Vesak Day Celebration at the UN

New York:“Buddha believed that latent and creative power of human being is enough to get rid of sufferings and sorrows.  In the process, he recognized the dignity and potentiality of human mind. He called for equality, fraternity, meditation, moderation, compassion and understanding— exhorting its followers to avoid evil, to do good, and to purify their minds.  In today’s world, to have peace and happiness, there is room for inculcating Buddha’s teachings, there is scope for building ‘purified’ minds” said the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Dr Momen while he was speaking at the occasion of Vesak Day at the UN on 16 May to mark the the Day of birth, bodhi and nirban of Lord Goutam Buddha. Vesak Day celebration at the General Assembly Hall on 16 May.He also stressed on Buddha’s philosophy to end armed conflicts, to end war and terror, to end misunderstanding and misgivings and to end human disgrace, social and religious discrimination and human sufferings for all nations, all religions and all regions from the face of the earth.  In his statement Dr Momen stated that Buddha’s teaching of moderation has been widely practiced in Bangladesh for years.  Lord Buddha believed in the purity of mindset to end violence and it is Bangladesh that sponsored the ‘Culture of Peace’ resolution at the UN as it believes that all intolerance, hatred, violence, war and conflicts and misunderstanding emanates from a corrupted mindset and therefore, it needs to be purified for an ever lasting peace. 

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was present at the occasion. The programme was organized by the Permanent Missions of Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Bangladesh.Press Release.