PM Shri Narendra Modi to inaugurate first Global Buddhist Summit on 20th April

PM Shri Narendra Modi to inaugurate first Global Buddhist Summit on 20th April

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  • PM Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate first Global Buddhist Summit on 20th April in New Delhi.
  • The Ministry of Culture in collaboration with its grantee body International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) will be hosting the Global Buddhist Summit (GBS) on 20-21 April at the Ashok Hotel.  
  • The theme of the Global Buddhist Summit is Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis.
  • Delegates from almost 30 countries will participate in the event and around 171 delegates from foreign countries and 150 delegates from Indian Buddhist organizations will take part. 
  • For the first time prominent Buddhist monks from different countries will come to India and participate in the summit.
  • The prime vision of the Summit is to look into the teachings of the Shakyamuni Buddha that have been continuously enriched over the centuries with the practice of Buddha Dhamma.
  • Buddhism is one of the important religions of South and South-Eastern Asian countries.
  • Buddhism started in India about 2600 years ago.
  • Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini around 563 BC. He belonged to the Shakya dynasty.
  • Buddha is considered to be the eighth incarnation of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu.
  • The core teachings of Buddhism are contained in the Four Noble Truths and the core concept of the Eightfold Path.
  • The branches of Buddhism are Mahayana (idolatry), Hinayana, Theravada, Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism), Zen.
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