Events

  • Fri, Oct 07, 2022

International Abhidhamma Day 2022

The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in collaboration with Gautam Buddha University (GBU) will celebrate the 'International Abhidhamma Day' at the varsity campus in Greater Noida on Sharada Purnima which will fall on October 9. The day marks Lord Buddha's return from heaven to the earth after preaching the Abhidhamma Pitaka to his mother. In Buddhism the Abhidhamma Pitaka is an important scripture. It was at Sankassiya, presently known as Sankisa Basantapur, Farrukhabad, Uttar Prade...

Read more ...
  • Mon, Oct 03, 2022

4th Vajrayana Conference 2022

The 4thInternational Conference on Vajrayāna Buddhism in Thimphu, Bhutan, will be hosted at Zhichenkhar from 1st to 4th October, 2022. The Centre for Bhutan & GNH Studies (CBS) and the Central Monastic Body of Bhutan will organize this conference in close collaboration with International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), India. A 17 member delegation of IBC is participating in this Conference. The IBC delegation also includes some prominent experts on the topic of Vajrayāna Buddhism. This delegation...

Read more ...
  • Sun, Jun 12, 2022

Exposition of Holy Piprahwa Relic in Mongolia

In a special gesture towards the people of Mongolia, four Holy Relics of the Lord Buddha were taken from India to Mongolia for an 11-day exposition as part of the celebration of Mongolian Buddha Purnima that fell on 14th June 2022. A 25-member delegation, led by the then Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju, who accompanied the sacred relics, left for Mongolia on 12th June 2022. The Holy Relics were displayed at the Batsagaan Temple within the premises of Gandan Monastery. The Holy Bud...

Read more ...
  • Tue, Jun 07, 2022

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi leads the Vaishakha Buddha Purnima 2022 celebrations

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid an official visit to Lumbini, Nepal on May 16, 2022, coinciding with the auspicious occasion of Vaishakha Buddha Purnima, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Nepal Shri Sher Bahadur Deuba. As Prime Minister, this was Shri Narendra Modi's fifth visit to Nepal and first to Lumbini. The Prime Minister was warmly welcomed on arrival by Nepalese Prime Minister Shri Deuba, his spouse Dr.Arzu Rana Deuba, Minister for Home Affairs Mr. Bal Krishna Khand, Mini...

Read more ...
  • Thu, Dec 30, 2021

Paritaran & Kathina Cheevar Dana Samaroh

Youth Buddhist Society (YBS) supported by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) organized two days Paritaran&KathinaCheevar Dana Samaroh on 3 and 4 October 2020 at YBS center, Abhidamma Hall, Rajghat, Sankisa, UP. KathinaCheevar Dana is one of the oldest preserved Buddhist Tradition carried on from the days of the Lord Buddha to the present time. It occurs at the end of the VarshaVassa or monsoon period usually in October or November. VarshaVassa is an annual three-month monastic ret...

Read more ...

Page 24 of 28, showing 5 record(s) out of 136 total