Persidangan antarabangsa dua hari mengenai "Warisan Buddha Bersama" akan bermula esok di New Delhi. Persidangan itu akan memberi tumpuan kepada hubungan tamadun India dengan negara Pertubuhan Kerjasama Shanghai (SCO).
The aim of the conference is to re-establish trans-cultural links, seek out commonalities, between Buddhist art of Central Asia, art styles, archaeological sites and antiquity in various museums’ collections of the SCO countries.
Persidangan antarabangsa mengenai "Warisan Buddha Bersama" akan diadakan pada 14-15 Mac, dengan tumpuan kepada hubungan tamadun India dengan Pertubuhan Kerjasama Shanghai (SCO) 2023 di Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Acara itu, yang pertama seumpamanya, di bawah kepimpinan SCO India (untuk tempoh satu tahun, dari 17 September, 2022 hingga September 2023) akan menghimpunkan negara-negara Asia Tengah, Asia Timur, Asia Selatan dan Arab pada platform yang sama untuk membincangkan "Warisan Buddha Bersama". Negara-negara SCO terdiri daripada Negara Anggota, Negara Pemerhati dan Rakan Dialog, termasuk China, Rusia dan Mongolia. Lebih daripada 15 sarjana - perwakilan akan membentangkan kertas penyelidikan mengenai topik tersebut. Pakar-pakar ini adalah dari Akademi Penyelidikan Dunhuang, China; Institut Sejarah, Arkeologi dan Etnologi, Kyrgyzstan; Muzium Negara Sejarah Agama, Rusia; Muzium Antikuiti Negara Tajikistan; Universiti Negeri Belarus dan Universiti Mubaligh Buddha Theravada Antarabangsa, Myanmar, untuk menyebut beberapa.
The two-day programme is being organized by the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of External Affairs and the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC-as a grantee body of the Ministry of Culture). A number of Indian scholars of Buddhism will also participate in the event. Participants will also have the opportunity to tour some of the historical sites of Delhi.
One of the natural marvels in the world is the evolution and spread of ideas. Crossing formidable mountains, vast oceans and national boundaries; ideas find a home in distant lands and get enriched with the host cultures. So is the uniqueness of Buddha’s appeal.
Universality of Buddha’s ideas crossed both time and space. Its humanistic approach permeated art, architecture, sculpture and subtle attributes of human personality; finding expression in compassion, co-existence, sustainable living and personal growth.
This conference is a unique meeting of the minds of people from different geographical regions connected with shared Buddhist heritage.
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