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Promoting mutual understanding
Promoting mutual understanding
http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7787
Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006, @ 01:03:20 EST
30 November, 2006 - The Dharma Sanskriti Sangam (religion based cultures’ meet) in Varanasi, India, was a successful exercise in promoting harmony, peace and progress in the region and the world, according to delegates from 13 Asian countries.
A large number religious leaders of different religions like Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Sanatan agreed that such a conference was essential to promote mutual understanding and togetherness amongst the Dharma based holistic cultures of the world.
“It is an opportunity for the religious communities to bring cooperation closer, develop understanding and share common concerns,” a member of the Thai delegation said.
The two-day meeting, which was held on November 25-26 adopted the five-point Sarnath-Varanasi declaration, which called to promote unity in diversity by establishing understanding through dialogues and deliberations. The meeting also noted that world is facing serious challenges from aggressive religious and secular forces causing intolerance, violence, lawlessness, and exploitation of nature and mankind.
The declaration also called Dharma based traditions to educate, motivate, and lead the world to freedom from conflicts.
The religious and political leaders who attended the conference opposed all forms of violence under the garb of religious freedom.
Nine Bhutanese students including two girls, who are studying in Delhi University and a Sanskrit University in Varanasi, also participated in the Dharma conference, which was organised by the World Buddhist Cultural Foundation of New Delhi.
“It is essential for the young students like us to understand the principles of religion as the Bhutanese youth today feel alienated from the moral principles of Buddhism,” a Bhutanese student from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, told Kuensel.
According to organisers, the Dharma conference was organised in Sarnath-Varanasi as it is the most sacred city of both Buddhism and Hinduism.
Varanasi is an important pilgrimage centre for Buddhists as it was at Sarnath (10 kilometre from Varanasi) that Lord Buddha preached his first sermon after attaining enlightenment to his first five disciples, now known as Dharmachakra Pravartan.
One of the oldest cities of India, Varanasi (Kashi) has been the ultimate pilgrimage spot for Hindus for ages. Situated on the banks of the Holy Ganges river, Varanasi is believed to be visited by most Hindus once in their livetime for a dip in the holy Ganges to wash away their sins and attain salvation and freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth. Ganges is said to have its origins in the tresses of Lord Shiva’s hair. It is also a pilgrimage for Jains.
http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7787
Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006, @ 01:03:20 EST
30 November, 2006 - The Dharma Sanskriti Sangam (religion based cultures’ meet) in Varanasi, India, was a successful exercise in promoting harmony, peace and progress in the region and the world, according to delegates from 13 Asian countries.
A large number religious leaders of different religions like Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Sanatan agreed that such a conference was essential to promote mutual understanding and togetherness amongst the Dharma based holistic cultures of the world.
“It is an opportunity for the religious communities to bring cooperation closer, develop understanding and share common concerns,” a member of the Thai delegation said.
The two-day meeting, which was held on November 25-26 adopted the five-point Sarnath-Varanasi declaration, which called to promote unity in diversity by establishing understanding through dialogues and deliberations. The meeting also noted that world is facing serious challenges from aggressive religious and secular forces causing intolerance, violence, lawlessness, and exploitation of nature and mankind.
The declaration also called Dharma based traditions to educate, motivate, and lead the world to freedom from conflicts.
The religious and political leaders who attended the conference opposed all forms of violence under the garb of religious freedom.
Nine Bhutanese students including two girls, who are studying in Delhi University and a Sanskrit University in Varanasi, also participated in the Dharma conference, which was organised by the World Buddhist Cultural Foundation of New Delhi.
“It is essential for the young students like us to understand the principles of religion as the Bhutanese youth today feel alienated from the moral principles of Buddhism,” a Bhutanese student from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, told Kuensel.
According to organisers, the Dharma conference was organised in Sarnath-Varanasi as it is the most sacred city of both Buddhism and Hinduism.
Varanasi is an important pilgrimage centre for Buddhists as it was at Sarnath (10 kilometre from Varanasi) that Lord Buddha preached his first sermon after attaining enlightenment to his first five disciples, now known as Dharmachakra Pravartan.
One of the oldest cities of India, Varanasi (Kashi) has been the ultimate pilgrimage spot for Hindus for ages. Situated on the banks of the Holy Ganges river, Varanasi is believed to be visited by most Hindus once in their livetime for a dip in the holy Ganges to wash away their sins and attain salvation and freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth. Ganges is said to have its origins in the tresses of Lord Shiva’s hair. It is also a pilgrimage for Jains.
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Palzang
This might explain it, Palzang.
Palzang