Centuries after he trod the earth, Buddha continues to light the lives of millions around the world

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Aruna Vasudev President of the Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema, Aruna Vasudev NETPAC ,Inner Path Festival of Buddhism,internationally renowned Singing Nun,INVC,

Delhi,

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. And just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”

This Buddhist philosophy continues to guide Aruna Vasudev, President of the Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) as she treads on the Buddhist path every year to spread the enlightenment that the sage himself witnessed.

The Inner Path Festival of Buddhism enters the third year and will be held over four days from 21 to 24 November 2015 at the Alliance Francaise de Delhi.

And as in previous years, the Festival is a composite meet on Buddhism, and will feature films, exhibitions, an art camp, painting demonstrations, and musical performances.

The Festival comprises Discourses by Most Venerable Geshe Jangcup Choeden who had been appointed by the Dalai Lama as the Abbot of the prestigious and historic Gaden Shartse Monastery, and career ambassador Dato Ananda Kumaraseri well known for espousing the concept of “Living by Buddhism” by emphasizing the practice and practical application of the Buddha’s Teachings in daily life.

Around sixteen feature and documentary films will be screened and there will be an Art and Photography exhibition by 20 artists whose work is related to Buddhism. A Thangka painting demonstration by the well known artist Sidharth, an exhibition presented by Chokyi Palmo on the Magic Life of the Tibetan Yogi Milarepa, and a panel discussion among artists and filmmakers are other highlights.

The Festival will open with a recital by the internationally renowned Singing Nun, Venerable Ani Choying Drolma from Nepal, and will close with a performance on 24 November by the celebrated Kung-fu Nuns from Ladakh.

The list of artists shows Buddhism transcends beyond cast, colour or creed and international boundaries. They include The 12th Kenting Tai Situpa, the renowned Arpana Caur, Shobha Broota, Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar, Cannon Hersey, Saba Hasan, Qamar Dagar, Vinita Dasgupta, Jasleen, Rajeev Kumar, Bryan Mulvihill, Shefali  Munjal, Felicia Murray, Sohan Qadri, Siraj Saxena, Niren Sen Gupta, Sidharth, Kshipra Simon, Deepak Tandon, and Aruna Vasudev herself.

The films being shown include three films from the United Stated by John Bush — Dharma River, Prajna Earth and Vajra Sky over Tibet — and two films by Royston Tan from Singapore — Little Note and Popiah. Indian filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam too present two of their films.

An annual event, The Inner Path Festival of Buddhism attempts to take forward the renewed interest in Buddhist thought to a wider range of urban audiences by presenting celebrated works of visual and performing arts and other forms of creative and cultural expression, philosophy, discourse and discussions related to Buddhism from across the world. This endeavour becomes especially important at a time when the national secular culture is threatened by violence and strife.

The Inner Path Festival of Buddhism is organised by NETPAC-India, the International Buddhist Confederation and Alliance Francaise de Delhi in association with the Korean Cultural Centre.

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