Dalai Lama Inaugurates 6-Day World Religions Meet At Mahuva
Published: Wednesday, 7 January, 2009
Mahuva,Gujarat, 6
January 2009 (Indian Express News Service) – The 14th Dalai Lama,
Tenzing Gyatso, on Tuesday, inaugurated a six-day World Religions
Dialogue and Symphony (WRDS) at Mahuva in Bhavnagar district. Hosted by
renowned kathakar Morari Bapu at Kailash Guruashram, the leading spiritual
leaders of various religions will converge at the symposium to have a religious
dialogue to foster unity and peace.
Emphasising on the importance of peace, Dalai Lama, who
arrived at Mahuva on Tuesday afternoon from Dharmshala, said in the troubled
times, one must not cease to spread the message of peace although it might not
yield immediate results.
This WRDS at Mahuva, the birthplace of Morari Bapu, has been
attended by a host of other spiritual leaders including Buddhist leader
Samdhong Linpoche, Diwan of Ajmer Sharij Sayeed Zenul, Bishop Dr Prabalkant Dut
and two Shankaracharyas—Dwarka Shankaracharya Jagatguru Swarupanand Saraswati
and Kanchikamkoti Pith Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati.
In his inaugural speech, Dalai Lama, who spoke in his mother
tongue, said there should be more such dialogues. "Although I will be
leaving tomorrow, yet I want Morari Bapu and other spiritual leaders present
here to set an agenda for the next dialogue. Any agenda to be fixed by you has
my prior approval," said Dalai Lama, who used a translator.
Morari Bapu, in his inaugural speech, said that a when there
is conflict everywhere, a dialogue between various religions in different
countries is the need of the hour.
“The six-day event may or may not yield any results, but
there has to be a dialogue,” said Bapu.
