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Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day Movement (A Global Movement institutionalized to spread Buddha’s peace and nonviolence
messages and promote Buddha's birthplace Lumbini, Nepal all over the world)
Movement Profile with major achievements
Lumbini-Kapilvastu day Movement
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Facebook account: Lumbini Kapilvastu Day
Facebook Page: Buddha born in Nepal Twitter: Kapilvastuday
Site: www.worldamity.wordpress.com www.worldamity.net
Telephone: (+61) 0415040009 / (+61) 0352009236
BACKGROUND:
Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day Movement is a Global Movement institutionalized in 2010 to
spread Buddha’s peace and non-violence messages and promote Buddha's birthplace
Lumbini, Nepal all over the world by observing Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day as a global
holiday every year.
Originally, on December 1, 1896, Dr Anton Führer, a German archaeologist, had
discovered the Buddha’s birthplace when he found the Asoka Pillar at Lumbini. Even
though this site was first discovered by Khadga Shamsher Rana before Führer had
reached the site but Führer is credited for this discovery as he brought it into light and
made it known to the international community.
The Asoka Pillar is the most important evidence that Buddha was born in Lumbini.
Therefore, it was decided to observe December 1 as Kapilavastu Day. The historic
Kapilavastu, located close to Lumbini, is considered to be another holy pilgrimage for
the Buddhists since it was the place where the Buddha grew up and which he later
renounced seeking to understand the cause of human sufferings. The result of years of
excavations and researches by numerous national and international teams has been
that Tilaurakot is the historic Kapilvastu which UNESCO should certify as another World
Heritage, next to Lumbini.
INSTITUTIONALIZATION:
After celebrating the Kapilvastu Day as the Global Day for the first time in history on
December 1, 2009, we discussed on how to keep the program going ahead. Hence a
21-member Committee has been formed as the Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day Movement
Global Committee under Ram Kumar Shrestha’s leadership. The committee is
constituted as follows:
Ram Kumar Shrestha Global Coordinator, UK (now in Australia)
Abi Sharma Coordinator, Canada
Baburaja Maharjan Coordinator, Newzealand
Bhanu Poudyal Special Coordinator, Canada
Binay Shah Coordinator, Hongkong
Chandra Rai Coordinator, Canada
Dr. Hari Kumar Shrestha Coordinator, Taiwan (now in Nepal)
Hari Nepali Coordinator, Qatar
Laxman Devkota Coordinator, Portugal
Nima Sherpa, Coordinator, Australia
Mrs Laxmi Simkhada Coordinator, USA
Om Gurung Coordinator, Japan
Dr. Krishna Aryal, Coordinator, Norway
Ramhari Shrestha Coordinator, UK
Santosh Neupane Coordinator, Belgium
Mrs Sanu Ghimire Coordinator, Australia
Shailesh Shrestha Coordinator, USA
Shambhu Kattel Coordinator, USA
Sujan Neupane Coordinator, Australia
To make the movement more effective and to simplify the decision making process of
the committee a nine member secretariat has been formed and the secretariat members
shall be the regional coordinators of corresponding regions as follows:
1. Baburaja Maharjan (Australia, Newzealand and surrounding countries),
2. Hari Nepal (Middle East),
3. Om Gurung (Japan, Hongkong, China and surrounding countries),
4. Dr. Krishna Aryal (USA and South America),
5. Chandra Rai (Canada)
6. Dr. Madhu Krishna Shrestha (Europe).
7. Dr. Hari Kumar Shrestha (SAARC)
The Global Coordinator shall be the Chief in the secretariat which shall be located in
London.
To smoothly spread the Movement’s Peace Mission at national and International levels
a nine member Advisory Board shall be formed with the following members:
1. Mr. Agni Frank Eickermann (writer, Founder of Spiritual Teachers Training, Alpha Chi
Consultants, and “Path into Light”, Speaker: Spirituality, Traditional Chinese Medicine,
Feng Shui, Management solutions, Golden Age, USA),
2. Ani Choying Drolmo (Singing nun/ UNICEF Nepal’s National Ambassador)
3. Dr. Arzu Rana-Deuba (CA member and MP),
4. HE Deepak Khadaka (Consulate General, NSW, Australia),
5. Ms Domo Geshe Rinpoche (Spiritual Director, White Conch Dharma Center, USA),
6. Dr. Kavitaram Shrestha (writer and founder of Aswikrit Movement),
7. Mr. Rajendra Shrestha (former minister), and
8. HE Dr. Rishi Adhikari (former Nepali Ambassador to Malaysia)
9. HE Tanka Karki (former Nepal Ambassador to China)
SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES AND ACHEIVEMENTS OF THE MOVEMENT:
1. Text book correction in Korea: Text books with the erroneous information on
Buddha’s birthplace were corrected the first time as per the Movement’s most
prioritized objective since the Movement submitted letter to that time Prime
Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal in August, 2010 in Korea.. Former ambassador to
Korea Kamal Prasad Koirala is the historic person for the Movement as
correcting text books with erroneous information started from Korea.
