Mindfulness for Interfaith Dialogue: A Proposal for ASEAN Youth

Montree Wiwasukh

Abstract


This paper  is proposing an application of mindfulness for interfaith dialogue among ASEAN youth. Documentary research was the method used in this study, and the data were collected from related literatures and descriptively analyzed according to the following scopes: the principles of mindfulness practice, the principles of interfaith dialogue, and the proposal for the mindful interfaith dialogue among ASEAN youth. The result showed that awareness and compassion were the core of those principles, mindfulness practice and interfaith dialogue. Meanwhile, the proposal suggested that one should aware of oneself and others at the present without judgments. Awareness would automatically make us realize things as they are and command us what should do to ourselves and others correctly. This might be one of techniques enhancing an open-minded interfaith dialogue which lead to the goal of every faith, peace.

Keywords


mindfulness, interfaith, dialogue, ASEAN, youth

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