Dalai Lama voices commitment to revive 'Nalanda-tradition'

Ruing that India has lost the 'Nalanda tradition', Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today expressed his commitment to revive the ancient Indian knowledge.

The Tibetan spiritual leader emphasised that modern India needed this ancient knowledge and hence, it should be revived.

The Dalai Lama said in the 7th century a Tibetan emperor introduced the Nalanda tradition of Buddhism based on reason and logical conclusion and got theSanskrit texts translated into Tibetan language in 300 volumes.

He rued that India lost the Nalanda tradition.

"My latest commitment is to revive the ancient Indian knowledge in modern India. We have already started some steps, some progress."
The Dalai Lama was speaking at a programme 'Thank You Karnataka', which is part of the Tibetan government in Exile celebrating 'Thank You India for giving shelter to Tibetans.'
He, however, clarified that he respected India's seculartradition but what he was speaking of was Nalanda tradition,which is "an academic subject."