Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka and Tibet meet MoS home Kiren Rijiju

NEW DELHI: A delegation of Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka and Tibet met minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju who assured them that the government will ensure the upkeep and maintenance of all Buddhist archaeological sites in the country.

The Buddhist monks participated in a two-day historic conclave that concluded in the city on Thursday. The event witnessed the coming together of two ancient Buddhist traditions - the Theravada tradition from Sri Lanka and the Nalanda tradition of Tibet and the Himalayas.

A high powered delegation of monks and religious opinion makers from Sri Lanka, which included three Mahanayakas of various chapters, engaged in a "Dialogue on Vinaya" with their counterparts of the Nalanda tradition that included Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, former Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile. The Sri Lankan delegation also separately met the Dalai Lama as a part of the programme.

"This meeting of the two traditions, the first in 1300 years since the reign of King Harshavardhana in the 7th century, was organized by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), a world umbrella Buddhist body headquartered in India, that is universally acknowledged as the land of origin of Buddha Dharma, and was coordinated by the IBC Sri Lanka Chapter," a home ministry statement said.

The organization has a current membership of more than 300 Buddhist bodies spread over 39 countries. Its patrons include the Dalai Lama and the supreme patriarchs from various Buddhist countries. Recognized by the government of India as a "Cultural Organization with National Presence", IBC aims to provide an international platform that will provide a Buddhist perspective to the ongoing global discourse on all issues of human concern.

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