His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu were awarded the Fetzer Institute's Prize for Love and Forgiveness this past Sunday at the 2009 Peace Summit in Vancouver. Each will receive a $100,000 monetary prize to support their work and a handcrafted, inscribed journal.
The Fetzer Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting services that advance the values of love and forgiveness in the world. Their purpose: "The Institute engages with people and programs working to bring the power of love and forgiveness to the center of individual, organizational and community life. We create and support projects that serve as healing forces in a divided world, and that spread knowledge about how individuals everywhere can be more loving and forgiving in daily life."(Fetzer Institute website)
To learn more about the Prize for Love and Forgiveness and to watch a video of the summit go to the Fetzer Institute's website.
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
PRAMECO Website Up and Running
I'm part of a community called PRAMECO, which is a network of individuals who take time to collectively and simultaneously use contemplative techniques with the intention of bettering the world. This project is still in its early stages but was conceived and has been implemented largely by a fellow University of the West classmate of mine, Nathan Michon.
Every year we engage in four projects, each with three days (1 per month) when we join together to focus our attention toward a particular theme, idea, or issue with the understanding that our intentions have reverberating effects beyond ourselves, throughout the world, and can help bring about the contentment and peacefulness that we wish to see.
The statement of purpose of PRAMECO:
"PRAyer MEditation and COntemplation of non-violence, peace and harmony for all citizens of the world. PRAMECO is the combined effort of people around the globe to pray, meditate, and contemplate conflicts and issues in the world that could use our attention. PRAMECO initiatives are times to train ourselves – our own minds and hearts - and to unite with others at the same time to focus on the betterment of those in need." Check out PRAMECO.org , learn more, and get involved!
Every year we engage in four projects, each with three days (1 per month) when we join together to focus our attention toward a particular theme, idea, or issue with the understanding that our intentions have reverberating effects beyond ourselves, throughout the world, and can help bring about the contentment and peacefulness that we wish to see.
The statement of purpose of PRAMECO:
"PRAyer MEditation and COntemplation of non-violence, peace and harmony for all citizens of the world. PRAMECO is the combined effort of people around the globe to pray, meditate, and contemplate conflicts and issues in the world that could use our attention. PRAMECO initiatives are times to train ourselves – our own minds and hearts - and to unite with others at the same time to focus on the betterment of those in need." Check out PRAMECO.org , learn more, and get involved!
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