
York, San Francisco, and Berlin.
Messages of peace for Nepal:
अन्य समाचारहरु
