Dharm Summit in USA, 13-15 August 2005
VivekaJyoti
"Unless Hindus get organized, 'secular' India will not allow Hinduism to survive. The Hindus have to get organized and create a majoritarian regime. This is a rule of survival for them. And for the survival of a faith-neutral state itself! The question is: will they do it in spite of 'secular' India's hostility?"
'VivekaJyoti' therefore exhorts: "Ye Hindus get organized or perish! Choice is entirely yours"!
Friday, June 17, 2005
Dharm Summit 2005
Under the Guidance of and Inspiration from Pujya Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Sponsored by:
Arsha Vidya Gurukul Arya Pratinidhi Sabha America Hindu Council Against Defamation Hindu University of America Jain buttociations in North America Sadhu Vaswani Center Shri Venkateshwar Temple Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America
Co-Sponsors:
Greater Baltimore Temple Hindu Student Council Hindu Society of NEFlorida Shri Meenakshi Temple, TX Dr. Sudhir Prabhu, FL Dr. T. Ramakrishnan, PA
Purpose:
To bring together Heads of all Smapradayas, Devalayas, spiritual insbreastutions and intellectuals -
- to exchange thoughts, ideas and share experiences on - how to impart spiritual and cultural education to our future generations, and - remove bias, misperceptions about our faith traditions from the society, in order to - maintain the Dharmic traditions of our community with dignity in North America.
Dates: August 13, 14, 15, 2005
Venue: Rutgers University, Student Center, 126 College Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Tentative AGENDA Saturday Aug 13
9:00 AM Conf Inauguration öSwami Dayananda Saraswati and others
10:30 ö 12:30 Session 1 -- Panel discussion: Future of Dharmic Traditions in North America Theme: Transmission of our traditions to next generation is in jeopardy unless we protect its image in schools and media, and evolve our temples to involve our youth.
1:30 ö 4:30
Session 2 -- Panel Discussion: How to evolve Templesinsbreastutions to teach Dharm Sunday clbuttes and involve our young generation to participate in temple activities. 5:00 ö 6:00 Non-Violent Communication (Workshop)
6:00 ö 6:30 Meditation session
6:30 ö 7:30 Samuhik Yagya ö involving spiritual HEADS of all Sampradayas
8:30 ö 9:15 Key Note speaker ö Swami Satguru Bodhinath of Kauai Monastery
Tentative AGENDA Sunday Aug 14 9:00 ö 9:45 Keynote speaker: Swami Chidanand (Muni ji) of Parmarth Niketan
9:45 ö 12:00 Session 3 ö Panel Discussion:
Reaching Out to the larger community with Seva and Education, and removing misperceptions about our Faith Traditions
1:00 ö 4:00 Session 4 ö Panel Discussion: How to Protect Dharm from Distortion: Biased and distorted views of Dharm in schools, colleges, and in the media.
5:00 ö 7:30 Session 5 ö Panel Discussion:
Path Forward: Recommendations for follow up
8:30 ö 9:15 Key Note speaker (Shri Shri Ravi Shankar - invited, not confirmed)
Tentative AGENDA Monday Aug 15
9:00 ö 12:00 Session 6:
Workshop on Temple Management and Administration Organized by the Hindu University of America: Priest Training, Priest immigration issues, Board elections, By- Laws, Zoning ordinances, etc.
1:00 ö 4:00 Session 7 Workshop on Temple ManagementPaurohitya program
4:00 PM Adjourn
Panelists:
David Frawley, Rajiv Malhotra, Ved Nanda, Bhudev Sharma, Piyush Agrawal, ... For Information and registration, visit our website www.HICAD.us or Contact one of the following:
North Jersey Jyoti Gandhi 201-818-0968 plus 1 USA Jyotish Parikh 860-655-5875
NY area Ram Sachdeva 917-776-4365 New England Nachiketa Tiwari 508-261-1274
South Jersey-PA Veena Gandhi 856-435-9148 North America Ved Chaudhary 732-972-1489
Further details at:
Maintaining our Dharmic traditions in North America
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