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Issue No. 296, March 2014

Hall of Peace inaugurated

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Ireno Guerci Auroville’s Hall of Peace, the home of the Peace Table for Asia, was inaugurated on February 11th, 2014. “It came to me in a dream, a dream inspired by Sri Aurobindo, when I had the opportunity to buy two huge logs of 300-year old Eastern Black Walnut,” wrote George Nakashima. “The richly grained rare timber asked to be used in its full length and width. The idea came to me to fashion from them Altars of Peace, each measuring approximately 3.3 by 3.3 metres, to fully express the texture, natural shape and free edges of the wood. The Altars, one for each continent on earth, would be places for people from all religions and faiths to gather together in prayer or silent meditation.” The project took off in 1984 and the first Altar of Peace, the Altar for North America, was placed in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. It was dedicated on New Year’s Eve, 1986, in an impressive ceremony with a Concert for Peace conducted by Leonard Bernstein and in ...
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Issue No. 296, March 2014

  • Hall of Peace inaugurated
  • Goodwill, maturity and the yoga: reflections on Auroville
  • Transparent or translucent? The crystal discussions
  • Exploring Auroville International
  • The perils and promises of the International Zone
  • Living Routes closes down
  • Where audience becomes performance
  • Vision Centre opens at AVHC
  • 'Water Being': exploring aquatic body work
  • George Nakashima

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