Leh, Jan 08: The Mahakaruna Diwas 2024 was jointly organized by Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre, Leh, Mahakaruna Foundation, Delhi and Adhyatm Sadhna Kendra, Delhi in the beautiful auditorium of Adhyatm Sadhna Kendra, Chhattarpur, New Delhi on the 7th of January.
This auspicious occasion was graced by many spiritual luminaries from all the major religions of the world; Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity, ambassadors from various countries, scholars and educationist like Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi, Dr. Sandeep Marwah and peace activists and advocators of the power of Mahakaruna-great compassion. The beautiful auditorium was packed by over four hundreds peace loving people including large numbers of Buddhist monks and nuns from various Buddhist countries; Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar and India had come and participated in this great event.
The speakers have conveyed strong messages of peace, compassion as great means to address the ongoing unprecedented violence and wars. All the guests applauded the great initiative of Bhikkhu Sanghasena; Mahakaruna campaign dedicated to world peace and unanimously agreed to support vision and mission of Bhikkhu ji to world peace. All the dignitaries have signed the 30 point Mahakaruna Diwas 2024 Delhi declaration.
The Mahakaruna 2024 Awards were conferred to more than 30 distinguished peace activists, educationists and advocators of Mahakaruna. VBS Young Embodiment of Compassion in education Awards 2024 were conferred to the students from various schools from Delhi. It was followed by a beautiful 600 hundred pages book on “Mahakaruna: A holistic moment for Global peace through compassion in action” authored by Bhikkhu Sanghasena and Dr. P.R. Trivedi, published by Mahakaruna Foundation New Delhi in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Universities New Delhi was launched on this historic occasion.
Earlier, a short documentary film on the Mahakaruna movement by Mahakaruna Foundation was screened.
All the speakers meticulously highlighted the relevance and importance of the core value of Compassion in an otherwise chaotic world today. Another beautiful book vegetarianism in Hindi.
Phunsok Ladakhi renowned artist and singer and the students of Mahabodhi Residential School and from Ladakh students’ Welfare Society, Delhi have presented series of heart touching songs on Ahimsa and Karuna.
The celebration of Mahakaruna Diwas 2024 which filled the whole auditorium with the aura of peace, love and compassion concluded, leaving an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of all the participants.