Roorkee, Uttarakhand: The Fourth Month referred as the holy month or Saka Dawa in accordance to the Tibetan Lunar Calendar is hugely celebrated with virtuous deeds that combine both spiritual vows and also of secular conducts. Not only Tibetans but all those Buddhists and others who look towards Buddha and his teaching as a source of inspiration in engaging with day-to-day sporadic challenges of life believe that there were three important acts which were performed by Lord Buddha especially on Buddha Poornima i.e. full moon day. This includes Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana.
On this pious day under the banner of Shri Ramkrishna Sewa Ashram Samiti (RSAS), based in Roorkee, Uttarakhand organized a virtual program entitled “Tibet: An Ideal Ambassador of Lord Buddha’s Thoughts”. Secretary of RSAS, Sh. Vivek Kamboj extended his warm greetings and began the session with an address of Sh. Bhagwati Prasad Raghav, Convener, Pragya Pravah, West UP & Uttarakhand Zone. Chief Guest Sh. B. P. Raghav revisited the historical facts of Tibet that can be accounted for its national identity and sovereignty, highlighting the significance of Tibet’s existence not only for the global community but towards safeguarding the Indian border from the Himalayan edge. He urged the participants to learn and study the evil designs of Chinese encroachment at every level particularly Indian territory and trade.
Coordinator for ITCO Mr Jigmey Tsultrim expressed his gratitude for being invited to the event on this auspicious day. He underlined the very fact that why Buddhism has been the lifeline of Tibetan people. He reminded the panel of how Tibetan script was derived from India’s Devanagri script and how Buddhism was brought, taught, and preserved in Tibet. How snow-capped Tibetan plateau then saw the light of Dharma and what remains now the unfinished aspiration of Tibetan people all around the world.
Mr Tsultrim also explained the background of ITCO, its objectives and outreach during all these years. Relating to Sh. B. P. Raghav’s previous comment, the Coordinator lamented the fact how Communist China is trying to impose their brute might even in the selection of next Dalai Lama. He urged the participants that this information must reach the wider perspective of the Indian diaspora and introspect upon what more could and must be done for the survival of the Tibetan struggle against Communist China’s injustices.
India’s relation to Tibet was even more elaborately defined by Prof. Mahavir Aggrawal, Vice-Chancellor, Patanjali University, who was also decorated with Guest of Honour. He highlighted Buddha’s four noble truths, eightfold path and related these elements with the struggle of the Tibetan movement. Lauding upon what should have been done by Indians in preserving the Buddhist religion and its studies have shown being done unwaveringly by the Tibetan people. Prof. Aggrawal stressed the need to incorporate these values in our day-to-day life and even in the academic curriculum.
It was then followed by Q&A from the participants including many of those urging for a next session of the same topic.
–Filed by ITCO, New Delhi