Indian PM Narendra Modi promotes Buddhism with efficent plans worldwide: Reports

India: The government of India has worked efficiently to promote the message of Buddha to nations across the world, resulting in the expansion of Buddhism worldwide. According to the reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked efficiently to thrive in the community. 

Sathipattana Buddhist Magazine applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called him an “internationally renowned statesman”. It stated that PM Modi has always worked towards protecting and preserving such holy sites as shrines, temples, archaeological sites, and everything related to Buddhist heritage in India.

He also took uninterrupted and far-sighted measures to take the message of Buddha to nations across the world and to promote and expand Buddhism from a global perspective.

According to the reports, a month ago, the government of India launched an innovative five-year Pali and Sanskrit International Bhikkhu Exchange Program at Bodh Gaya. It was the continuation of one of such far-sighted activities to promote Buddhism in the region and across Buddhist countries in the world.

The Mahanayake Theros of all three Nikayas of the Sri Lankan Maha Sangha and hundreds of other senior members of the Maha Sangha, attended it, and His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, delivered his lofty Buddhist teachings on that occasion for three consecutive days.

According to the Buddhist magazine, the government of India launched different plans to promote Buddhism among the people. India’s Ministry of Culture also celebrated Buddha Jayanthi at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi, in cooperation with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC).

In this event, PM Modi who inaugurated the event emphasized, while speaking on that occasion, the importance of Buddhist diplomacy to India’s relations with other (predominantly Buddhist) countries in Asia.

In another Buddhist religious ceremony in Sarnath, PM Modi gave Sangha Dana to the Maha Sangha present, and also presented the Vishakh Samman Prashasti Patra Award to the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in another such occasion.