Interreligious Dialogue and Pilgrimage

Introductory presentation on Zoom by Dr. Rey Ty, Project Leader of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Religion, Culture and Peace Lab

Dates:

September 7, 14, 22 & 28, 2022; October 12, 19 & 26, 2022; November 2 & 9, 2022

Time:

9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Location:

Zoom talks couples with various religious sites (see schedule below)

Cost:

200 THB per Zoom class and 250 THB for on-site excursions (not including transportation to the site). Participants can sign up and pay separately for each class they wish to attend, or register and pay for the entire series of nine classes for 1,800 THB.

Description:

Lifelong Learning Payap and the Religion, Culture, and Peace Laboratory (RCPL) under the Department of Peace Studies at Payap University are teaming up to explore the various religious faith groups represented in Chiang Mai. Together with students and faculty of the Peace Studies Ph. D. Program, ten Lifelong Learning participants will have an opportunity to learn, primarily through on-site visits to local places of worship. The series will be introduced by a presentation on Zoom by Dr. Rey Ty, Project Leader of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Religion, Culture and Peace Lab. He will talk about Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai and explain the objectives of the Religion, Culture and Peace lab program and our upcoming pilgrimage. (See the schedule below.)

There will be two presentations on Zoom and seven on-site visits. The program will run weekly from September 7 to November 9, 2022. All but one class will be on Wednesdays.

Instructions on how to get to the site will be sent each week to those who register. Car-pooling or ride sharing can be arranged, if requested.

Schedule

• September 7 (Wednesday), 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai by Dr. R Ty
• September 14 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Buddhism by Ven. Dhammananda
• September 22 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Wat Suandok – What’s What in a Wat and Monk Chat
• September 28 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at a local Mosque
• October 12 (Wednesday) 9:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Thai Hindu Ashram (40 minutes outside of Chiang Mai)
• October 19 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Sikh Gurdwara
• October 26 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baha’i Center
• November 2 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Russian Orthodox Church
• November 9 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Seven Fountains

(All times listed are start and end times for the talks.)