Otago Light of Peace
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About this Event
The Otago Light of Peace is an outdoor event involving the lighting of candles for peace. It will be arranged in front of the Clock Tower at the University of Otago, and open for everyone to join, regardless of their religion, belief, gender or age. The project expects that whoever participates in the event will realise their own inner peace and pass that on to others in the society so that they can find the real peace within themselves. Inner peace and the candlelight of peace can inspire people to share peace, loving-kindness and compassion in their societies. The event of peace can encourage people to think more about peace and to create more activities around the issue of peace in society.
OTAGO LIGHT OF PEACE PROGRAM
Tuesday 27 August 2019
Outside Clocktower, University of Otago
If it rains, the event will be held in Castle Street Lecture Theatre (CAST1)
3.30 pm Registration
4.30 pm Participants gather on the lawn by the Leith
4.50 pm
-Prof. Harlene Hayne, Vice Chancellor, University of Otago, gives a speech of welcome
-Councillor Christine Garey gives a speech of appreciation
-Mr. Nigel Godfrey, CEO’s Miss Universe New Zealand gives a speech of appreciation
-Miss Diamond Langi, Miss Universe of New Zealand 2019, gives a speech of peace
-Most Ven. Sudhammo gives opening speech
5.05 pm Presentation of the Art for Peace Competition 2019 Awards
5.20 pm Songs of peace by Dr Jeff Wilson
5.30 pm Lighting the principal candle
5.35 pm Lighting the candles (Accompanied by the song “Candlelight) and meditation (10 mins)
6.00 pm Ceremony ends
Furthermore, During the day we also arranged a Seminar for Peace and Seminar of Early Buddhist Manuscripts at Castle 1, University of Otago
9.00 am Registration
9.10 am Venerable Burin Thitakusalo, the Director of The Middle Way Meditation Institute: Wisdom and Sustainable Development
10.00 am Tea break
10.15 am Andreas Johanes Jansen, Senior Physiotherapist and English Teacher of the Dhamachai Center for Buddhist Studies: Practical Peace
11.00 am Lunch
12.00 pm Prof. Garry Trompf, Emeritus Professor in the History of Ideas and Adjunct Professor in Peace and Conflict Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia: Breakthroughs in the Discovery of Ancient Religious Manuscripts
13.00 pm Prof. Michael Zimmermann, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies, Hamburg University/Tsukuba University: From manuscripts and philology to the history of ideas: What the study of the idea that all living beings have buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha) can teach us
2.00 pm Tea break
2.10 pm Dr Chanida Jantrasrisalai, A researcher, Kharoṣṭhī Klub, University of Washington: The Significance of Manuscripts Acquired in Dunedin and Their Implications on history of Dhammakaya Meditation
3.00 pm Most Ven. Sudhammo: DIRI contribution
3.30 pm Seminar ends
