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GREETINGS AND ADDRESSINGS it, and to enlighten the people by lighting the beams of power in the ten directions and propagating the Teaching about the great and minor ten wisdoms which were the main texts of the Nalanda school of India. Finally, in this time of the "last conversion", many famous sages appeared in the Buddhist world, delighting the people with the Dharma through their remarkable, respectable literary talents and works of genius. But a period of planned, well organized repression started at the beginning of the 20" century. The ideological policy of Communism was brutally anti-religious. Between 1937 and 1944, Buddhist Faith was completely prohibited. In spite of the terror, the light of Buddhism was not extinguished, for we were fortunate enough to have some blessed, talented lama-scholars who were able to give a good education to their pupils. Buddhist Faith was also revigorated by the democratic movement in the 1990s. Since the freedom of religion has become law in the new constitution in 1992, the survival of Buddhist Faith of Mongolia, with its traditional ways, is guaranteed. We hope that all the participating scholars of this conference will introduce the academic sources of the above mentioned three eras of Mongolian Buddhism to the public, to help people to understand the religious history of the country. I personally deeply believe that this conference contributes to the correction of its false, distorted image which has been created by the Communist regime. People have to know their real, objective history, learn from it, and be proud of it. Finally, I should like to express my gratitude to the organizers of the conference “Mongolian Buddhism: Tradition and Innovation”, including the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sport, the Fund for Mongolian Studies, and the Embassy of Mongolia in Hungary. Lastly, I wish great success to all the scholars and speakers who gathered at this conference. I happily wish divine benevolence for your achievements and that they result in the Ten Noble Virtue and help immeasurably many living creatures to become Buddha’s saints. May Tranquillity reside here. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 18 April 2019 26
