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Contemplation Centre 

Stenden university location Leeuwarden offers to both students and staff members the opportunity to contemplate, pray and meditate.

In the so called Contemplation Centre you can use the Buddhist/Hindu, Islamic and Christian room. Books, music, incense, special clothes etc. are all at your disposal. You can cleanse yourself in the traditional way in the bathroom next to the prayer rooms.

The existence of three different prayer rooms makes it possible to find a full expression of the unique religious symbols, rituals, colours, decorations, etc. which are essential to the spirituality of the various religious traditions. Also for practical reasons the existence of three prayer rooms is functional, for instance in regard of the prayer attitude. In one religion people will sit and be silent, in another religion people will stand up and move and pronounce the prayers.

Of course there are countless religious traditions and it is without doubt impossible to provide room for each distinct religious community or movement, but the three prayer rooms will be representative for the main religious traditions. As a Christian school Stenden is inspired by values such as
responsibility, honesty, openness, respect, mutual commitment. These values determine the atmosphere in the silence centre.