Grateful to President @MaithripalaS, PM @RW_UNP & people of Sri Lanka for extending to me the honour to be Chief Guest at Vesak Day: PM pic.twitter.com/aoAu1wmYpn
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
I also bring with me the greetings of 1.25 billion people from the land of the Samyaksambuddha, the perfectly self awakened one: PM pic.twitter.com/6o99XAOXs8
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
Our region is blessed to have given to the world the invaluable gift of Buddha and his teachings: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/px7yj2INLC
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
Buddhism and its various strands are deep seated in our governance, culture and philosophy: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/enc6OtVz5b
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
Sri Lanka takes pride in being among the most important nerve centres of Buddhist teachings and learning: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/48jG8kiW1p
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
Vesak is an occasion for us to celebrate the unbroken shared heritage of Buddhism: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/fRXDQtPyr0
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
I have the great pleasure to announce that from August this year, Air India will operate direct flights between Colombo and Varanasi: PM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
My Tamil brothers and sisters will also be able to visit Varanasi, the land of Kashi Viswanath: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
I believe we are at a moment of great opportunity in our ties with Sri Lanka: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
You will find in India a friend and partner that will support your nation-building endeavours: PM @narendramodi to the people of Sri Lanka
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
Lord Buddha’s message is as relevant in the twenty first century as it was two and a half millennia ago: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/g2E1ANbVLj
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
The themes of Social Justice and Sustainable World Peace, chosen for the Vesak day, resonate deeply with Buddha's teachings: PM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
The biggest challenge to Sustainable World Peace today is not necessarily from conflict between the nation states: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
.@narendramodi It is from the mindsets, thought streams, entities and instruments rooted in the idea of hate and violence: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017
On Vesak let us light the lamps of knowledge to move out of darkness; let us look more within & let us uphold nothing else but the truth: PM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2017