Source: Press Release
CATATONIA, SPAIN, June 6, 2002: The UNESCO Association for Interreligious Dialogue and UNESCO Centre of Catatonia organized an international experts’ conference from May 23 to 25, 2002, at Barcelona in collaboration with UNESCO. The general title of the conference was Mystical Traditions and Interreligious Dialogue. Discussions were held on The Worth of Diversity of Mystical Traditions, Interreligious Dialogue and its Relationship with Mysticisms, Mystical Experience as a Source of Ethical and Social Engagement and Mystical Experience as a Source of Environmental Engagement. Twenty-five persons participated and there were about fifteen observers. Swami Amarananda of the Vedanta Center, Geneva, and Prof. Arvind Sharma of Montreal represented the Hindu/Vedanta tradition. Bhaktidas and Jalil Barcena gave all a treat of Sufi and Hindu music on the evening of May 25.