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Biswajit Roy became a registered member

• 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Biswajit Roy
@sbsamaj
Peter le Poole posted in the group Congress 2023

• 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Something else: I was reading tonight in the book Autobiography of a Yogi, by Swami Yogananda, and he describes how he was sent in 1920 to Boston to take part as Indian delegate in an International Congress of Religious Liberals, held under the auspices of the American Unitarian Association. He doesn’t mention IARF, but I suppose it must have been…Read More

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- Lukasz (Luke) Liniewicz
  2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Yes, there was a Congress in 1920 in Boston, and it was indeed “ours” (https://iarf.net/congress/). The history of the IARF is fascinating! And if you’re interested in Swami Vivekananda, there are several articles about him among the materials George has shared with Congress participants (they are available here:…Read More
  - George M Williams
    2 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    We weren’t IARF yet. This was our name in 1920 for that Congress in Boston. And yes, invitees from India and Japan were called delegates and invited to make presentations. Still, some of the Japanese professors from the Japanese Free Religion Association felt patronized by the American Unitarian Association (not yet the UUA) but not so across…Read More
    - Peter le Poole
      2 months ago
      
      Thanks George and Luke for your replies and comments. I am happy to learn about the history of IARF, also on sensitivities. Luke, the book I referred to is from (Paramahansa or Swami) Yogananda, not Vivekananda, he lived earlier, and had already died when the Boston Congress took place in 2020. But you made me curious, I will read more about Vivekananda!
Krisztina Sándor became a registered member

• 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Krisztina Sándor
@krisztina-sandor

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Derek McAuley became a registered member

• 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Derek McAuley
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Lukasz (Luke) Liniewicz posted in the group Congress 2023

• 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Please share photograps, videos or your thoughts/memories/reflections from the Congress!
Lukasz (Luke) Liniewicz

• 2 months, 2 weeks ago

I added a new tab in the Member Directory – you can now easily view / write to all Council Members (also simply at https://iarf.net/member-directory/type/councilmembers/). Please keep them busy!
@george2 @sonia @peter-lepoolehotmail-com @yukinobu-sahara @rev-estherr-suter @souru-tanino @bob-carroll @johnlyoung43gmail-com
Kees de Haas became a registered member

• 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kees de Haas
@keesdehaas

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Wytske Dijkstra

• 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hello! I dicovered only now that on YouTube, at least three congress items have been posted up till now. Pass it on!

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- Lukasz (Luke) Liniewicz
  2 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Please see my message below 🙂
Lukasz (Luke) Liniewicz posted in the group Congress 2023

• 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dear Congress Participants, Dear Friends,
You will find recordings of Congress sessions here: https://iarf.net/groups/congress-2023/recordings/. The list is not complete yet as editing the footage turned out to be a little more time consuming than I had anticipated due to some issues with sound. I had to make and add subtitles to several videos…Read More

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- Gudrun Hahn
  2 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Thank you Luke!!!
- Gudrun Hahn
  2 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Wrong button. I have a question: Can I pass the link on to other people, like the members of the German Chapter or my home congregation? I am at home since Friday. Timisoara, the European Culture Capita3023 l was an interesting place to visit. Greetings from Hamburg, Gudrun
  - Lukasz (Luke) Liniewicz
    2 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    @gudrunhahn If you want to share them with IARF members, please encourage them to register an account on our community platform – https://iarf.net/register. Then they will have access to the Congress Lobby, which is now accessible to all IARF members who have an account. If this isn’t convenient, you can share the link to the Youtube playlist: htt…Read More
    - Gudrun Hahn
      2 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      Hallo Luke, when I go to “https://iarf.net/register.” I get the information that the event is over. “register” does not work. How can newcomers join the congress platform? Gudrun
Jarek Kubacki became a registered member

• 3 months ago

Jarek Kubacki
@jaroslaw-kubacki

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Zsolt Elekes posted in the group Congress 2023

• 3 months ago

Two days ago in the evening I was talking to Ruzbeh, with whom we went to past Congresses as well. We were sitting for a drink in the Carolina Square of the city center. He is a great fellow to be around, trust me on that 🙂
At one point he said something very interesting to me:
At the last two Congresses, we rented convention/conference…Read More

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- Dorothee Gehrmann
  2 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  I totally agree with the observation about feeling at home in the Unitarian Academy building in Cluj as venue for the 36th IARF Congress! Of course, friendly and helpful people like Zsolt and his crew contributed greatly to this warm family atmosphere!
- Lukasz (Luke) Liniewicz
  2 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Dear Zsolt,
  In all the hustle and bustle I didn’t have a chance to say a proper goodbye and and a proper thank you. My apologies that I respond only now, but the travelling, a flue and then trying to catch up with many things after a few days of absence have put me in a state of chaos – creative chaos, I hope. It is true that your hospitality has…Read More
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