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Message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh 2007

Message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh 2007 NEWS AND VIEWS Christians and Buddhists: Educating Communities to Live in Harmony and Peace Paul Cardinal Poupard, President Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, Secretary Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Dear Buddhist Friends, 1. On the occasion of the festival of Vesakh, I am writing to Buddhist communities in different parts of the world to convey my own good wishes, as well as those of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. 2. We, Catholics and Buddhists, enjoy a good relationship and our contacts, collaboration and implementation of diverse programmes have helped to deepen our understanding of each other. Dialogue is the sure path to fruitful interreligious relations. It deepens respect and nurtures the desire to live in harmony with others. 3. The Second Vatican Council teaches that the entire human race shares a common origin and a common destiny: God, our Creator and the goal of our earthly pilgrimage. Similarly, Pope Benedict XVI, in his 2007 Message for the World Day of Peace, observed: ``As one created in the image of God, each individual human being has the dignity of a person; he or she is not just something, but someone, capable of self-knowledge, selfpossession, free self-giving and entering into http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Buddhist-Christian Studies University of Hawai'I Press

Message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh 2007

Buddhist-Christian Studies , Volume 27 (1) – Aug 30, 2007

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NEWS AND VIEWS Christians and Buddhists: Educating Communities to Live in Harmony and Peace Paul Cardinal Poupard, President Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, Secretary Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Dear Buddhist Friends, 1. On the occasion of the festival of Vesakh, I am writing to Buddhist communities in different parts of the world to convey my own good wishes, as well as those of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. 2. We, Catholics and Buddhists, enjoy a good relationship and our contacts, collaboration and implementation of diverse programmes have helped to deepen our understanding of each other. Dialogue is the sure path to fruitful interreligious relations. It deepens respect and nurtures the desire to live in harmony with others. 3. The Second Vatican Council teaches that the entire human race shares a common origin and a common destiny: God, our Creator and the goal of our earthly pilgrimage. Similarly, Pope Benedict XVI, in his 2007 Message for the World Day of Peace, observed: ``As one created in the image of God, each individual human being has the dignity of a person; he or she is not just something, but someone, capable of self-knowledge, selfpossession, free self-giving and entering into

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Buddhist-Christian StudiesUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Aug 30, 2007

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