No. 1289 ( Upekha dịch)
Exhibit shows Buddha influence on Nehru
By Venkat Parsa
New Delhi, Dec. 13: An exhibition, Lord Buddha through the Eyes of Nehru, which was inaugurated here on Wednesday to mark the 2550th anniversary of Mahaparinirvana of Buddha and 117th birth anniversary of Nehru, portrays how the first Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru drew extensively from Gautam Buddha. Buddhist thought illuminated India’s worldview and shaped the Indian foreign policy under Jawaharlal Nehru.
According to Nehru Memorial Museum assistant curator Tripat Kumar, the exhibition, organised by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, seeks to depict the deep influence of Gautam Buddha on Nehru.The Indian parliamentary democracy, too, had its seeds in the four Buddhist Councils.
The first Buddhist Council met three months after the Mahaparinirvana of Buddha at Rajgriha. The second Buddhist Council was a 100 years later at Vaishali. The Third Buddhist Council was 236 years later at Pataliputra. The Fourth Buddhist Council was 400 years later under King Kanishka in Ceylon.
The stirring Buddhist symbols became national emblems. The national emblem is the lion of Sarnath and the Ashoka Chakra in the national tricolour, were all from the Buddhist lore.
Pandit Nehru, piloting the resolution in the Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947, "The wheel represents the Buddhist dharma chakra and was used as an emblem by Ashoka in 3rd century BC."
Similarly, several of Nehru’s formulations like the Panchsheel Doctrine, embodied in the Sino-Indian Trade Agreement of April 29, 1954, were drawn from the Buddha.
The Panchsheel Doctrine was: mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty; mutual non-aggression; mutual non-interference in each other’s affairs; equality and mutual benefit; and peace co-existence.
Stressing on the importance of the leacy of Buddha, Nehru had said, "It is essentially through the message of the Buddha we can look at our problems in the right perspective and draw back from the conflict and from competing with one another in the realm of conflict, violence and hatred."
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/exhibit-shows-buddha-influence-on-nehru.aspx
Exhibit shows Buddha influence on Nehru
By Venkat Parsa
New Delhi, Dec. 13: An exhibition, Lord Buddha through the Eyes of Nehru, which was inaugurated here on Wednesday to mark the 2550th anniversary of Mahaparinirvana of Buddha and 117th birth anniversary of Nehru, portrays how the first Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru drew extensively from Gautam Buddha. Buddhist thought illuminated India’s worldview and shaped the Indian foreign policy under Jawaharlal Nehru.
According to Nehru Memorial Museum assistant curator Tripat Kumar, the exhibition, organised by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, seeks to depict the deep influence of Gautam Buddha on Nehru.The Indian parliamentary democracy, too, had its seeds in the four Buddhist Councils.
The first Buddhist Council met three months after the Mahaparinirvana of Buddha at Rajgriha. The second Buddhist Council was a 100 years later at Vaishali. The Third Buddhist Council was 236 years later at Pataliputra. The Fourth Buddhist Council was 400 years later under King Kanishka in Ceylon.
The stirring Buddhist symbols became national emblems. The national emblem is the lion of Sarnath and the Ashoka Chakra in the national tricolour, were all from the Buddhist lore.
Pandit Nehru, piloting the resolution in the Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947, "The wheel represents the Buddhist dharma chakra and was used as an emblem by Ashoka in 3rd century BC."
Similarly, several of Nehru’s formulations like the Panchsheel Doctrine, embodied in the Sino-Indian Trade Agreement of April 29, 1954, were drawn from the Buddha.
The Panchsheel Doctrine was: mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty; mutual non-aggression; mutual non-interference in each other’s affairs; equality and mutual benefit; and peace co-existence.
Stressing on the importance of the leacy of Buddha, Nehru had said, "It is essentially through the message of the Buddha we can look at our problems in the right perspective and draw back from the conflict and from competing with one another in the realm of conflict, violence and hatred."
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/exhibit-shows-buddha-influence-on-nehru.aspx
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