2. Correcting course book in Sweden: After Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day Movement
initiation, Sweden corrected its course books on Buddha’s birthplace
misconception. First the Movement handed over letter to the ambassador to EU
in Belgium.
3. Google corrected its mistake: In the third week of March, 2010 Google
corrected its mistake after our pressure. Before this it was showing Buddha’s
birthplace Uttar Pradhesh as Buddha’s birthplace
4. British Museum agreed to correct Buddha birthplace information: British
Museum agreed to correct Buddha’s birthplace information due to our pressure.
5. Buddha gift to that time Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: On behalf of
the Nepalese community living in Australia Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day Movement
Global Coordinator Ram Kumar Shrestha and Australia’s Sub-Continent
Ministerial Consultative Committee Member Mahendra Lamsal jointly presented
the gift of Buddha statue and peace wish letter to the Prime Minister of Australia
Julia Gillard on 19th of July, 2013.
6. Letter to US President Barack Obama: Movement wrote letter to US President
Obama 2 times: first time when an American shoes company produced shoes
with Buddha photos, and the second time the Movement sent a Research type 6
page report
And second time, suggesting to correct the course books in US to reinforce democracy
in US.
7. Letter to that time Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal: A team of former
ministers Dip Kumar Upadhyay and Rajendra Shrestha, Dr. Arzu Deuba Rana,
Dr. Kavitaram Shrestha and others submitted Movement letter to that time Prime
Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal suggesting Nepal government through diplomatic
missions to correct course books with wrong information on Buddha’s birthplace
in different countries.
8. Felicitating Special persons: Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day Movement felicitated
many distinguished persons who played important role to promote Buddha’s
birthplace Lumbini, Nepal in different ways:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon agreed to chair the Greater Lumbini
Development International Committee because of the Greater Lumbini
Development National Steering Committee (GLDNSC) Coordinator and former
Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal Prachanda’s initiation.
Former Minister Deep Kumar Upadhyay was felicitated by the Movement for
his special contribution in the parliament for World Peace City proposal.
Former Ambassador Kamal Prasad Koiralato Korea recognition by the Movement
for his special contribution to correct Buddha birthplace misconception in Korean books
and this is the milestone of the Movement.
Bhikkshu Magar was appointed as Peace Ambassador of the Movement
Editor of Europeko Nepalipatra weekly and correspondent of Kantipur Publications in
UK, Nabin Pokhrel, has been felicitated for his reports regarding birth place of
Lord Buddha.
DID Little Masters session 3 winner Teriya Magar was appointed as
Movement’s Lumbini Girl Peace Ambassador
9. Buddha gift to Norwegian Nobel Institute Director: As part of promoting
Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini, Nepal Buddha statue was presented to the
Norwegian Noble Institute Director Prof. Geir Lundestad.
10. Lumbini Gate Movement: Students from Lumbini and Kathmandu are
contributing Rs.1 from their lunch to build permanent gate in Lumbini to give
information to the tourists that they are in Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini, Nepal.
Students from Australia and UK also expressed their solidarity in this
Movement.
11. Suggestion to form Greater Lumbini Development International Steering
Committee ASAP: Movement suggested Greater Lumbini Development National
Steering Committee Coordinator and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Prachanda to form Greater Lumbini Development International Steering
Committee as soon as possible under the chairmanship of UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon as he already agreed to chair the committee.
12. Friends of Nepal appointment: Movement appointed few Friends of Nepal
to reinforce Global Village Concept that eventually reinforce World Peace
Movement.
Brad Clarke and Graeme Kent were appointed Friends of Nepal on the
occasion of Pako Festa 2014 by HE Chandra Yonzon, Consulate General of
Nepal to Victoria.
Rashi Kapoor - National finalist at Miss World Australia, Dilkie Perera –
President Aus-Lanka Business Council and Managing/ Managing Director Miss
Sri Lanka Australia, Savindhi Perera-Jainudeen - Executive at Miss Sri Lanka
Australia and Sara Liyanage - Miss Photographic for Miss Sri Lanka Australia
2015 were appointed as Friends of Nepal by MP Christine Couzens.
