Faith and The Conventional World 

Presenter: Ven Tashi Choedup (Joining online from India)

Wed 3 May | 7-8.30pm AEST

Location: In person at Metta Centre (Bankstown) or Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: By Donation

As we venture on our Faith practice to seek the ultimate, what does our faith mean to the everydayness of our conventional world, especially to the samsaric challenges: growing-apart human connections, growing-up inequalities, polarising minds and nations, and so on… Is our Faith practice our own or is it also of the world we inhabit? If so how can we have a continuous awareness of their connection with each other?

About the Speaker: Ven Tashi Choedup (They/She) is a trans-feminine Buddhist monastic (Nunk) with more than a decade of experience in human rights and community work. They are a member of the Telangana State Government’s Welfare Board for Transgender Persons. They work for Queer-Trans Wellness and Support Center at Yugantar, Hyderabad. They are currently the National Coordinator (India) at the Foundation for Preservation of Mahayana Tradition. They are an executive committee member at the Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies and a core group member of the National Ecumenical Forum For Gender and Sexual Minorities (NEFGSM) at the National Council of Churches of India. They also engage with queer folks as a peer counselor. They are a fellow at Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum. They are one of the founding members of Telangana Hijra Intersex Transgender Samiti and Queer Swabhimana Yatra. They are a student of Buddhist philosophy and psychology. Their primary areas of interest are community building, faith, religion, mental health, and queer rights.

Hybrid event: Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive session in person at the Metta Centre or online by clicking on this link to access the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506489824?pwd=cmpNQ1ljSmFVYURLWVN1dWllYUN1dz09 Alternatively, you can dial in from your telephone (call charges apply): +61 2 8015 6011 | Meeting ID: 835 0648 9824| Passcode: 718905