8th Dharma Dhamma Conference 2024:
The 8th Dharma Dhamma conference was organised by the India Foundation in collaboration with Gujarat University in Ahmedabad.
- Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar was the chief guest for the event.
- The theme for the 2024 conference is “Cosmology in Dharma and Dhamma.”
- Dharmic cosmology, unique to Indian traditions, frees people from the fear of death. It highlights the perspective that life is brief and may not have a definitive meaning.
- The roots of Dharmic cosmology are found in the Vedas and further developed in texts like the Itihasa-Purana and Brahmanas, as well as the Buddhist Nikayas and Sutras, and Jain Karikas and Sutras.
- The conference is an initiative of India Foundation, aiming to highlight the essential identity between the Dharma (Hindu) and Dhamma (Buddhist) viewpoints.
- India Foundation is an independent research centre focussed on the issues, challenges and opportunities of the Indian polity
- The conference seeks to facilitate the exchange of ideas and foster harmony between Hindu and Buddhist civilisations, emphasising their relevance over millennia.
