Interfaith Dialogues
One of GFLP’s foundational activities is to promote interfaith and intercultural communications and dialogues. For more than two decades GFLP has organized and participated in many different forums to advocate for interfaith and intercultural understanding.
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2003
In September, Master Hsin Tao was invited to attend the NGO annual meeting held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where he delivered a speech on "Contribution of Religious Dialogue to Peace".
In December, he went to India to attend the "India Peace Summit", the pre-sessional meeting of the Fourth World Conference of Religions, and delivered a keynote speech.
In December, he also went to Sevilla, Spain, to participate in the "First Elijah Conference of World Religious Leaders" hosted by the Elijah Interfaith Institute, an Israeli religious academic institution, and was invited to serve as its leader.
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2004
In April, he was invited to the "World Conference on Motahari's Thought" in Tehran, Iran, and gave a speech on "How Religious Dialogues View Different Religious People."
In June, the "Love and Peace Earth Family" (GFLP) awarded the first "Buddhist Seed" Puren Scholarship in Myanmar to help orphans, poor children and young novices in Myanmar to go to school.
In August, Master Hsin Tao co-organized with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences a cross-strait academic seminar on "Religious Culture and Religious Studies in the Process of Globalization" and delivered the opening speech "The Power of Awakening - Huayan's World View and Global Outlook."
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2005
In August, Master Hsin Tao was awarded the "Pt. Moti Lai Nehru National Award for Peace, Tolerance and Harmony" by the Indian Islamic organization for Inter Faith Harmony Foundation," in recognition of contributions to the promotion of world peace.
In December, he was invited to Bilbao, Spain, to participate in the "Facing a Desire for Peace" conference organized by the International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, a branch of UNESCO.
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2007
In September, at the invitation of the "Universal Forum of Culture," he went to Monterrey, Mexico to participate in the second "Global Culture Forum," leading nearly 10,000 participants to recite scriptures and deliver speeches at the opening event. \
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2008
In February, he was invited to Bangalore, India to participate in the "Vedic Philosophy and Buddhism - Promoting Global Peace Conference" hosted by the International Center for the Art of Living.
In May, GFLP formed a disaster relief team and entered the Ayeyarwady River in Myanmar to help the victims of cyclone Nargis. It was the first disaster relief team in Taiwan to enter the disaster area.
In July, at the invitation of the "World Islamic Federation", Master Hsin Tao went to the Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain to participate in "The World Conference on Dialogue."
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2009
In July, he was invited to the "Lassalle Haus" in Zurich, Switzerland to participate in the international conference on "Zen, Kabbalah and Christian Mysticism." Afterwards, he was invited to visit the "Auschwitz Concentration Camp Memorial in Poland" and had a discussion with the museum's Executive Directors Dr. Piotr M.A.Cywinski and Sikh Bhai Sahib Dr. Mohinder Singh.
Later, he was invited by the Preparatory Committee of the Museum of World Religions in Birmingham, UK, and served as the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee. He later visited the Buddhist Pagoda founded by the Burmese monk Dr. Rewata Dhamma, visited Dr. Uttara Nyana,and attended morning prayers at the Sikh headquarters in Birmingham.
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2011
In November, he was invited by the "Asoka Mission" Buddhist organization in New Delhi, India to participate in the "Global Buddhist Congregation 2011," where he gave the speech "How to resolve violence and conflict."
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2012
In February, he was invited to attend the "Stories of Practical Holiness: An Exercise in Interreligious Understanding" forum at Notre Dame University in Chicago, and gave a speech on "Transforming Self and Interreligious Understanding - The Story of Buddhist Spirituality".
In September, he was invited by the Fetzer Institute Foundation to go to Assisi Island, Italy to participate in the international conference of "Global Conference: Pilgrimage of Love and Forgiveness."
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2016
In May, at the King Abdullah International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID Dialogue Center), he delivered a speech on "Love the Earth, Love Peace," sharing his experience on interreligious exchanges.
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2017
In September, monks participated in the "Pilgrimage to the Spiritual Source of Love and Compassion" (11th to 14th) by the Interfaith Universal Sufi Council at the Peace Palace in The Hague.
In November, the 6th Buddhist-Christian Dialogue had the theme, "Buddhists and Christians walking side by side and walking the road of non-violence." This dialogue invited Buddhist and Christian leaders and scholars from all over the world to promote world peace and a culture of non-violence.
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2022
From November 9th -13th, The Elijah Interfaith Institute hosted interfaith gatherings in London where representative from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh faiths joined together to “inspire humility and action” during Egypt’s COP27.
These religious representatives, including Dharma Master Hsin Tao, called on people to confront their “destructive habits,” such as overconsumption and greed, and to take decisive climate action.