World Council of Religious Leaders First Meeting in Bangkok
August 15th, 2002 by sfuqua
World religious leaders in Bangkok live worldwide webcast June 12, 2002. Go online courtesy of Thailand's oldest Buddhist university to view the first meeting of the World Council of Religious Leaders in English and Thai at www.mcu.ac.th/wcrl.
BANGKOK, June 11 — Asia's ancient religious heritage and today's
technology walk together to pray and work for peace in a live worldwide
webcast tomorrow.
The first meeting of the World Council of Religious Leaders can be seen
live during the next 24 hours on the website of
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University from 9:00 am Thailand time June
12. More than 100 religious leaders from around the world representing 13
religions will attend.
'Beyond Tolerance and Pleasure' is the title of a message to be delivered
by Thailand's beloved Buddhist scholar, Most Venerable P.A. Payutto (Phra
Dhammapitaka).
Representatives of all major world religion's will pray during the
opening of the World Council of Religious Leaders meeting June 12-14
which opens at Buddhamonthon in a ceremony presided over by Thailand's
Buddhist Supreme Patriarch. HRH Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn officially
opens the event.
World Millennium Peace Summit Secretary-General Bawa Jain who guided the
WMPS two years ago and Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Rector
Phra Thepsophon co-host the event.
The meeting continues Thursday and Friday June 13 and 14 and includes
signing a Charter and planning follow-through to give religious, moral
and spiritual counsel to the United Nations and others who act for world
peace, to protect the environment and to alleviate poverty.
Over 1,000 religious and spiritual leaders met at the United Nations in
New York in August 2000 and pledged to act to establish a permanent
religious organization for world peace. This week's founding meeting of
the World Council of Religious Leaders is a follow-through.
Contact: Phra Sudhivorayan, Tel: 01-830-7288
World Council Secretariat, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya
University
Wat Mahadhatu, Maharaj Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand
Tel: (662) 226-6251. Fax: (662) 623 6328, 02 221-6950, 02 226-6251
Email: worldcouncil@mcu.ac.th
www.mcu.ac.th/wcrl
