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Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena :  It is hard to believe that even after two weeks of war between the Ukraine and Russia, even after the loss of so many precious human lives and unthinkable destruction, our world leaders have been unable to stop this inhuman war. Passion for war is the grossest stupidity on the part of humanity. Compassion for the world is the greatest wisdom on the part of humanity. This beautiful world can become heaven and human beings can experience divine life here on this Earth, if humanity only understands the art of living with compassion for all, passion for none, love for all, and hatred for none. Most unfortunately, greedy, egoistic, warmongering leaders have developed a passion for war instead of developing compassion for the world.   Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Alas! Obstructed by ignorance, ensnared by greed and driven by self-interest human beings have converted this heaven like beautiful earth into a battlefield. ...

  Bhikkhu Sanghasena with PM Narendra Modi Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, Founder President, Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC) Ladakh has requested the United Nations to declare the current year as the Year of Compassion. The statement of the great Buddhist Monk is being reproduced below for further awareness. In the recent times we witnessed very closely, the tension at the Indo-China borders almost leading to war-like situation. The gamut of such natural and man-made disasters juxtaposed by the COVID-19 pandemic made the year 2020 a horrifying year for the entire humanity. In the recent times, it is admirable to see the number of countries developing the COVID-19 Vaccine, which is giving us a lot of hope. However, the sorrow, dissatisfaction and sufferings of humanity do not end with the vaccine, the problems we face in today’s time are much more severe and deep rooted in our greed, hatred and ignorance. Its high time we now turn inward and work on the root cause...

Mumbai: Legendary Bollywood Singer Kailash Kher unveiled the logo of BlogsWire, a new venture of SpecttrumPR, here today. With this formal unveiling of the logo, SpecttrumPR, a progressive public relations agency based at Chandigarh , announced the launch of country’s first BlogsWire service. The company is geared up to provide massive exposure to brands and individuals through hundreds of digital platforms at a low cost in the COVID era. Blessing the digital venture through a video, Kailash Kher said, “Narvijay Yadav is a seasoned journalist and has a long experience in media. I am confident that his new venture - BlogsWire will provide the much required digital support to the brands, startups, professionals and individuals. I wish him success.” Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, internationally renowned Buddhist Spiritual Guru from Ladakh; Alex Authwaite, popular Travel TV Presenter from UK; Krrish famed Bollywood actor Hemant Pandey; Trilok Malik, Emmy nominated filmmaker from New York (U...

India and China - two giant countries of Asia must come together to lead the world. This century is the century of Asia!   The past days and weeks have seen a deeply worrying escalation of tensions, unprecedented since 1962, on the disputed India – China border in the area of  Pangong Lake , eastern  Ladakh . The current border tensions are not new to this 3,488km (2,167 miles) frontier between India and China, most of which remains hotly disputed and undemarcated. That said, the de facto border has largely remained peaceful, aside from the sporadic scuffles and other minor confrontations that reportedly occur from time to time, usually when disoriented border patrols unexpectedly run into each other, throughout the course of any given year. The current tensions, which seem far more threatening on this occasion, might have been triggered by infrastructure improvements and additions carried out by India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), according to som...

Aurangabad (Maharashtra) : For the last many years, Venerable Bhikkhu Sanghasena, founder president, Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC) Ladakh, has been actively involved in helping the new Buddhists in different parts of India. In that light, Ven Sanghasena addressed and blessed an audience of more than 40,000 Sangha members and devotees from India and abroad, who had come for the 3-Day Global Buddhist Congregation at the stadium of PES College of Education, Aurangabad. The Global Buddhist Congregation 2019 is a mega conference with a noble cause of spreading the teachings of Lord Buddha about mindfulness, compassion and peace. It is organised under the guidance of all India Bhikkhu Sangha, Dr Harshadeep Kamble (IAS) and his team in the historical city of Aurangabad. The Congregation was blessed by His Holiness Dalai Lama with his presence. While blessing the people, Dalai Lama in his Dhamma Talk, stressed about the need of different Buddhist traditions ...

A preparatory meeting regarding the 3 rd international conference of Save the Himalayas Foundation(SHF), planned for 2020 in Nepal , was held in Kathmandu recently. It was jointly organised by Chaudhary Foundation, ICIMOD and HimalAsia. The objective of the SHF Conference will be linking Science, Business and Community in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Buddhist monk, Bhikkhu Sanghasena, Founder President, SHF, along with Fariha Fatima, Project Manager, SHF and Col. Prakash Tiwari, Executive member, SHF, participated in the meeting. It was attended by various stakeholders and representatives from WWF Nepal, ICIMOD, UNDP, UNESCO, UN global impact and ambassadors from different European countries. Mr Binod Chaudhary, Chairman, Chaudhary Group, Nepal and Dr Tashi from ICIMOD participated in the 2 nd International Conference held at Leh in June. Impressed by the objective of the foundation, Mr Chaudhary, the only billionaire of Nepal , showed keen interest in hosting the 3rd confe...

  Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC), over 3-decades old educational and spiritual NGO based in Leh (Ladakh) has appealed to the international medical community to extend their support to the health services in remote Himalayas . Doctors are given a call to join the Global Doctors Association of the Himalaya (GDAH). The medical care available in the high  Himalayas is inadequate for the local communities. There are not enough well-equipped hospitals with qualified doctors. To provide medical care to some of the poorest people and those living in the remotest villages of the Himalayan region, Bhikkhu Sanghasena, a Buddhist leader and founder of MIMC, established the Mahabodhi Karuna Charitable Hospital (MKCH) in 1995 at the Devachan campus of MIMC in Leh.   Patients at the Mahabodhi Karuna Charitable Hospital, Leh MKCH has been delivering medical treatment with the help of senior doctors retired from local government hospitals and visiting v...

Guruji Bhikkhu Sanghasena honored senior journalist & environment activist Narvijay Yadav for his remarkable contribution towards the protection of the Himalayan Environment Leh (Ladakh): Venerable Bhikkhu Sanghasena, one of the highest Buddhist monks in Ladakh, honored the senior journalist and environment activist from Chandigarh, Mr Narvijay Yadav for his remarkable contribution towards the protection of the Himalayan environment at the International Environment Conference held in Leh recently. Mr Yadav is General Secretary of the Chandigarh Chapter of Save the Himalayas Foundation and has been active in the media for the past 30 years. In his address, Bhikkhu Sanghasena said, "The protection of the Himalayan environment is important not only for its inhabitants, but for the whole world, because there is only one Himalaya in the whole world. Narvijay Yadav has made a significant contribution as the General Secretary of the Chandigarh Chapter of the Save the ...

Venerable Bhikkhu Sanghasena addressing the inaugural session of the International Conference on Himalayan Environment at Leh A group of environmentalists has warned of grieving situation of water crisis in the whole Himalayan region, owing to the global warming, which is causing glaciers melting at a fast pace. If the conditions remain same, all the Himalayan glaciers will melt down in next 30 years or so. Mr Narvijay Yadav, general secretary, Chandigarh Chapter of Save the Himalayas Foundation (SHF-Chd), said,  “The alarm was raised at a recently concluded international conference held at Leh on Himalayan Environment and eco-system.”  Mr Rajesh Patel, Director, Goldenmiles Learning, Mumbai, who’s NGO has been working in remote Ladakh areas to spread awareness about keeping a balance in our approach to natural resources, says, “We have exhausted the natural resources and now is time to give back to the Earth what we have already consumed.” Mr Binod Chaudha...