Was delighted to speak at UNESCAP, Bangkok, on the inaugural day of “Samvad-IV: Global Hindu-Buddhist Initiative for Conflict Avoidance & Environment Consciousness.” The theme for this edition was: “The Asian Century of Dharma-Dhamma” organised by Vivekananda International Foundation. Speaking on Conflict Avoidance and Dhammavijaya – referred to the historic efforts and initiatives of PM Narendra Modi to revive the iconic Nalanda University, conferring classical language status on Pali and the special effort on developing the Buddha circuit. The Asian Century has emerge by making the Global Table larger to quote PM Modi’s vision, and insist that “globalisation must shift away from a GDP centric world view of the world to a human-centric view”, as he says. A large phalanx of leaders, monks, ministers, scholars, thinkers came together across the world. Senior members of Buddhist Sangha in Thailand, Sangharaja of Thailand, Rajguru of Thailand lauded PM Modi’s efforts.
Thanks to Vivekananda International Foundation for putting such an outreach together for over a decade now.
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Rishi Rajnarayan Basu (1826-1899), Sri Aurobindo’s maternal grandfather, was one of the leading figures, the anchor of Indian awakening and nationalism. Often endearingly referred to as the “Grandfather of Indian Nationalism”, Rishi Rajnarayan strode his era as an intellectual colossus and as one of the earliest and staunchest advocate and …
For our generation – Shri Ashok Singhal Ji’s presence and energy was galvanic. Too young to participate in the Ram Mandir Andolan physically, it was Shri Ashok Singhal Ji’s towering personality, his whirlwind tours, his inspiring articulation and fearless stance, that created a deep impression on us and made us …