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Dalai
Lama holds special prayers in Sarnath for world peace Sarnath
(UP): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, along with hundreds of Tibetan
monks from across the world, offered special prayers for world peace here on Tuesday.
The congregation of praying monks and other devotees expressed concern over the
recent terror attacks in Mumbai and elsewhere including the alleged Chinese repression
in Lhasa. " We are offering prayers for harmony due to several terrorist activities
that takes place in the country such as the recent Mumbai terror attack. A few
days back, you must have heard of Chinese repression in Tibet as well, and still
there are Tibetans imprisoned there. So we are also offering prayers for their
freedom," said Laanga Shite, a monk. Tibetans living-in-exile have contended that
the Chinese atrocities have increased since the Tibetan uprising in Lhasa whereas
China blamed the Dalai Lama and his 'clique' for instigating such unrest. This
situation had resulted in riots, which later spilled over to the rest of Tibet
and Chinese provinces. At this congregation of prayers, the monks reiterated that
Buddhism is a religion of non-violence and its followers want human beings to
live in peace and harmony. "Buddhism is a religion of non-violence. Buddhism followers
across the world want peace to prevail in entire universe. We want that human
beings should live in peace and should live together with love. This is our main
motive and this is the motive of today's prayers," noted Morogin Sheen, another
monk. The Dalai Lama recently arrived in Varanasi to inaugurate a week-long meditation-teaching
programme that was attended by his followers from India as well as abroad. Sarnath
is the place where Lord Buddha is believed to have delivered his first sermon.
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Jan 14, 2009
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