MLE Friends webinar: "Rainbow Body and Resurrection" with Father Francis Tiso

Описание: Father Francis Tiso, MLE Association Member, talked about the Tibetan rainbow body attainment and bodily resurrection.

ABOUT THE WEBINAR: The research project on the Tibetan rainbow body attainment and the doctrine of bodily resurrection has given me an opportunity to reflect on the importance of contemplative practice for the human species. In subsequent research, it has been fruitful to explore the human future in the light of what has already been learned about bodily and spiritual transformation. Some authors have proposed that artificial intelligence may offer a way forward in human evolution, but there are others who raise objections to this on moral or technological grounds. Our discoveries about human transformation through contemplative disciplines may open a way to reconcile a diversity of views, motivated by a deep sense of respect for the unfolding of the universe that is our home.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: A New York native, Father Francis Tiso holds the A.B. in Medieval Studies from Cornell University. He earned a Master of Divinity degree (cum laude) at Harvard University and holds a doctorate from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary where his specialization was Buddhist studies. He translated several early biographies of the Tibetan yogi and poet, Milarepa, for his dissertation on sanctity in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. He has led research expeditions in South Asia, Tibet and the Far East, and his teaching interests include Christian theology, history of religions, spirituality, ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue. Father Tiso was Associate Director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2004 to 2009, where he served as liaison to Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, the Sikhs, and the Reformed (Calvinist) Churches. Since 1988, Father Tiso is a priest of the Diocese of Isernia-Venafro, Italy, where he now serves as chaplain to the migrant communities in the Province of Isernia. He is President and Founder of the Association “Archbishop Ettore Di Filippo”, which serves migrant and vulnerable populations in the Province of Isernia. He was Diocesan Delegate for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs from 1990 to 1998 (re-appointed in 2016) and rector of the Istituto Diocesano delle Scienze Religiose (1990-93). Father Tiso is the author of Liberation in One Lifetime (2014) and Rainbow Body and Resurrection (2016), two books on Tibetan and inter-cultural studies. He is the recipient of grants from the American Academy of Religion, the American Philosophical Society, the Palmers Fund in Switzerland, and the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, CA. He has served on the faculty of two MLE summer seminars in Germany.

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