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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 peaceful day. We should like to express our gratitude to all the scholars who are participating 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, memorial 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 28
