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Intercultural Trip to Turkey with the CBSAA and Anatolia Cultural Dialogue Society, 2012

By Buddhistdoor International Editorial staff
Buddhistdoor Global | 2012-10-15 |
View from Topkapi Palace to the BosphorousView from Topkapi Palace to the Bosphorous
Group members in front of Blue Mosque, IstanbulGroup members in front of Blue Mosque, Istanbul
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Turkish delight and strong local coffeeTurkish delight and strong local coffee
Group members at ZAMAN newspaper offices, IstanbulGroup members at ZAMAN newspaper offices, Istanbul
The protective blue eye is a national symbol.The protective blue eye is a national symbol.

Intercultural Dialogue Trip to Turkey 2012: 

Buddhists and Muslims Together

 

 

The Anatolia Cultural & Dialogue Centre in Hong Kong (ACDC) invited and hosted two delegations from HKU - Centre for Buddhist Studies Alumni Association (CBSAA) during July and August this summer. The ACDC is a non-governmental Turkish cultural organization that promotes cultural & interfaith dialogue exchange to promote understanding between different communities.

 

The Buddhist groups toured cities in Turkey, visited historical monuments, schools, media offices, charitable foundations, and private homes. The local Turkish hosts shared their hospitality, cultural heritage and Muslim practices of daily life in this secular modern society. Numerous discussions were shared throughout the travels, and reciprocally the Turkish people learned more about Buddhism and Chinese values.

 

Buddhists and Muslims both came away with new appreciation of common virtues, shared human kinship, and mutual desire for peaceful societies in the world today. Please enjoy reading some of the reflective essays on the experience in Turkey from the Buddhist perspective:

 

 

 

“Fethullah Gülen – a Special Movement”

 

Planting Seeds of Understanding

 

Love and Compassion: Rumi’s Seven Advices

 

An Initial Experience of Sufi Mysticism

 

Under the Turkish Sky

 

Rupa and Form Manifestations Encountered in Turkey

 

My Personal Experience of Ramadan

 

Peaches in Izmir

 

A new Right View on Islam

 

 

Do Buddhists do Good Things to be Rewarded?”

 

Veneration

 

Confessing Coexistence 

 

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