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GREETINGS WORDS OF H.E. DR. CH. DAMBAJAW,
THE ABBOT OF DSÜÜN KHÜREE DASHICHOILING
MONASTERY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE "MONGOLIAN BUDDHISM:
TRADITION AND INNOVATION” (TRANSLATION)
Dear Guests and Scholars, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish you a pleasant and peace¬
ful day.
We should like to express our gratitude to all the scholars who are participat¬
ing in this international academic conference on Mongolian Buddhism “Mongolian
Buddhism: Tradition and Innovation” which has been jointly organized by the
Department of Mongolian and Inner Asian Studies of Eötvös Loránd University,
Research Centre for Mongolian Studies and Budapest Centre for Buddhist Studies.
This conference about Mongolian Buddhism has been organized periodically by
the Eôtvôs Loränd University since 2015. Previously, two successful conferences
were held in 2015 with the title “Mongolian Buddhism: Past, Present and Future”
and in 2017 with the title “Mongolian Buddhism in Practice.”
The present conference is dedicated to various related topics of Mongolian
Buddhist studies which deeply penetrated the politics, society, economics and the
traditional culture of the Mongolian people during their history. Its topics include
the activities of Buddhist temples, the life of the monks, education, teachings, me¬
morial services, customs, and bibliographical study of canonical works, traditional
conservation of the environment, religious organizations of non-Buddhist religions,
and relationship with believers and so on.
I wish success to the International Conference “Mongolian Buddhism: Tradition
and Innovation” and I believe that this conference will greatly contribute to the
Buddhist studies through developing wide-range discussions about many subjects
of theoretical and practical significance.
Let the Buddhist Faith spread in the ten directions.
Dr. Prof. Ch. Dambajaw
Abbot of Dsiitin Khiiree Dashichoiling Monastery
Vice president of the World Fellowship of Buddhists
Vice president of the World Buddhist Sangha Council
President of the International Buddhist Confederation
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