Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, April 20: Lord Buddha’s principles provide a solution to the issues the world is currently facing, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It includes issues like war, economic instability, terrorism, religious extremism and climate change.
Speaking at the Global Buddhist Summit’s opening session, Modi took a swipe at wealthy nations, claiming that throughout the 20th century, “some countries stopped thinking about others and the coming generations” and that this is why the world is currently experiencing a climate change issue.
“For decades they kept thinking that meddling with nature will not impact them. They kept putting it on others,” he said.
He asserted that it is vital for people and nations to prioritise both their own interests and those of the world. He emphasised that the world must consider the needs of resource-poor nations. PM Modi said that India has been travelling the path outlined by the Buddha and used the example of helping Turkiye after it experienced an earthquake to support his claim that the nation has accepted every person’s suffering as its own.
The prime minister mentioned that his administration has worked hard to spread the Buddha’s teachings and emphasise the close ties that Gujarat, the state where he was born, and Varanasi, his Lok Sabha district, have with Buddhism.
The International Buddhist Confederation and the Ministry of Culture have collaboratively organised the summit on April 20 and 21. “Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis” is the theme of the two-day summit.
