Ambassadors for COMPASSION

VENERABLE BHIKKU SANGHASENA founded the Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC) in Ladakh in 1986. Since then he has worked tirelessly and selflessly to put the Buddha's Teachings on loving kindness and compassion into action and now MIMC has become one of the leading NGOs in India. At the Global Spirituality Mahotsav, he challenged us all to walk the talk on peace and to balance our time and create space in our lives for peace and compassion.

- VENERABLE BHIKKU SANGHASENA, LAKSHMI GADDAM

May all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Devas and Nagas, Saints and Sages from all directions of the Universe kindly look at us and shower their blessings upon us for the success of our coming together in this beautiful place.

Dear seekers of truth and lovers of peace, please accept my loving greetings. Also let me bring you the warmest greetings from the followers of Lord Buddha. Let me also bring you the warmest greetings from the coldest land of Ladakh in the high Himalayas.

I will not take much time, but I have a lot to share. In modern times in a big city, you have expensive watches, but no time. In the Himalayas, we don’t have expensive watches, but we have time. If you are interested to listen more, welcome to the Himalayas, where we will sit leisurely without a watch— spending time without time.

As we know, world peace begins in the mind. The harmonious world starts in the mind. Even the UNESCO constitution mentions that wars start in the human mind, therefore peace has to be established in the human mind. We need to think deeply on this topic.