The Centre for Study of Religion and Society (CSRS) and Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies will organise the second international conference on Dharma-Dhamma between February 28 and March 2 here.
Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav will inaugurate the conference in which the State Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Bhutan's Queen Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck and Chancellor of the Sanchi University Samdhong Rinpoche will be present on the occasion, officer in-charge of Sanchi University, Rajesh Gupta told reporters here today.
"The aim of the conference is to undertake intra and inter-cultural study of the varied Buddhist traditions and their textual sources vis-a-vis Vedic traditions by way of revisiting them, focusing on their basic framework and the superstructures erected on them," Gupta said.
'Nature, Source and Relevance of Dharma-Dhamma Traditions' will be the central theme of the conference.
The first international conference on Dharma-Dhamma was held in September, 2012 in Bhopal on the occasion of the foundation laying ceremony of Sanchi University, which was laid by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
