New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deal with the inaugural session of the Global Buddhist Summit within the nationwide capital on Thursday. The occasion will start at 10 am at Hotel Ashok in Delhi. The Ministry of Culture is internet hosting the two-day Summit with International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). The keynote audio system on the occasion will probably be Professor Robert Thurman, a number one American skilled on Tibetan Buddhism, and His Holiness Thich Tri Quang, the Deputy Patriarch of, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha. Professor Thurman was awarded the distinguished Padma Shri Award in 2020 for his work on recovering India`s historical Buddhist heritage.
The theme of the Global Buddhist Summit is `Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis.`”The Summit is an effort in the direction of partaking the worldwide Buddhist Dhamma management and students on issues of Buddhist and common issues, and to give you coverage inputs to handle them collectively.
The dialogue within the Summit will discover how the Buddha Dhamma`s elementary values can present inspiration and steering in modern settings,” the PMO acknowledged in a launch.
The Summit will witness the participation of eminent students, Sangha leaders, and Dharma practitioners from all around the world, who will focus on urgent world points and search for solutions within the Buddha Dhamma based mostly on common values, the discharge mentioned.
“The discussions will be held under four themes: Buddha Dhamma and Peace; Buddha Dhamma: Environmental Crisis, Health, and Sustainability; Preservation of Nalanda Buddhist Tradition; Buddha Dhamma Pilgrimage, Living Heritage and Buddha Relics: a resilient foundation to India`s Centuries-old cultural links to countries in South, South-East and East Asia,” it added.
