NATIONAL CONFERENCE

FIRST ASIA PEACE FORUMWAY TOWARDS PERPETUAL PEACEIVenue: Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Raj Ghat, New DelhiDate: Mid-February, 2015To be organized by:C P

Society for Asian Integration

Pragya Sansthan

In association with:

Sri Ramanuja Mission Trust,

ChennaiCONCEPT NOTE FOR THE FORUMThe world is in throngs of conflict and violence. The Global Peace Index (2014) calculated by the Institute for Economics and Peace's (IEP's) for 162 countries found only 11 countries that were not involved in conflict of one kind or another. These are: Switzerland, Japan, Qatar, Mauritius, Uruguay, Chile, Botswana, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Panama and Brazil. We are already passing through one of the most violent phase of human history. We have thousands of strategic experts for planning victory in war, but very few Peace experts to perpetuate Peace. Peace is not a static state which can be defined merely as absence of conflict and war. Peace is dynamic state maintained through harmonious balance.

In recent years, Peace activism is gaining currency. The discourse is littered with terminology like Peace crusade, Peace warriors etc. But, these surely lack the power of resonance with the public at large. The whole vocabulary bereft of soft religiosity and sombre spirituality generates the inverse movement of spiralling violent extremism. We need to embed religiosity in the discourse of Peace. An inter-faith dialogue on establishing principles of Peace can create Peace as a religion.

Asia is the land of emergence of all major religions. Sages and Prophets always worked out the way (Tao) to establish perpetual peace. This part of the world has been blessed with the avataran of Buddha, Jesus Christ, Laotze, Nagarjuna, Bodhidharma, Milarepa, Padmasambhava, Huineng, Guru Nanak, Tagore, Kang Yu-wei and Gandhi. All of them emphasized upon the middle path to find harmony in family, society, state and the world. The obsession of current generation is with the extremes. There is extreme of virtual world, extreme of politics, extreme of health, extreme of love. These extremes distort the human nature. Body individual, social, political- becomes obese and obscene. Terrorism is the extreme of protest. There is all-round obsession and indulgence with extreme behaviour. Peace activism has fallen in similar trap. Though the end is moral and ethical, methods employed are fallacious. In view of the backdrop of rising tensions in Asia, the Society for Asian Integration is taking first significant step towards building peace through peaceful means. With the launch of the Asia Peace Forum involving apolitical religious and social leaders, a new chapter in the history of Asian integration will be opened. We aim to organize a Round Table Dialogue on Religion for Peace and Peace as Religion. A delegation of 100 monks from China under the mentorship of Vajra Master Jinke Xuanlei from Beijing will be holding dialogue with Indias most acclaimed voices on peace.

The programme will be held during the month of February on the eve of Basant Panchami when the new Spring if beauty and peace dawns . The location has been fixed at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, situated near Rajghat, the samadhi sthal of Mahatma Gandhi, another Apostle of Peace. Under the banner of Asia Peace Forum, we plan to extend the dialogue of Peace in the region spanning from the Black Sea to the Yellow Sea and river Lena to River Cauvery. A successful beginning can bring together Asian nations and the idea for common culture and economic effervescence for whole Asia will gain a peaceful foothold! Schedule and Structure of the ConferenceMid-February, 2014 Place: Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Raj Ghat, New DelhiTheme: First Asia Peace Forum: Way to Perpetual Peace9.00 am to 10.00 am Registration10.00 am to 10.30 am Welcome Tea10.00 am to 11.30 am Inaugural SessionInaugural Address by Sri Mohan Rao Bhagwat, Honble SarSanghchalak, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh

Chair: Swami Prof. S.A.R.P.V. Chaturvedi,11.30 AM to 11.45 AM Tea Break11.45 am to 1.15 am Session IAddress 1: Vajra Master Jinke Xuanlei, Beijing, ChinaAddress 2: Baba Ramdev, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, IndiaChair: Ram Bahadur Rai, Pragya Sansthan1.15 pm to 2.00 pm Lunch Break2.00 pm to 4.00 pm Session II ROUND-TABLE DIALOGUEReligion for Peace, Peace as Religion

