Taiwan’s LJM Abbot urges to return to spirituality at London interfaith summit on climate justice
(中央社訊息服務20221121 09:45:44)The Elijah Interfaith Institute, a UNESCO-sponsored non-profit organization, gathered world religious leaders in London during November 9 and 13 for a conference on Climate Justice and Repentance. An interfaith proclamation on climate was announced on November 13. Master Hsin Tao, Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society (LJM), was invited to join the event. The Master graced with a pre-recorded video featuring Buddhist rituals of repentance and prayers, advocating a return to spirituality to safeguard the Earth’s ecology with love and compassion.
There is only one Planet Earth and it is the only space that affords our very existence, said the Master in the video. It falls upon world leaders of religion to lead people away from hatred and greed and stop inflicting further damage onto the Earth. The power of religion should be employed to salvage mankind’s mental purity to enable reflections on how best to reverse the way the Earth is treated. Humans, the Master urged, should “apply our innate love and compassion to love all sentient beings and safeguard global ecology, mitigating all conflicts and returning to the inborn spirituality.” The universe was created by the sentient beings, each of whose existence should be valued and accommodated, said Master Hsin Tao, who reiterated that “with the love to all sentient beings we shall embrace peace of mind, which can ultimately lead to a peaceful and sustainable Earth.”
The summit on climate justice and repentance was held at the Rambam Sephardi Synagogue in London, where conferees voiced their concern over global major issues ranging from the extreme climate to energy crisis. The gathering concurred the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP 27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with more than 90 heads of state and an estimated 35,000 representatives, or delegates, of 190 countries expected to attend.
The interfaith conference was initiated and hosted by Jewish Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein. Religious representatives to the conference included Jewish Rabbi Arthur Green from Boston, Jewish Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg from London, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf from New York, Bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia Philip Huggins from Melbourne, Buddhist Monk and Zen Master Jinwol Lee from South Korea, and Dr. Maria Reis Habito, who represented Master Hsin Tao in her capacity as the Director of International Affairs of the Museum of World Religions (MWR).
Video featuring Master Hsin Tao in performing the Buddhist rituals of repentance and prayers
The Elijah Interfaith Conference on Climate Justice & Repentance
https://climaterepentance.com/video-messages/
