For this week’s #WisdomWednesday, Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. tells us that at the heart of every #faith there is compassion. The voices, insights and perspectives of the world’s faith and spiritual traditions are the key elements on the discourse of compassion.
"The function of faith is not to reduce mystery to rational clarity, but to integrate the unknown and the known together in a living whole, in which we are more and more able to transcend the limitations of our external self."
Contemplation Corner: What have you done to enhance your #wellbeing this week?
As part of this week's focus on #wellbeing, we are highlighting the Healthy Minds Program.
We invite you to connect with us as we find inspiration in past Festival of Faiths programming!
The Center for Interfaith Relations is committed to celebrating the diversity of faith traditions, expressing gratitude for our unity, and strengthening the role of faith in society through common action.
This past year we celebrated the 24th Festival of Faiths with Sacred Cosmos: Faith & Science, looking at the “and” where faith AND science overlap and interact.
As with many festivals, our 23rd was topical and timely in the wake of the Women's March and the #mettoo movement.
In 2017, our 22nd annual Festival of Faiths focussed on a topic at the heart of our mission and a value that's a priority in the city we call home: compassion.
In 2016, our 21st Festival of Faiths focused on Sacred Wisdom: Pathways to Nonviolence. Festival activities included Enso calligraphy with Zen Master Dae Gak of the Furnace Mountain Retreat Center and a sand mandala created by the monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery, and concluded with a compassion walk.
