Leh, Dec 17: Nawang Tsering Shakspo, Director, Centre for Research on Ladakh has been invited by the Department of Art and Culture, Govt of Pondicherry to deliver lecture on Sri Aurobindo’s “Buddhist Thought and Ideals” during the National Conference being organized to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo.
The National Conference will commence on December 20, 2023. It will be inaugurated by Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, the Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry.
It is important to mention that Bengal all the way from ancient times have produced many luminary Buddhists, who tirelessly worked for laying a firm Buddhist foundation and civilization in the Himalayas.
One such was Atisha Dipankara from Vikramashila University in the 10th Century, who after the ruthless suppression of Buddhist King Langdarma of Tibet, tirelessly worked to reinstate Buddhism in Tibet, the Snow Land. Sri Aurobindo’s views on Buddhism have become more relevant in the present turmoil world.
Sri Aurobindo sensed the life and culture of Himalayas staying and studying with the Darjeeling people and went to England for higher education and returned and served the country by starting the newspaper, Bande Mataram”.
In the seminar historian Nawang Shakspo will present a paper on Ladakhi history and civilization in context of Sri Aurobindo, which will pave a way for the students of history of Ladakh and the Himalayas to peep through the Aurobindo’s ideals.
