Sunday, 12 June 2011

Interfaith Walk

On Saturday Julia and I took part in a walk around the "Holy City" of Southall. It comprised people of all ages and faiths and we called in on a wide variety of places of worship, Christian, Islamic, Sikh, Buddhist... It was fascinating and we all got to understand each other a bit more. Strangers are scary, friends are not so the more friends we make the better. There was also a multi-faith event taking place in a park in Southall where we had lunch, again a great experience.


 
Christian
 Hindu
 In the Park






In the Park

 Islam

Sikh
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3 comments:

  1. Bursledon Blogger12 June 2011 at 20:09

    I recall from my travels in the far east that the Buddest temples also had Hindu shrines on the basis they they were equally welcome to come and worship - it was very welcoming - ultimately we all share the same humanity and values - as you say the more we mix and understand and extend the hand of friendship the better our world will be.

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  2. Barry12 June 2011 at 23:34

    Buddhism is an interesting faith/belief system; is it a religion or a philosophy? There is more than one PH.D thesis in that question. I remember having an interesting discussion with an American Professor of Philosophy who taught at a Chinese University; talk about taking coals to Newcastle. He said that many Chinese embraced Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism - it all depended on the particular circumstances as to which was the most appropriate. It is mainly in the West that we are intent on putting people and faiths into boxes.

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  3. Paul Priestley6 July 2012 at 09:09

    Dear Barry,

    It was a great day. I highly recommend to those of any faith or none.

    All the best,

    Paul

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