#VandeMataram150: “Bande Mataram! Hail to thee Motherland! Can anyone discriminate between the Motherland which feeds and sustains all of us and his own mother? It is the universality of the appeal which has made this national song spread spontaneously all over India. It is its universal appeal that has touched the hearts of the people of India…”
Was very happy to welcome Venerable Shih Jianyin, Secretary General of the World Buddhist Bhikkhuni Association and an eminent and widely respected Buddhist teacher from Taiwan. She is also Secretary General of the Taiwan Buddhist Association, among other responsibilities. Venerable Jianyin has been visiting India, especially the Buddhist pilgrimage sites …