Buddhist pilgrimage centers can help India engage vigorously in its soft diplomacy which will have a influence on the other dimensions too. Explain (200 Words)
Refer - Indian Express
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KEY POINTS
· The two-millennia old, shared Buddhist religious and cultural legacy between Buddhism’s holy land India, and her seven Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) partner nations.
· India can leverage this astutely through people-to-people diplomacy between the SCO members.
· India hosted the Shared Buddhist Heritage virtual exhibition in New Delhi, where it showcased Buddhist art, tapestry, ritual objects from across this vast Eurasian region.
· India’s internal Buddhist Circuit can connect to the larger circuit of developing Buddhist tourist sites in the Muslim majority Central Asian Republics (CARs) and those that are part of China’s Belt & Road Initiative.
· An outstanding example of this process is the spread of Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism based on the concept of “mindfulness” or Dhyana founded in India around the 6th or 7th centuries.
· India’s Buddhist Circuit including Lumbini in Nepal as a pilgrimage site holds out the tantalising potential given the almost ready international airport by Nepal there of seamlessly extending this circuit to India’s neighbours.
· The idea of common cultural roots between people from these eight very diverse nations can be the bedrock of future planned institutions within the ambit of the SCO, like the proposed SCO University.
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