Participants: 1. Baba Ramdev, PYP

2. Swami Paranand Tirth, YTA Inc.

3. Lama Chosphel Zotpa, HBCA

4. Swami Shantatmananda, Secretary ,Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi5. Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar, Judah Hyam Synagogue, New Delhi6. Subramaniam Swami7. Geshe Damdul Dorji, Director, Tibet House

8. Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, Chancellor, Sanchi University

9. Swami Vijnananada, Vishwa Hindu Parishad

10. Shyam Parande, Sewa International

11. Mahmud Madani, Deoband

12. Li Zhaoxing , Former Chinese foreign minister13. Ms. Radha Bhatt4.00 pm to 5.00 pm Valedictory Session

Valedictory Address: Sushri Uma Bharati, Honble Minister, Union of India

Delhi Declaration: Signing of Peace Declaration

Chair: Swami Shantatmananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi

ABOUT

Society for Asian integration, A-116, Hari Nagar Clock Tower, New Delhi (Certificate of Incorporation bearing number S/WEST/2010/8900101 dated November 26, 2010, issued by the Registrar of Societies, Government of NCT of Delhi), Website: www.asianintegration.comSri Ramanuja Mission Trust , NO 48, Bazullah Road, T Nagar Chennai 600 017,

Ph. 044 - 43502028CONVENORS

Niraj Kumar

Dr. Binod Singh, Faculty,Peking University Raju Parulekar, Author and leading journalist Varadan Chandar, Trustee, SRMT, ChennaiRakesh Singh, Pragya SansthanMr. Yin Tian

Mr. Yin Dang

Ms. Yin Yu

Mr. Yin HuaBUDGET ESTIMATES. No.Head of Expenditure Total amount

1.T.A./D.A. to Scholars and Guests (Subject to actual)

2.T.A./D.A. to Invited Guests (Speakers, Chairpersons and other invited Guests for Inaugural and Valedictory functions) Nil

3.Honorarium of Resource persons Nil

4.Accommodation charges for GuestsNil

5.Catering Charges (Subject to actual) (For Breakfast, Lunch and 2 time tea in sessions along with mineral water, snacks and biscuits etc. @ Rs. 450.00 per person (For 200 persons)Rs.90,000/-

6.Kit-bags and Stationeries (Subject to actual)

(Kit-bag @ Rs. 300.00 for 200 persons)Rs.60,000/-

7.Printing, Xerox, Postage, Telephone etc. (Subject to actual)Rs.3000/-

8.Transportation Charges (Subject to actual)

(Hiring of Taxi Buses etc. if, necessary)Rs.20,000

Hiring 10 Taxis

9.Photography, Audio and Video Recording etc.

(Subject to actual)Rs.10,000/-

10.Expenditure for Inaugural and valedictory functions (Flower bouquets, Decoration and gift charges etc.) Rs. 7000/-

Miscellaneous Expenses, if any Rs.10,000/-

Grand TotalRs.2,00,000/-

If approved, the DD shall be drawn in favor of:Society for Asian Integration, Payable at New Delhi Or

Niraj Kumar, payable at New DelhiSignature of Coordinator Tentative list of participants 1. Swami Prof. S.A.R.P.V. Chaturvedi

2. Vajra Master Jinke Xuanlei, Beijing, China along with 50+ monks3. Baba Ramdev

4. Swami Paranand Tirth, YTA Inc.

5. Lama Chosphel Zotpa, HBCA

6. Swami Shantatmananda, Secretary ,Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi

7. Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar, Judah Hyam Synagogue, New Delhi

8. Subramaniam Swami

9. Geshe Damdul Dorji, Director, Tibet House

10. Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, Chancellor, Sanchi University11. Swami Vijnananada, Vishwa Hindu Parishad

12. Shyam Parande, Sewa International

13. Niraj Kumar14. Dr. Binod Singh

15. Raju Parulekar

16. Prof. Sheomangal Siddhantakar

17. Astrologer Dinesh Prasad Verma

18. Varadan Chandar, Trustee, Sri Ramanuja Mission Trust

19. Ms. Hitomi Sato, Embassy of Japan

20. Dr.Alana Golmei, Burma Centre, Delhi.

21. D.N. Jha, Centre for Policy Analysis, Patna22. Sushil Pandit, Editor, Praznath

23. Kapalika Bhairavanand Saraswati24. Swami Vigyanananda

25. Sadhvi Ritambhara26. Mahmood Madani

27. Ms. Radha Bhatt