Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden Rinpoche, SecretaryGeneral of IBC started the fantastic celebration by welcoming His Holiness forty third Sakya Rinpoche, His Holiness a hundred and fifth Gaden Tripa, Most Ven. Arayawangso, Most Ven. Waskaduwe Mahindawansa Mahanayake Thero, Most Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche and Ven. Bhikkhu Kaboggoza Buddhrakkhita.
The Secretary Normal emphasised that this event aimed to replicate on the enjoyment that His Holiness brings into our lives, the knowledge he shares, and the distinctive spirit that makes him so undeniably holy, variety, inspiring, and reliable. He acknowledged how devoted His Holiness is in the direction of widespread causes like world peace, common duty, environmental safety and the oneness of your complete humanity. His Holiness is seemed upon for embracing change whereas remaining devoted to historical knowledge and values. He mentioned, His Holiness usually says, “I’m son of India so far as my physique is worried, because it has survived on Indian dal and roti for greater than 60 years, and as for my thoughts, it’s totally influenced by ideas of thinkers like Nagarjuna and different Nalanda masters”. In His Holiness’ phrases, the connection between Indians and Tibetans is like Guru and Chela (teacher-disciple relation).
The Secretary Normal expressed his indebtedness in the direction of His Holiness for his generosity in the direction of the IBC since its inception and the way His Holiness was a mentor all through.
As a part of the celebrations, there was screening of movie on “Celebrating the Legacy of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama”.
The event was blessed when the particular message from His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama was learn out by our Visitor of Honour Most Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche. Notable traces from his letter expressed how Tibetans consult with India as “Arya Bhumi”. He talked about how he feels a “particular closeness to India”. He believes that if elements of India’s historical knowledge, of which the Buddha’s teachings are an element, are mixed with trendy training, they’ll make a useful contribution to better peace and happiness on the planet. He additional mentioned that the Central Institute of Larger Tibetan Research (CIHTS) at Sarnath, Varanasi, which was based in 1967 with the Authorities of India’s help, facilitated students from the Himalayan Area and Tibetans to be a part of main tasks torestore a number of texts which were preserved of their Tibetan translation. He mentioned, at current, there’s rising curiosity in Buddhism amongst Chinese language folks, together with these from mainland China, which is a part of their cultural inheritance.His Holiness additionally expressed his gratitude to the Authorities and other people of India for the nice and cozy hospitality proven in the direction of them since 1959 and for the beneficiant help to guard and protect the Buddhist tradition that’s based on India’s age-old values of karuna and ahimsa. Furthermore, scientists world wide are involved in figuring out extra about Buddhist philosophy and the Buddhist rationalization of the interlinkages between the thoughts and feelings.Respect from different components of the world was represented within the type of messages from nations resembling Russia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, South Korea, Laos, Japan, Myanmar and Mongolia, and have been handed over to the Most Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche.
Senior member of Thailand’s Supreme Sangha council Most Ven. Arayawangso talked concerning the “Triple Gem” that features the virtues of Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha is to be seen as an influence to guard the Tibetan folks. He additionally highlighted how the inspiration of an ideal civilization is rooted in recognizing the nice and the evil with knowledge.
Moreover, Most Venerable Samdhong Rimpochereiterated how His Holiness compiled teachings of Buddha in an acceptable medium which is comprehensible within the post-modern civilization of the twenty first century. His Holiness is named the fearless instructor of the twenty first century.
He reiterated that we must always do our greatest to materialize targets of His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama. Violence is without doubt one of the horrendous challenges confronted by humanity. He talked about how the unfavourable feelings of individuals may be tackled by means of compassion. Right here he quoted Mahatma Gandhi by stating “hate the sin, not the sinner”. He additional acknowledged how Ethics or ethical conduct is critical for believers and non-believers equally. He drew parallels between Gandhi’s Sarva Dharma Sambhava and the teachings of His Holiness, that there must be a sense of equality of all non secular traditions and non-religious folks’s mindset. If equilibrium shouldn’t be there, then it could be onerous to evangelise His Holiness’ message.
The Head of the Sakya order of Tibetan Buddhism and our keynote speaker Most Venerable Sakya Trizin, delved into the realms which we’re most cognizant, that’s, the outer actions of His Holiness, which have formed our modern understanding of compassion. He mirrored on the 4 commitments which has outlined His Holiness’s life and proceed to information his tireless service to humanity. First dedication being selling fundamental human values which touched numerous lives transcending boundaries of faith, cultures, and nationality. His holiness recognized himself as one among the many 8 billion folks. Buddhist values of compassion, forgiveness, tolerance and contentment are common which is important for happiness and peace. His Holiness’ voice is unifying in a world of variations, as he at all times says “My faith is kindness”.
His second dedication is to foster concord among the many world’s non secular traditions and to acknowledge knowledge in all religious paths. He emphasised on how totally different religions can be taught from each other whereas sustaining their distinctive identification. His Holiness’ non-sectarian strategy demonstrates true spirit of Buddha’s teachings.
The Third dedication entails preserving Tibetan Buddhism tradition & identification. By means of His Holiness’ visionary efforts, Tibetan Buddhism discovered new soil to develop, primarily in India and preserving it has gone past mere survival. It has contributed in its methods to the world’s civilization. Profound philosophical insights, meditation observe and compassionate world view of Tibet enriched the religious panorama of humanity as a complete.
His fourth dedication is selling historical knowledge of India; the Nalanda custom is seen as a present to the japanese and western mental traditions. His Holiness continually emphasizes how Buddhism was born in India and the great system of Buddhist philosophy with regard to logic, meditation that developed thereafter is humanity’s best mental achievements.
The world has come to acknowledge that historical Indian knowledge incorporates not solely Buddhist philosophy. It additionally entails superior traditions incorporating logic, epistemology, psychology and contemplative science. It affords invaluable perception for going through challenges of the modern world. Students have demonstrated how these historical traditions can enrich modern understanding of our consciousness.
His Holiness confirmed us that historical knowledge shouldn’t be merely a historic curiosity, however incorporates sensible strategies for cultivating inside peace and understanding the character of actuality. The 4 distinguished commitments of His Holiness notice thebodhisattva beliefs.
