His Holiness graces international conference on democracy held in honor of George Fernandez

NEW DELHI, Mar 23: Democracy is a concern for humanity and with compassion, genuine sense of kindness and concern for others change can be brought, said Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today at a two-day international conference on democracy being held over Mar 23-24 at India International Center in New Delhi.

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Delhi plays Buddhist card in Lanka to send signal to China

Sushant Singh, The Indian Express |March 19, 2015

Moving to deepen its engagement with Colombo and counter Beijing’s influence in the region, New Delhi is hosting a dialogue on vinaya (code of conduct) between high-ranking Theravada monks from Sri Lanka and counterparts of the Nalanda tradition — the first dialogue at this level between the two Buddhist traditions.

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