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Strengthening Unity, Peace and Justice United We Stand – Divided We Fall Strengthening Unity, Peace and Justice United we stand – Divided we fall ”ਚ ਤਾਕਤ, ੰਡ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਰਾ ਟﹱ ਏਕਤਾ ਵ“ ਏਕਤਾ, ਸ਼ਾ拓ਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਵਨਆ拓 ਨੰ ਮਜਬ ਤ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਉਦਮ “एकता मᴂ ताकत, बटवारे मᴂ गिरावट” एकता, शा車गत एव車 न्याय को सु饃褼 करने का प्रयास ਯਾ ਜੁਿ ਮਵਿ ਏਕਵਿ ਕਉ ਆਇਆ ॥ We have come to this world to become One. Gur Arjan Seminar 18th August 2018, 6pm, Ludhiana, Panjab , I n di a Venue: The Celebration Plaza, Gill Rd, New Grain Market, Ludhiana, Panjab, India Food: Vegetarian meal and tea will be served after the seminar Contact: Sach Kjoj Academy | www.sachkhojacademy.wordpress.com This seminar brings together renown representatives from religion, human rights and grass-root activists, scholars and farmers to launch the initiative “Strengthening Unity, Peace and Justice”. Following the motto of “United we stand – Divided we fall”, the seminar aims at raising awareness to overcome communalism and bring together all people of goodwill to strengthen unity, peace and justice in all spheres of life. Pursuant to other global efforts, the initiative contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda signed by 193 nations at the United Nations. The 2030 Agenda wants to make sure that no one is left behind and welcomes all efforts that sustainably serve the five Ps – planet, people, prosperity, peace and partnership. The initiative “Strengthening Unity, Peace and Justice” was developed after a series of dialogues held by Dharam Singh Nihang Singh, the founder of the Sach Khoj Academy, with renown personalities such as Swami Agnivesh, Advocate Mehmood Pracha and Rajvinder Singh Bains, Maulana Mohammad Ajazur Rahman Shaheen Qasmi, Prof. Dr. Ronki Ram, Dr. MD Thomas and many others. 1 The Sach Khoj Academy (Academy for Discovering the Truth) is an NGO which uses timeless spiritual wisdom (Gurmat) to raise awareness about religion’s responsibility to strengthen unity, peace, human rights, justice and environmental protection. Dharam Singh Nihang Singh has broadcast thousands of hours of lectures on YouTube, and is the author of numerous publications. In February 2015, Dharam Singh Nihang Singh was the first speaker of the dialogue series “Religion matters – Rethinking the challenges of tomorrow”, organised by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). In 2016, Dharam