Grassroots group that grew from a book circle exploring “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a whole world”. This enthusiastic group is now involved in translating books into Swedish, learning about and spreading the vision of education for heart and mind in educational settings, and interfaith initiatives.

Level 

Open for all

Areas of involvement 

One of the first activities taken on was promoting awareness about universal ethics. 

Translation

The group is translating three books into Swedish: 

• “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World” by His HOliness the Dalai Lama 
• “A call for Revolution – A Vision for the Future” by Dalai Lama and Sofia Stril- Rever
• “16 Guidelines for a Happy Life” 
• Social Emotional Ethical Learning curricula 

Educating heart and mind 

UEIA group is very much inspired by the concept of educating not only mind, but heart. They plan to study SEE Learning curricula in a group to get familiarized with the concepts and goals of these curricula, translate the material into Swedish and on later stages promote and introduce them in schools in Sweden.

SEE Learning stands for Social Emotional and Ethical Learning and is a comprehensive set of educational material for school age children from kindergarten to grade 12, aimed at educating the heart and mind. It builds on the teachings of Dalai Lama and has been developed, by Emory University in Georgia, Atlanta in the US, over the last 20 years and successfully tested in 12 countries. 

Interfaith initiatives and Climate Action 

UEIA is also promoting inter-faith interaction and collaboration and participate in a group working on formulating a common statement and action programme on “Water and Faith” facilitated by Stockholm International Water Institute.

The history of this initiative

Per Bertilsson, the group facilitator, writes:

“Some of the participants of the book circle held in April – May 2019 on Dalai Lama’s book ”Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World” enjoyed reading and discussing the book, but also felt strongly motivated to actively engage to promote and implement some of the recommendations of the book. In August, a small group of persons started working. More people gradually joined the group, which adopted the name Universal Ethics in Action (UEIA). 

There is a lot of work to be done, so if you are interested in engaging in any of the exciting activities, please join us!”

Who facilitates

UEIA is a self-organized group with Per being the main facilitator 

When is it

Start and end dates: January 22 – June 10 2020, bi-weekly 

Session duration: 16.30-17:30

Day of the week: Wednesdays 

Course price

Free