Divine Light: Mela Interfaith Association

Mela Interfaith Association invites you to:

A joint teaching on the theme of Divine Light by Sri Shuddhaanandaa Das and Rev. Dr John Dupuche.

They will present the theme of Divine Light from their different perspectives. This interplay of their teaching will be stimulating and . . . enlightening!

Date: Thursday, 20 March 2014  Time: 7.30pm and 9pm

Location: Stella Maris Church Hall, Charlotte Street, Beaumaris Victoria.

Enquiries: Phone - 0417 560 087

Suggested Donation: $10 for wage earners; $5 for pensioners and students.

Speakers:

• Sri Sri Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari is an international motivational speaker, author, social advocate, universal spiritual teacher.  In 1985 he founded Lokenath Divine Life Mission (LDLM), to serve the poor. Today LDLM’s groundbreaking sustainable development programs serve hundreds of thousands in remote villages of West Bengal and in the slums of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. In 2005, Sri Shuddhaanandaa founded the Stress Management Academy, and began conducting global seminars on breathing, relaxation, meditation and positive thinking for schools, corporations, hospitals, prisons and other venues. He recently broadened his Simple Art of Managing Stress Program into a Course in Mindfulness (CIM). The course explores the Five Steps of Mindfulness: Physical, Mental, Social, Economic and Spiritual, as a pathway to peace and prosperity, harmony, health and happiness for all.

• Rev. Dr John Dupuche is a senior lecturer at MCD University of Divinity, and Honorary Fellow in Inter-religious  Dialogue at Australian Catholic University. His doctoral studies are in the field of Kashmir Shaivism. He is chair of the Catholic Interfaith Committee of the Archdiocese of Melbourne and Parish Priest of Nazareth Parish, Ricketts Point, Victoria. He is the author of Abhinavagupta: the Kula Ritual as elaborated in chapter 29 of the Tantraloka, 2003; Jesus, the Mantra of God, 2005; Towards a Christian Tantra in 2009. He is closely involved in interfaith relations.