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Relationship between Hinduism and Buddhism

On July 23, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a talk on ‘‘Relationship between Hinduism and Buddhism” by Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion in the School of Religious Studies at McGil...

July 23, 2024
Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Buddhism , Hinduism , Upanishads , Hindu Buddhist Initiative
Talk on Varna, Ashrama and the Indic Religious Tradition

On July 10, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a talk on ‘‘Varna, Ashrama and the Indic Religious Tradition” by Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion in the School of Religious Studies at McGill...

July 10, 2024
Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Buddhism , Jainism , Vedic traditions , Religious Tradition , Varna , Sikhism , Ashrama
The Indic Religious Tradition and the Philosophical Tradition of India

On June 24, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a talk on ‘The Indic Religious Tradition and the Philosophical Tradition of India’ by Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion in the School of R...

June 24, 2024
Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Buddhism , dharma , Hinduism , Religious Tradition , Philosophical Tradition
Re-conceptualizing Religious History: Archaeological Findings from Itkhori, a Composite Sacred Space

VIF organized a talk by Professor Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay (Vivekananda Chair Professor of Social Science, University of Calcutta) under the VIF Lecture Series ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’. The talk was titled Reconce...

July 16, 2020
Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Buddhism , Civilization , Understanding Indian History , Itkhori , Bhadrakali temple , Brahmanism
The Shared Heritage of Yoga: Ideas and Practices from Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism

On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, VIF organized a talk by Professor Christopher Key Chapple (Loyola Marymount University, USA) under the VIF Lecture Series ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’. The talk was titled The...

June 22, 2020
Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Buddhism , International Day of Yoga , Shared Heritage of Yoga , Hinduism , Jainism , Key Chapple , Philosophy
Interaction with the Ambassador Gonchig Ganbold

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted the Ambassador of Mongolia, Gonchig Ganbold on 26 June 2019. Dr Arvind Gupta delivered the welcome remarks. In his remarks, he emphasized the cultural and historical linkages between both sid...

June 26, 2019
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Buddhism , mongolia , Gonchig Ganbold , Shanghai Cooperation Organisation , United Nation
Talk on ‘The Role of the Buddhist Master Kumarajiva in India-Chinese Relations’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a lecture by Dr. Shashibala, Dean at the Centre of Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. The topic of the lecture was ‘The Role of the Buddhist Master Kumarajiva in Indo Chinese Re...

April 15, 2019
Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Buddhism , India-Chinese Relations , Kumarajiva
Talk by Dr. Shashibala, Dean, Centre for Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, on ‘Echoes of Indian Culture in China’

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a lecture cum discussion by Dr. Shashibala, Dean at the Centre of Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. The topic of the lecture cum discussion was ‘Echoes of Indian Culture in China’. Dr. Arvi...

June 21, 2018
Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Buddhism , Chinese culture , Echoes of Indian Culture in China , Indian influence , Vedic studies
Talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

On 08 February 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), for a second time since its inception in December 2009, had the honour and privilege of hosting the Nobel Peace Laureate, His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the ...

February 08, 2017
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Buddhism , Dalai Lama , Ancient Indian , Nalanda Monastery
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