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  New Delhi:  World renowned Buddhist Spiritual leader, Ven.  Bhikkhu Sanghasena , founder President and Spiritual Director,  Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC ), Leh-Ladakh,  was honoured with the “Respe ct Age International Award of Excellence 2019” at a special program held at India International Centre. The award was presented to Ven Sanghasena for his tireless services to the people of Ladakh particularly the old and destitute. He is also the founder president of Save the Himalayas Foundation. While expressing gratitude to the Respect Age International Foundation, Sanghasena said that service to the old and destitute is one among the highest blessings taught by Lord Buddha and urged everyone to ensure that none of the old persons should remain homeless and disrespectful. It may be noted that the MIMC campus in Leh has a special wing for old persons where they are provided with food, clothes, healthcare and shelter round the ye...

Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena  Chandigarh : Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC), over 3-decades old educational and spiritual NGO based in Leh (Ladakh) has appealed to the international medical community to extend their support to the health services in remote Himalayas . Doctors are given a call to join the Global Doctors Association of the Himalaya (GDAH). The medical care available in the high Himalayas is inadequate for the local communities. There are not enough well-equipped hospitals with qualified doctors. To provide medical care to some of the poorest people and those living in the remotest villages of the Himalayan region, Bhikkhu Sanghasena, a Buddhist leader, meditation teacher, and founder of MIMC, established the Mahabodhi Karuna Charitable Hospital (MKCH) in 1995 at the Devachan campus of MIMC. “Global Doctors Association is an initiative to bring together doctors and medical professionals from around the world to deliver medical care and ...

Saving the Himalayas an urgency: Bhikkhu Sanghasena The whole world is troubled by global warming. Scientists are trying to figure out why the global temperature is changing so rapidly. In the meantime, one reason has come to light that short shelf life of our clothes is also responsible for the menace of global warming. According to the statistics of World Economic Forum, nowadays people randomly wear a cloth for a longer time. Clothes are cheaper day by day and are thrown out very soon. Clothing sales have been increasing faster than world GDP. In the year 2000, 50 billion clothes were sold in the world, while in 2015 this number swelled to 100 billion. Due to this, mountains of garbage have come up everywhere. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, Founder, Save The Himalaya Foundation (STHF) says, “Time has come that we consider environmental issues seriously and take appropriate measures to save the Himalayas and the environment for the sake of our future generations.” Sanghasena...