Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 1: The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has scathingly criticised China’s efforts to eradicate Buddhism, claiming that China is attempting to target and kill Buddhism but it will fail.
Speaking on Saturday during the third and final day of the teaching programme at Kalachakra Maidan in Bodh Gaya, the Tibetan spiritual leader accused China of viewing Buddhism as poisonous and of waging a systematic war against it by destroying its institutions, but that this effort had been completely ineffective.
“We have strong faith in Buddha dharma, when I visit trans-Himalayan regions, I find local people very devoted to dharma and it is the case in Mongolia and in China too though the system (Chinese government) sees dharma as poison and tried to destroy it, but they are not successful. Buddhism was harmed by the Chinese government. Buddhism could not be destroyed from China. Even today, there are many people who believe in Buddhism in China,” at the Bodh Gaya event Dalai Lama said.
The Dalai Lama claimed that despite the Chinese government demolishing several Buddhist Viharas, the country’s population of Buddhists has remained stable.
He claimed that China still has a significant number of Buddhist monasteries and that its residents have strong ties to the religion.
The high-ranking monk wished that the Dalai Lama would go to Sri Lanka and assist in resolving the economic problems that nation has been experiencing lately.
