Current Context: The Global Buddhist Summit 2023 was held in New Delhi and concluded successfully with the New Delhi Declaration.
- The two-day summit saw the participation of delegates from nearly 30 countries, including Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia.
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the summit on 20th April 2023. The Declaration reinforces the points highlighted by the Prime Minister in his opening address
- The Global Buddhist Summit 2023 was organized to discuss global Buddhist Dhamma leadership and scholars on matters of Buddhist and universal concerns with solutions.
- The theme of the summit was “Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis” which aimed to use Buddhist teachings and ideas to address contemporary problems.
- The summit brought together leaders and academics from all across the world’s Buddhist communities to talk about current global concerns from a Buddhist perspective
Question:
Q.1 What was the theme of the Global Buddhist Summit 2023?a. Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis
b. Global Buddhist Dhamma leadership and scholars
c. Current global concerns from a Buddhist perspective d
d. None of the above
