- The International Buddhist Confederation, under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is celebrating Asadha Poornima on July 4, 2020, as Dharma Chakra Day.
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- This day commemorates Gautam Buddha’s First Sermon to his first five ascetic disciples at the Deer Park, Rsipatana in the present day Sarnath near Varanasi, UP.
- The day is also celebrated by Buddhists all over the world as the day of Dharma Chakra Parvattana or “Turning of the Wheel of Dharma”.
- Buddhism teaches respect for people, women, poor, for peace and non-violence and these teachings are the means to a sustainable planet.
- Dharma Chakra and Pravartan Sutra in Sanskrit is also known as the first turning of the wheels of the dharma which comprise of four noble truths and noble eight-fold paths.
- The teachings of Buddhism are the means to a sustainable pl
- Lord Buddha’s teaching of – अप्प: दीपो भव: , be your own guiding light is a wonderful management lesson.