Global Buddhist Summit: PM Modi says India is progressing by following Buddha's teachings

PM Modi said that India has been making big strides following Buddha teachings in the last nine years. He said that India has followed Buddha's teachings including the path of Theory, Practice and Realisation. 

India has progressed rapidly on all these three points. The Global Buddhist Summit is being held at a time when India is celebrating 75 years of her independence when India is celebrating the 'Amrit Mahotsav'. 

"India is moving ahead in the `Amrit Kaal` towards becoming a developed country. India has resolved for the welfare of not only India but also for the whole wide world," PM Modi said. 

"We can embrace happiness only if we renunciate realisations of Victory, Defeats, Fights, Wars. Lord Buddha has taught the path to overcome these. Enmity cannot vanish with enmity but with Love. Actual happiness lies in peace, in living together with peace," he said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi. PM Msodi said that there's a need of hour that people, nations prioritise global interest along with their interests. 

Global Buddhist Summit is a two-day summit hosted by India's Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). It started on April 20 (Thursday). 

The keynote speakers at the event will be Professor Robert Thurman, a leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism, and His Holiness Thich Tri Quang, the Deputy Patriarch of, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha. Professor Thurman was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri Award in 2020 for his work on recovering India's ancient Buddhist heritage. 

The theme of the Global Buddhist Summit is 'Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis.' 

The PMO stated in a release: "The Summit is an effort towards engaging the global Buddhist Dhamma leadership and scholars on matters of Buddhist and universal concerns, and to come up with policy inputs to address them collectively. The discussion in the Summit will explore how the Buddha Dhamma`s fundamental values can provide inspiration and guidance in contemporary settings."