Mongolian delegation praises India for promoting Buddhism to bring global peace

A delegation from Mongolia, which visited several Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India, has praised India for promoting peace through spirituality that can help resolve ongoing wars and conflicts in the world. Led by the 7th Naro Bunchen Rinpoche, head of the Naro Bunchen Trust and founder of Naropa Monastery, the delegation met Indian Buddhist scholars and officials of the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in New Delhi. The 40-member Mongolian delegation includes artists, journalists, businessmen, anthropologists, historians and others. Naropa Rinpoche told ANI, “We have many things to learn from India. It is peaceful, calm and very tolerant of each other. These good qualities inspire us.” He further added, “Mongolians appreciate the ancient wisdom of India and India is a country where since ancient times people come to learn how to train the mind, how to analyze and train their mind using concrete methods.” How to train from a logical perspective. And this is our inspiration. We take spiritual inspiration from our Indian brothers and sisters. This ancient Buddhist wisdom provides a very comprehensive method that can be used to solve the present day problems, wars and conflicts facing humanity can be done to resolve.” This Mongolian delegation will also participate in the upcoming Global Buddhist Conference in New Delhi. Naropa Rinpoche said, “The upcoming Global Buddhist Conference, I am expecting to be very beneficial as Buddhism teaches us that happiness must come from within. Although we have many materialistic advances that make our lives very comfortable but They cannot guarantee a happy life. So this symposium is going to discuss the good of the world and how Buddhist wisdom and tradition can help us solve the struggles and problems we face.” Jangchup Choeden Rinpoche, Deputy Secretary General of the IBC, said, “India and Mongolia have had strong ties for a long time. Naropa Rinpoche has been to India with a delegation and visited several Buddhist spiritual sites in the country. He met His Holiness the Dalai Lama met. too”. “We are organizing the Global Buddhist Summit in which a delegation from Mongolia is also participating along with representatives from 32 countries. They will discuss global issues and implement them for the betterment of the global community,” he said. Odzaya Deremchimed, a news anchor from Mongolia, praised India and said, “Indian people are very kind and nice. It was a good experience to visit Dharamsala and meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama”. Professor Ranjana Mukhopadhyay, a member of the Indian delegation, said, “It is important to have this type of dialogue because Buddhism is one of India’s strongest links with the rest of Asia. And it is one of the longest, oldest and oldest. Of the most enduring links”. He further added, “I think we should use these ties to re-establish and reaffirm our ties with Buddhist countries like Mongolia because we should realize that although Mongolia is far away from India , but Buddhism had traveled there in that age, so obviously it was through which the rest of the world came to know about India. So, it is very important for India that we know about India Capitalize on this goodwill and build on it further.” (ANI)