Dr Janet Khan spoke on behalf of the Baha’i Tradition. And we have to employ warm-heartedness, not resorting to force, to make a peaceful world.”Īssociate Professor Mahamad Abdalla, Imam at Kuraby Mosque, thanked the Dalai Lama for his words about peace, forgiveness and tolerance, saying that religious harmony was needed more than ever today.Īnd then, one by one, representatives from other faiths came forward to speak and pray. Here in the 21st century we face a number of problems that we have created and which we have to solve. He then also told the gathering: “all our religious traditions, despite their philosophical differences, which are only different methods for encouraging the growth of love, can contribute to creating a happy humanity, starting with happy individuals, families and communities. In his remarks, the Dalai Lama noted that almost all the world’s major religious traditions were represented at the gathering, “so this event confirms one of my own commitments to promote inter-religious harmony”.

Welcoming him before a packed congregation, the Archbishop of Brisbane, the Most Reverend Mark Coleridge, described the Dalai Lama as someone able to speak across cultures, someone who has known sorrow yet spreads happiness. Stephen in the Australian city of Brisbane, Queensland. (, Jun13, 2015) – Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Jun 11 joined several hundred Bahais, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians to pray for world peace in the Cathedral of St.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and fellow spiritual and religious leaders arriving at the Cathedral of St Stephen to participate in a multi-faith gathering in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on June 11, 2015.

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