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Lotus
Sutra Exhibition Held in Sri Lanka
From
May 25-26, 2013, the exhibition “The Lotus Sutra—A Message of Peace and
Harmonious Coexistence” was held at the Royal College in Colombo, Sri
Lanka. The exhibition, shown for the second time in Colombo,
was sponsored by the Institute of Oriental Philosophy (IOP), the 2013
International Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi
Buddhist Film Festival (sponsored by the Light of Asia Foundation), and
SGI-Sri Lanka.
Many delegates attended the opening ceremony, including Minister of
Education Bandula Gunawardana, Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa
Abeywardena, Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister Sirisena
Amarasekara and Dr. Sanjay Garg, former Deputy Director of the National
Archives of India and Deputy Director (Research) of the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation Cultural Centre in Sri Lanka. Some
100 people including members of SGI-Sri Lanka also attended the
ceremony
where the ribbon cutting was conducted.
The exhibition, which has panels in Sinhala, Tamil and English,
introduces the history and transmission of the Lotus Sutra and features
excerpts from the sutra’s seven parables and from the IOP’s Lotus Sutra
Manuscripts Series, an ongoing project commissioned by the Soka Gakkai
including, Gilgit Lotus Sutra Manuscripts from the National Archives of
India and Facsimile Edition and Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Fragments from the
Lushun Museum Collection.
The news of the Lotus Sutra exhibition was aired on Sri
Lanka National TV and the radio. The reports resonated with many people
in
Sri Lanka.
Organizers:
The 2013 International Sambuddhathwa
Jayanthi Buddhist Film Festival
sponsored by The Light of
Asia Foundation,
The Institute of Oriental Philosophy (IOP) and
SGI-Sri Lanka
Venue:
The Royal College in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date:
May 25-26, 2013 |
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