Savindhi Perera Jainudeen
Rashi Kapoor Sara Liyange
13. International Conference: As part of
3rd Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day
celebration on the 1st of December,
2011 LKDM organised an
International Conference in
Kathmandu and produced 43 pages
report with lots of suggestions to be
done to promote and develop
Lumbini. That report was
disseminated to Nepal government
and major political parties.
14. Solidarity for world peace and
interaction program conducted:
On the occasion of the celebration of
5th anniversary of the Global
Movement of Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day
Movement, the National Committee
of the movement of Norway
organized a street show program
about Buddha and Lumbini, Nepal as
his Birthplace in front of the Nobel Peace Prize distribution building, Oslo city Hall
on the day when the Nobel Peace Prize Distribution Ceremony held for 2013.
15. Buddha statue at the Peace Palace, the Headquarters of International Court
of Justice (ICJ) in Hague, the Netherlands: The voice to establish Buddha
statue establishment at the Peace Palace, the Headquarters of International
Court of Justice (ICJ) in Hague, the Netherlands was first time raised on the
occasion while celebrating 3rd Lumbini-Kapilvastu Day in the Nepalese embassy
UK and it was highlighted in the International Conference report and was fulfilled
because of the joint effort of Nepal government and NRN.
16. Historic 24 and 25 hours program on Buddha and Lumbini: The Movement
organised historic continuous 24 hours program on Buddha and Lumbini in 2013
and 25 hours program in 2014.
17. Buddha statues establishment: In UNESCO Headquarters Paris and at the
Peace Palace, the Headquarters of International Court of Justice (ICJ) in
Hague, the Netherlands
18. International Literary Festival focusing on Buddha was organised in
December 2014
19. Letter to Ministerial Council Khil Raj Regmi: To correct misconception on Zee
TV produced film “Buddha”
Underlined part of the letter:
Yes, my friends, I mis-spoke. Forgive
me. Lord Buddha was certainly born in Lumbini, Nepal. My apologies to all whose
feelings were hurt
“The question of where Lord Buddha was born was settled 2000 yrs ago when
Ashoka installed the pillar with his inscription in Lumbini, Nepal” छ ।
छ ।
20. Suggestion to Fareed Zakaria and PBS
(made up of more than 350 local public
noncommercial TV stations and reaches
more than 115 million people each month
through on-air and online content) to correct
their products with wrong information on
Buddha’s birthplace. The author of
controversial book “THE POST-AMERICAN
WORLD” and the editor of Newsweek,
Fareed Zakaria apologized, but not whole
heartily, for what he mentioned in page 154
of his book. In an email response he writes,
“Please know that I meant no disrespect to
Nepal, a country that I love. The Buddha was
born and lived 2,500 years ago, in an age
before modern-day boundaries were drawn
and before the idea of a nation-state even
existed. When I referred to the Buddha as
“Indian” I meant it only in the geographic
sense of the word, as a person hailing from the Indian subcontinent—not as a
citizen of a particular state. I apologize if I offended you.”
PBS response in an email reply:
From: David Grubin Productions
Date: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: PBS is Going to Misinform the World?
To: Kapilvastu Nepal
Dear Ram Kumar Shrestha,
Thank you for letting us know your concerns. I think you will be happy to know
that the film explicitly states:
In Southern Nepal, at the foot of the Himalayas, is one of the world’s holiest
places, Lumbini, where, according to the sacred tales, the Buddha was born.
As you will see, the film has beautiful images of Lumbini and the pilgrims who
travel there.
We hope that you will enjoy the documentary.
Sincerely yours,
David Grubin Productions
FTURE PLAN:
Our maximum effort will be to correct erroneous text books in some more
countries.
International conference that was cancelled twice due to unavoidable
circumstances (the first time we had to cancel due to the devastated
earthquake and now due to the high level security alert in Belgium
because of Paris attack) will be in our priority list.
We will hand over 3’ tall 50 kg of weigh Buddha statues to Nepal
government to send to USA and Australia. The date to establish them will
be decided only after concerned embassy or Consulate office will receive
from Nepal government
In our felicitation list: ambassadors HE Ram Mani Pokharel, HE Muktinath
Bhatta, HE Ambika Manandhar Luintel, former ambassador Mohan
Krishna Shrestha, Jiba Lamichhane, Guinness book record holders Rabi
Lamichhane and Krishna Pandey, Prem Guragain, Prof. Kwaak Young
Hoon, Prof. Rabin Coningham, Kosh Prasad Acharya. On 27th of
February, 2008 on the occasion of Pako Festa we will appoint Miss Tibet
2011 Tara Dolma and few more as Friends of Nepal.
Despite these, there are lots of other activities and achievements by the Movement.
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. – Buddha
The mind is
everything. What you
think you become. –
Buddha
