Bodhgaya

Buddhism: campaign to turn Bodh Gaya into vegetarian zone

By Indo-Asian News Service, 8 January 2010

Hollywood star Richard Gere, who is in Bodh Gaya in Bihar to attend a five-day discourse on Buddhism by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Thursday supported the demand to turn the town where Buddha attained enlightenment into a vegetarian zone.

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Document – Letter from the All India BuddhaGaya Mahabodhi Mahavihar Action Committee to Mary Robinson, High Commissioner For Human Rights, United Nations – 31 July 2002

By Religioscope, 24 August 2002

For the background of the dispute regarding the Mahabodhi Temple which is mentioned in this letter, see the article published in the French section of this website on 24 August 2002. To, Madam Mary Robinson Her Excellency The High Commissioner For Human Rights United Nations Geneva Switzerland Subject : Request to direct the Government of […]

Buddhism: campaign to turn Bodh Gaya into vegetarian zone

Document – Letter from the All India BuddhaGaya Mahabodhi Mahavihar Action Committee to Mary Robinson, High Commissioner For Human Rights, United Nations – 31 July 2002

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