Jan 14 Tip: Learn about Shantivanam Ashram and Bede Griffiths

January 14 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learn about the beauty and mission of Shantivanam Ashram in India

http://www.bedegriffiths.com/

1. Promoting the awareness and practice of contemplative prayer...

by helping people to be more receptive of the Divine Presence, Fr. Bede believed, that the call to contemplation is universal. Contemplative practice and experience will, in turn, nurture a spirit of peace and compassion among the peoples of the earth.

2. Continuing the pioneering work of Father Bede...

in the area of interreligious dialogue. This too, he understood, is crucial for the peace of the world and the future of our global family.

3. Disseminating Fr. Bede's vision in various ways...

through making available the books, articles and recordings of Bede and other spiritual teachers, through retreats and contemplative prayer groups, through operation of the Bede Griffiths website and publication of The Golden String bulletin.

4. Furthering the ongoing life of Shantivanam...

Fr. Bede's Ashram in Southern India, and supporting the Ashram’s projects on behalf of the poor in the surrounding villages. The life of the spirit – contemplative life – must be integrated, Bede taught, with the social and economic life of the larger human community.

Jan 13 Tip: View video about Fr. Bede Griffiths

January 13 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Watch a video about Fr. Bede Griffiths who bridged the gap between Hinduism and Christianity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvmWZ9W5f1E

Bede Griffiths OSB Cam (17 December 1906 -- 13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known, by the end of his life, as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British-born Indian Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in South India and became a noted yogi. He became a leading thinker in the development of the dialogue between Christianity and Hinduism. Griffiths was a part of the Christian Ashram Movement.

Jan 12 Tip: Help Prevent Dating Violence

January 12 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learn about PACT in Action, a community effort to reduce and eliminate dating violence

http://www.pactinaction.org/

PACT in Action (Parkhill, Algonquin & California Teens in Action) is a teen dating violence prevention initiative of The Center for Women & Families and KentuckyOne Health. PACT in Action is a community-based, youth-led initiative focused on the PAC neighborhoods (the 40210 zip code). PACT in Action aims to mobilize teens in these neighborhoods to achieve a 10 percent reduction in the incidence of domestic violence by the year 2020. PACT in Action will achieve this goal by:

• Equipping youth with the knowledge and skills necessary to support and lead efforts to reduce teen dating violence in the 40210 area
  
• Increasing the engagement and accessibility of caring adults toward a reduction in teen dating violence
  
• Enhancing youth and adult community members’ knowledge, skills and engagement to reduce risk factors and increase protective factors in the built environment which would support a reduction in teen dating violence

Jan 11 tip: Spiritual humor from "Swami Beyondananda"

January11 Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Enjoy some spiritual humor from "Swami Beyondananda"

http://www.wakeuplaughing.com/

The Mission of Swami Beyondananda and Wake Up Laughing

"It's time to take humor seriously, and seriousness humorously."
Swami Beyondananda
Our mission at Wake Up Laughing is to promote awakening and laughter: Awakening to the evolutionary understanding that we are each and all cells in a new super-organism called Humanity, and laughing compassionately about the obstacles we humans have put in our own way.
We seek to move forward what we call an "up-wising" – waking up and wising up to our true human potential, and engaging millions to participate in the greatest adventure in human history: Conscious evolution.
This "evolution" (as described in the book Spontaneous Evolution) is not about the hit-or-miss unfoldings of a random universe, but rather the understanding of life as a spiritual, intentional process. It is a holistic and integrative view, and encompasses the beliefs of the traditionally religious, the spiritual but not religious, secular humanists and ethical atheists, and what our friend and co-heart Caroline Casey would call "the compassionate trickster."
The comedy is intended to heal the heart and free the mind, to offer incisive insights into inconvenient truths (and convenient lies), and to do so through the eye of love.
Along with my own writings and the cosmic comic perspective of Swami Beyondananda, we welcome into our community those seeking to use humor to enlighten and brighten.
You can Join the Up-Wising by becoming a member of the Right To Laugh movement, or by subscribing to one of our newsletters, or merely by checking in with us from time to time.
May we all wake up laughing ... and wise up loving
Steve Bhaerman.

Jan 10 Tip: View Video about Sri Ramana Maharshi

January 10 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

View an amazing video about the great 20th Century Indian mystic, Sri Ramana Maharshi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6P42XI8GRo&feature=related

"The Sage of Arunachala" is a 73-minute documentary on the life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi. With a compelling narration by the acclaimed "Discovery Channel" celebrity, John Flynn, this film takes us from the birth of the sage to his final moments when crowds of devotees pushed in from all sides to have their last darshan (look). The youtube 7 minute clip summarizes his teachings, backdropped by archival films and photos, and takes us to the final day of his life.

January 9 Tip: Learn about Ramana Maharshi Ashram in India

January 9 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learn about the Sri Ramanashram in India

http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/

This website is dedicated to the life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi who lived at the holy mountain Arunachala in Tiruvannamalai, India during the 20th century.

Jan 8 Tip: Be part of a visit to the River Road Mosque

January 8 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Join a Crosstown Pilgrimage to the River Road Mosque and join in Friday prayers

Crosstown Pilgrimage

to the Islamic Center on River Road

Friday Prayers, January 11, 2013

To worship with and learn from neighbors

Meet at Christ United Methodist Church -- 4614 Brownsboro Road -- 1:15 p.m.

We will carpool to and from the Islamic Center -- 4007 River Road

20 participant limit. To sign up, or to schedule a pilgrimage for your group, contact Trisha Tull at compcong@gmail.com.

Sponsored by Compassionate Congregations, a constellation of Compassionate Louisville