Singh Nihang Singh served as one of the key authors of the book “Voices from Religions on Sustainable Development“, which is the outcome of UN consultations in Summer 2015 on the issue of religion and sustainable development. ਇੱਕ ਐਸੇ ਭਵ ੱਖ ਦੀ ਆਸ ਵ ੱਚ, ਵ ੱਥੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਲੋਕ ਆਪਣੇ ਵਪਛੋਕੜ ਤੋਂ ਬੇਪਰ ਾਹ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਸ਼拓ਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਲ- ੁਲ ਕੇ ਰਵਹ ਸਕਣ ਅਤੇ ਿੌ ੂਦਾ ਦੌਰ ਵ ੱਚ ਿਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਵਿਕਾਰ拓 ਦੇ ਘਾਣ, ਅਵਨਆਂ, ਵਭਿਸ਼ਟਾਚਾਰ, ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਸੋਵਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਬਰਬਾਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਿਰਿ ਆਿਾਵਰਤ ਸੰਪਿਦਾਇਕਤਾ ਦੇ ਦੁਰ-ਉਪਯੋਗ ਦੇ ਵਪਛੋਕੜ ਵ ੱਚ "ਏਕਤਾ, ਸ਼拓ਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਵਨਆਂ" ਵ ਸ਼ੇ ♱ਪਰ ਆਯੋਵ ਤ ਇਹ ਸੈਿੀਨਾਰ, ਸਾਡੀ ਸ拓ਝੀ ਵ ੰਿੇ ਾਰੀ ♱ਤੇ ਕੇਂਵਦਿਤ ਹੈ । "ਏਕਤਾ ਵ ੱਚ ਤਾਕਤ, ੰਡ ਨਾਲ ਵਗਰਾ ਟ" ਦਾ ਵਦਿੜਹ ਵ ਸ਼ ਾਸ, ਵਨਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼拓ਤੀ ਦੀ ਬਹਾਲੀ ਲਈ ਿੇਰੇ ਆਪਸੀ ਸਵਹਯੋਗ ਦੀ ਿੰਗ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ । ਇਸ ਲੋੜ ਨੂੰ ਿੁੱਖ ਰੱਖਵਦਆਂ, ਇਹ ਸੈਿੀਨਾਰ ੱਖ- ੱਖ ਕਾਰ ਖੇਤਰ拓 ਤੋਂ ਸੱਦੇ ਬਹੁਿੁਖੀ ਪਿਵਤਭਾ ਾਲੇ ਸੱ ਣ拓 ਨੂੰ ਇਕੱਵਿਆਂ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਿੌਕਾ ਵਸਰ ਦਾ ਹੈ । ਇਹ ਸੈਿੀਨਾਰ, ਵ ਸ਼ ਸ਼拓ਤੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਿੌ ੂਦਾ ਕੋਵਸ਼ਸ਼拓, ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਦੇ ਏ ੰਡਾ ੨੦੩੦ ਦੇ ਅੰਤਰਗਤ "ਵਟਕਾਊ ਵ ਕਾਸ ਦੇ ਟੀਚੇ" ਨੂੰ ਨੇਪਰੇ ਚਾੜਹਨ ਦੀ ਕੋਵਸ਼ਸ਼ ੱਲ ਇੱਕ ਕਦਿ ਹੈ । ਯੂ ਐਨ ਓ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਏ ੰਡੇ ਵ ੱਚ ੧੯੩ ਿੁਲਕ ਸ਼ਾਵਿਲ ਹਨ । "ਵਟਕਾਊ ਵ ਕਾਸ" ♱ਤੇ ਕੇਂਵਦਿਤ ਇਸ ਏ ੰਡੇ ਦਾ ਿੁੱਖ ਵਨਸ਼ਾਨਾ ਹੈ - "ਕੋਈ ੀ ਵਪਛੇ ਨਾ ਰਵਹ ਾ ੇ"। ਇਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਹ ਉਹਨ拓 ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਕੋਵਸ਼ਸ਼拓 ਦਾ ਖੁੱਲਹੇ ਵਦਲ ਨਾਲ ਸ ਾਗਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ੋ ਇਹਨ拓 ਪੰ "ਪ" (ਪੱਵਪਆਂ) ਦਾ ਵਿਆਨ ਰੱਖਣ — ਪਲੈਨਟ (ਿਰਤੀ), ਪੀਪਲ (ਲੋਕ), ਪਿੋਸਪੈਰੀਟੀ (ਸਵਿਿਿੀ), ਪੀਸ (ਸ਼拓ਤੀ) ਅਤੇ ਪਾਰਟਨਰਵਸ਼ਪ (ਸ拓ਝੇਦਾਰੀ) । ਸਚੁ ਖੋ ਅਕੈਡਿੀ ਇਕ ਗੈਰ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਸੰਸਥਾ ਹੈ, ੋ ਗੁਰਿਵਤ ਦੇ ਵਗਆਨ ਦੀ ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ ਵ ੱਚ ਵਸੱਖੀ ਦੀ ਿੌਵਲਕ ਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦੇਣ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਲ ਪੂਰੇ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਵ ੱਚ ਏਕਤਾ, ਸ਼拓ਤੀ, ਿਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਵਿਆਕਾਰ拓, ਵਨਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਸੋਵਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਸੁਰਵਖਆ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਿਰਿ ਦੀ ਵ ੰਿੇ ਾਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਝੰਡਾ ਬਰਦਾਰੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਾਗਰੂਕਤਾ ਲਈ ਚਨਬੱਿ ਹੈ । ਿਰਿ ਵਸੰਘ ਵਨਹੰਗ ਵਸੰਘ, ਸਚੁ ਖੋ ਅਕੈਡਿੀ ਦੇ ਬਾਨੀ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ拓 ਲੋਂ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ拓 ਘੰਟੇ ਦੀ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਵ ਆਵਖਆ, ਯੂ ਟਯੂਬ ♱ਤੇ ਪਿਸਾਵਰਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਅੱ ੀ ਦੇਖੀ ਸੁਣੀ ਾ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ । ਿਰਿ ਵਸੰਘ ਵਨਹੰਗ ਵਸੰਘ ੀ ਨੇ ੱਖ ੱਖ ਵ ਵਸ਼ਆਂ ਉਤੇ ਲੇਖ ਵਲਖੇ ਹਨ | ਉਹ "ਿਰਿ ਰੂਰੀ ਹੈ - ਭਵ ਖ ਦੀਆਂ ਚੁਣੋਤੀਆਂ ਉਤੇ ਪੁਨਰਵ ਚਾਰ" ਸੰਗੋਸ਼ਿੀ ਦੇ ਪਵਹਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਿੁੱ ਖ ਬੁਲਾਰੇ ਸਨ । ਇਹ ਸੰਗੋਸ਼ਿੀ ੨੦੧੫ ਵ ੱਚ ਰਿਨੀ ਦੀ ਫੈਡਰਲ ਵਿਵਨਸਟਰੀ ਫ਼ੋਰ ਇਕੋਨੋਵਿਕ ਡੀ ੈਲਪਿੈਂਟ (ਬੀ ਐਿ ਜ਼ੈਡ) ਲੋਂ ਆਯੋਵ ਤ ਗਈ ਸੀ । ਸਾਲ ੨੦੧੬ ਵ ੱਚ, ਿਰਿ ਵਸੰਘ ਵਨਹੰਗ ਵਸੰਘ ਨੇ “ ਾਈਵਸਸ ਫਿਾਿ ਵਰਲੀ ਨ ਓਨ ਸਸਟੇਨੇਬਲ ਡੀ ੈਲਪਿੈਂਟ” ਵਸਰਲੇਖ ਹੇਿਛਪੀ ਵਕਤਾਬ ਦੇ ਵਲਖਾਰੀਆਂ ਵ ੱਚੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਸਨ । ਇਹ ਵਕਤਾਬ ੨੦੧੬ ਦੀਆਂ ਗਰਿੀਆਂ ਵ ੱਚ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਸਟਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਟਕਾਉ ਵ ਕਾਸ ਨਾਲ ਿਰਿ ਦੇ ਸੰਬੰਿ ਬਾਰੇ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਸਲਾਹ ਬੈਿਕ拓 ਦਾ ਨਤੀ ਾ ਸੀ । 2 एक ऐसे भविष्य की आशा मᴂ, जहा車 सब लोग अपनी सा車सारिक पष्ृ ठभमू म की बबलकु ल च 車ता ककये बबना, ममलजुल कि शा車ततपिू कव तिीके से िह सकᴂ तथा ितवमान समय मᴂ मानिाचिकाि हनन, अन्याय, भ्रष्टा, ाि कु दिती स車सािनⴂ की बबावदी औि िाममवक साम्प्रदातयकता के द셂ु पयोग के परिपेक्ष मᴂ "एकता, शा車तत एि車 न्याय" के विषय पि आयोजजत यह सािवजतनक स車गोष्ठी, हम सबकी सा車झा जजम्प्मेदािी पि केजन्ित है । "एकता मᴂ ताकत, बटिािे मᴂ चगिािट" का 饃ढ़ विश्िास, न्याय औि शा車तत की बहाली के मलए आपसी तालमेल की अचिक मा車ग किता है I इसी सत्रू को ध्यान मᴂ िखते हुए, यह स車गोष्ठी मभन्न मभन्न कायवक्षेत्रⴂ से आम車बत्रत बहुमखु ी रततभा िाले स煍जनⴂ को एक म車 पि एकबत्रत होने का मौका रदान किती है । यह स車गोष्ठी, विश्ि शाजन्त के ितवमान रयासⴂ, खासकि सय車 क्ु त िाष्र के एजᴂडा २०३० के अ車तगवत "सतत विकास के लक्ष्य" को समवपवत है । सय車 क्ु त िाष्ट के इस एजᴂडे मᴂ १९३ देश शाममल हℂ । "सतत विकास" पि कᴂद्रित इस एजᴂडे का मख्ु य लक्ष्य है - "कोई भी पीछे ना िहे" । इसमलए यह उन सािे रयासⴂ का खुल े द्रदल से स्िागत किता है जो इन पा車 "प" का ध्यान िखᴂ - प्लैनेट(प镍ृ िी), पीपलु (लोग), रॉस्पेरिटी (समचृ ि ), पीस (शा車तत) तथा पाटवनिमशप (साझेदािी) । स खोज अकैडमी, एक गैि सिकािी स車स्था है, जो गिु मतत ज्ञान की िौशनी मᴂ मसक्खी के बािे मᴂ मौमलक जानकािी देने के साथ साथ पिू े स車साि मᴂ एकता, शा車तत, मानिाचिकाि, न्याय