Mawlana Hazar Imam shares his aspirations of TKN in this video of the historical address to the joint session of the Canadian Parliament on February 27, 2014.
Click here or the image above to view the Video – extract of the quote below at ~ 43:30 minute mark in the video
“… a cherished principle in Shia Ismaili culture: the importance of contributing one’s individual energies on a voluntary basis to improving the lives of others. This is not a matter of philanthropy, but rather of self-fulfilment — “enlightened self-fulfilment.”
During my Golden Jubilee — and this is important — six years ago Ismailis from around the world volunteered their gifts, not only of wealth, but most notably of time and knowledge, in support of our work.
We established a Time and Knowledge framework, a structured process for engaging an immense pool of expertise involving tens of thousands of volunteers. Many of them travelled to developing countries as part of this outpouring of service, one third of those were Canadians.
Their impact has been enormous in helping us to achieve best practice standards in our institutions and programmes.”
– His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, February 27th, 2014, Ottawa, Canada
Historic address to the joint session of the Canadian Parliament at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper and signing of the Protocol of Understanding
The Time and Knowledge Nazrana (TKN) endeavour represents a combination of two cherished Ismaili traditions:
- offering one’s intellectual capacity to assist the Imamat’s efforts for the progress of the Jamat, and
- submitting to the Imam of the time an unconditional Nazrana (gift) in commemorating epochal events, as a gesture of love and homage.
Via
- Time and Knowledge Nazrana | TKN News
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- Time and Knowledge Nazrana | TKN Stories
- Time and Knowledge Nazrana | TKN FAQs
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