Prayers for World Peace
Thursday 12.15 - 1pm | free | just drop in
“Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.”
These classes are free and include a guided meditation, a talk and beautiful chanted prayers. In these classes we learn how to develop the inner causes for peace in the world. Through guided meditations, teachings on love and beautiful chanted prayers, these classes give us the opportunity to develop a warm and loving heart. Each week’s class will cover a small section from the book The New Eight Steps to Happiness. Topics include how to see kindness and good qualities in others, reflecting on the many benefits of love, and how to cultivate positive views and intentions. Everyone is welcome.
Advice from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, 2001
“World peace is very important; we cannot ignore this now. Once something happens, it will be too late. This world is now, as you know, very delicate, very fragile, and very sensitive. It is almost as delicate as the life of a single person; the world situation is so delicate. This is because there are so many disagreements. Political leaders are ready to fight; everybody is preparing weapons ready to fight, and are challenging each other. So we religious practitioners need to offer prayers because prayers are very powerful. This is because of our pure motivation, the powerful words of the prayers themselves, and especially at such times enlightened beings will bestow their blessings upon us, our environment and other living beings. So we should pray for world peace. We have had two world wars. If there is a third world war this will almost destroy the world because every country has very powerful weapons, and it is very easy to destroy the world. So I would like to suggest that every center organizes prayers for world peace at any time when local people can gather and pray for world peace.”