Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi
Posted on April 20th, 2023

Senaka Weeraratna

Today a Global Buddhist Summit was inaugurated in New Delhi by the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

While the News is heart warming especially to Buddhists a content analysis of the Agenda of this Summit Conference is not. 

International Buddhist Conferences usually fail to address the problems of Buddhist minorities in the rest of the World. In fact these issues are deliberately avoided. 

While all Buddhist Countries officially grant recognition to the three major Monotheistic religions i. e., Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, there is no proper reciprocating. 

In Europe, only three Countries recognize Buddhism officially as a Religion, namely, Russia, Austria and Italy.

Not Britain. Not France. Not Germany.

In fact, both Buddhism and Hinduism are unrecognized officially as Religions in most parts of the world especially in the Western and West Asian countries.

These Buddhist Summit Conferences will lose their credibility before long if they show that they lack the spine and backbone to fight and champion  Buddhist Rights and give  voice to true Grievances of Buddhist Minorities in various parts of the world.

It is time to go beyond Buddhist Fellowship. There are other issues of equal importance that deserve close attention. 

Buddhist voices must be heard at Global level and in UN affiliated institutions, and the formation of a League of Buddhist Nations is long overdue.

Senaka Weeraratna

https://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Official-recognition-of-Buddhism-in-non-Buddhist-countries-122080.html

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