तथा कु दिती स車सािनो की सिु क्षा किने के मलए िमव की जजम्प्मेिािी तथा झ車डा बिदािी से अिगत किाने के मलए ि नब饍ि है । िमव मस車घ तनह車ग मस車घ, स खोज अकैडमी के स車स्थापक हℂ तथा उनके 饍िािा की गयी हजािⴂ घ車टⴂ की गिु बाणी व्याख्या, य ू 絍यबू पि रसारित की गयी है औि आज भी सनु ी जा सकती है । िह "िमव ज़셂िी है - भविष्य की ुनोततयⴂ पि पनु वि व ाि" के पहले एि車 मख्ु य िक्ता थे । यह स車गोष्ठी जमवनी की फैडिल ममतनस्री फॉि इकोनोममक डीिे쥍पमᴂट( बी एम ज़ैड ) 饍िािा आयोजजत की गई थी । साल २०१६ मᴂ, िमव मस車घ तनह車ग मस車घ ने "िाइमसस फ्राम रिलीजन ऑन सस्टेनेबल डीिेलेपमᴂट" शीषवक के तहत छपी ककताब के लेखकⴂ मᴂ से एक थे । यह ककताब २०१६ की गिममयⴂ मᴂ, सय車 क्ु त िाष्र की सतत विकास तथा िमव के स車ब車ि के बािे मᴂ हुई, सलाह बैठकⴂ का नतीजा था । 3 SEMINAR PROGRAMME Welcome Address ਸੁਆਿਤੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਣ - स्वाित भाषण Rajvinder Singh Bains - Human Rights Advocate Panjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh ਖੀ ਅਵਿਕਾਰ, ਪੰਜਾਬ ਅਤੇ ਿਵਰਆਣਾ ਿਾਈਕੋਰਟ ਚੰਡੀਿੜ੍ਹﹱਰਾਜਵ ੰਦਰ ਵਸੰਘ ਬੈਂਸ, ਐਡ ੋਕੇਟ ਮਨੁ Messages of Unity & Solidarity ਏਕਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਾ拓ਝੀ ਾਲਤਾ ਦਾ ਸੰਦੇਸ਼ – एकता और एकात्मकता का स車देश - Dr. Wolfram Stierle - Responsible for a Value Oriented Development Policy in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ਲ ਅਿਾਵਰਤﹱਡਾ. ੋਲਫ੍ਰਾਮ ਸਟੀਅਰਲ - ਜਰਮਨ ਫ੍ੈਡਰਲ ਮੰਤਰਾਲੇ ਵ ਚ ਆਰਵਿਕ ਸਵਿਕਾਰਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਵ ਕਾਸ ਮੰਤਰਾਲੇ ਦੀ ਮੁ ਨੀਤੀ ਲਈ ਵ ੰਮੇ ਾਰ - Hadrien Coumans and Joe Baker - Lenape Indians, New York, USA, Co-founders of Lenape Center and Peacemakers ਿੈਡਰੀਇਨ ਕ ਮੈਂਸ ਅਤੇ ਜੋਏ ਬੇਕਰ - ਲੇਨਪ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ , ਵਨਊਯਾਰਕ, ਅਮਰੀਕਾ, ਲੇਨਪ ਸੈਂਟਰ ਅਤੇ ਪੀਸਮੇਕਰਸ ਦੇ ਸਵਿ- ਸੰਸਿਾਪਕ - Harmeet Singh Kadian - General Secretary, Bhartiya Kisan (Farmers) Union, Panjab ਤਰ, ਭਾਰਤੀ ਵਕਸਾਨ ਯ ਨੀਅਨ, ਪੰਜਾਬﹱਿਰਮੀਤ ਵਸੰਘ ਕਾਦੀਆ拓 - ਜਨਰਲ ਸਕ - Kunwar Onkar Singh Narula - Chairman of the Human Rights Protection Council, Panjab ਵਖਆ ਪਵਰਸ਼ਦ ਦੇ ਚੇਯਰਮੈਨ, ਪੰਜਾਬﹱਖੀ ਅਵਿਕਾਰ ਸੁਰﹱਕੁੰ ਰ ਓ 拓ਕਾਰ ਵਸੰਘ ਨਰਲਾ - ਮਨੁ - Other representatives from society ਸਮਾਜ ਦੇ ਿੋਰ ਖੇਤਰਾ拓 ਦੇ ਨੁਮਾਇੰਦੇ Speakers ਬੁਲਾਰੇ – प्रवक्ता Maulana Mohammad Ajazur Rahman Shaheen Qasmi - General Secretary of the World Peace Organisation, Delhi ਲੀﹱਤਰ ਵ ਸ਼ ਸ਼ਾ拓ਤੀ ਸੰਸਿਾ, ਵਦﹱਮਦ ਅ ਾ ੁਰ ਰਵਿਮਾਨ ਸ਼ਾਿੀਨ ਕਾਸਮੀ, ਜਨਰਲ ਸਕﹱਮੌਲਾਨਾ ਮੁਿ Mehmood Pracha – Senior Advocate Supreme Court and President South Asian Minorities Lawyer’s Commission, Delhi 拓 ਟਵਿਣਤੀ ਕੀਲ ਆਯੋਿﹱਖਣੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ ਘﹱਲੀ ਅਤੇ ਪਰੈ ੀਡੈਂਟ ਦﹱਮਵਿਮ ਦ ਪਰਾਚਾ, ਐਡ ੋਕੇਟ ਸੁਪਰੀਮ ਕੋਰਟ ਨ ੀ ਵਦ Prof.
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