The Single Space of Spiritual Culture: The Basis for Dialogue in a Multipolar World
The modern world, while providing humanity with unprecedented opportunities for progress, is simultaneously facing growing challenges. In these conditions, spiritual culture acquires special importance as a source of meanings and values — the foundation of peaceful coexistence, mutual understanding and cultural dialogue between peoples.
04.08.2025
The issues of spiritual guidance, the preservation of humanity and civilization itself are becoming increasingly relevant for sane people everywhere. Universal values – love, kindness, respect, and the pursuit of truth and justice – remain the unifying foundation for all of humanity.
The World Public Assembly will become a platform for deep reflection on this topic. One of the key panel discussions will be devoted to spiritual and cultural unity and the service of eternal values. As precisely defined by the co-moderator of the site Irina DARNEVA (member of the Presidium of the World Forum on Spiritual Culture, Chairman of the Council for Spiritual Culture, member of the Supreme Advisory Council of the World Peoples Assembly, Russia):
The World Public Assembly will become a platform for deep reflection on this topic. One of the key panel discussions will be devoted to spiritual and cultural unity and the service of eternal values. As precisely defined by the co-moderator of the site Irina DARNEVA (member of the Presidium of the World Forum on Spiritual Culture, Chairman of the Council for Spiritual Culture, member of the Supreme Advisory Council of the World Peoples Assembly, Russia):
"Meanings and values are the key concepts of the New World. Meanings are the spiritual guideline of human life, values are the guideline for the sustainable development of civilization. The New World is a single living space for all peoples. These three formats are like the three pillars on which spiritual culture stands with its universal basic foundations. Friendship as a bridge of international relations in a multipolar system serves as a binding force in this model of social development".
The interest in the topic is huge, what is confirmed by the composition of the speakers — prominent opinion leaders from around the world:
Austria: Lisbeth AUGUSTAT (First Vice President of the International Association "Peace through Culture. Europe", member of the SAC of the World Peoples Assembly);
Bhutan: KHENPO UJEN NAMGYAL (Secretary of the Indo-Bhutanese Board of Monasteries); SONAM WANGMO (TENZIN DADON) (Buddhist nun, Doctor of Philosophy, teacher, writer);
Germany: Marko VUKOVIC (Vice President of the International Association "Peace through Culture. Europe", member of the SAC of the World Peoples Assembly);
Israel: Nina ZALTSMAN (President of the Israeli Society of Living Ethics);
India: Mary Pat FISHER (Manager of the International Interreligious Community Gobind Sadan, member of the Council of Elders of the World Peoples Assembly);
Italy: Eliseo BERTOLASI (PhD in Anthropology, journalist, Head of the representative office of the International Russophile Movement in Italy, co-moderator); Andrey PRUSS (Chairman of the Russian Community in Merano);
Kazakhstan: Olzhas SULEIMENOV (National Writer of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Director of the UNESCO Center for the Rapprochement of Cultures, Co-Chairman of the Council of Elders of the World Peoples Assembly); Tolegen MUKHAMEDZHANOV (President of the International Association "Peace through Culture", President of the Congress on Spiritual Harmony, Co-Chairman of the World Forum on Spiritual Culture, member of the World Peoples Assembly);
Kyrgyzstan: Zukhra SHIDAKOVA (Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Assembly of the People of Kyrgyzstan, President of the NGO Ata-Jurt International Association of Karachays).
Lebanon/Russia: Souheil FARAH (Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Chairman of the Lebanese-Russian House, writer, translator, President of the Open University "Dialogue of Civilizations").
Mongolia: Ariunaa SHAZHINBAT (Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Director of the Institute of Philosophy of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences).
Russia: Irina DARNEVA (co-moderator).
The participants will present international practices and initiatives demonstrating the integration of spiritual culture into public life and successful intercultural dialogue.
The round table is intended to open a space for deep reflection on the role of spirituality in building a harmonious future. According to the organizers, the outcome of the discussion may be a concrete proposal to launch the international project "Let's be Friends" in cooperation with the World Youth Assembly, strengthening bridges of friendship in a multipolar world.
Austria: Lisbeth AUGUSTAT (First Vice President of the International Association "Peace through Culture. Europe", member of the SAC of the World Peoples Assembly);
Bhutan: KHENPO UJEN NAMGYAL (Secretary of the Indo-Bhutanese Board of Monasteries); SONAM WANGMO (TENZIN DADON) (Buddhist nun, Doctor of Philosophy, teacher, writer);
Germany: Marko VUKOVIC (Vice President of the International Association "Peace through Culture. Europe", member of the SAC of the World Peoples Assembly);
Israel: Nina ZALTSMAN (President of the Israeli Society of Living Ethics);
India: Mary Pat FISHER (Manager of the International Interreligious Community Gobind Sadan, member of the Council of Elders of the World Peoples Assembly);
Italy: Eliseo BERTOLASI (PhD in Anthropology, journalist, Head of the representative office of the International Russophile Movement in Italy, co-moderator); Andrey PRUSS (Chairman of the Russian Community in Merano);
Kazakhstan: Olzhas SULEIMENOV (National Writer of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Director of the UNESCO Center for the Rapprochement of Cultures, Co-Chairman of the Council of Elders of the World Peoples Assembly); Tolegen MUKHAMEDZHANOV (President of the International Association "Peace through Culture", President of the Congress on Spiritual Harmony, Co-Chairman of the World Forum on Spiritual Culture, member of the World Peoples Assembly);
Kyrgyzstan: Zukhra SHIDAKOVA (Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Assembly of the People of Kyrgyzstan, President of the NGO Ata-Jurt International Association of Karachays).
Lebanon/Russia: Souheil FARAH (Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Chairman of the Lebanese-Russian House, writer, translator, President of the Open University "Dialogue of Civilizations").
Mongolia: Ariunaa SHAZHINBAT (Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Director of the Institute of Philosophy of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences).
Russia: Irina DARNEVA (co-moderator).
The participants will present international practices and initiatives demonstrating the integration of spiritual culture into public life and successful intercultural dialogue.
The round table is intended to open a space for deep reflection on the role of spirituality in building a harmonious future. According to the organizers, the outcome of the discussion may be a concrete proposal to launch the international project "Let's be Friends" in cooperation with the World Youth Assembly, strengthening bridges of friendship in a multipolar world.
