Hawaii Betsuin DIALOGUE Project January 2022 meeting
Topic: “No Justice, No Peace?”
Thursday, January 13
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
via Zoom
REGISTRATION: To register, please visit our Google form at https://forms.gle/m67PxJ4xov4BeXvSA. You will receive the meeting or Zoom location for the next DIALOGUE meeting.
Readings
- 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Message by Bishop Eric Matsumoto (January 17, 2016)
- MLK Believed “No Justice, No Peace” (Yuvraj Joshi, January 18, 2021)
- Created 150 Years Ago, the Justice Department’s First Mission Was to Protect Black Rights (Bryan Greene, July 1, 2020)
- Optional: Judeo-Christian and Buddhist Justice – Urban Dharma, Sections II and III (Winston King, Professor Emeritus, Vanderbilt University, 1995)
- Optional: Buddhist Justice Versus American Justice (Tara Mulay and Tuere Sala, May 25, 2021 in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review)
About the Topic
To honor MLK Day, the topic is “No Justice, No Peace?” Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” Buddha said, “Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.” Others, from Jane Addams to Einstein to Eisenhower, have expressed similar thoughts.
About the DIALOGUE Project
The DIALOGUE Project is a project of Hawaii Betsuin’s Social Concerns Committee in which sangha members and friends are invited to explore social issues with others through a Buddhist lens. DIALOGUE meets on the second Thursday of every other month, 7:00-8:30 p.m., i.e., January 13, March 10, and etc. at Hawaii Betsuin, 1727 Pali Highway or by Zoom, TBA. All DIALOGUE topics are contributed by participants, all suggestions welcomed!
More at https://hawaiibetsuin.org/dialogue/.