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dated October 2, 1958: Tibetology

The first research institute of Tibetology in the world was opened by Prime Minister Nehru in Gangtok on October 1. Sponsored by the Government of Sikkim, the institute will be devoted to the study of Mahayana School of Buddhism, the dominant religion of the people of Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan. In a brief speech on the occasion, Mr. Nehru said that a study and understanding of the implications of the message of the Buddha was essential in the world of to-day beset by passions, fears and hatred. What had attracted him to Buddhism was its eminently reasonably logical and scientific approach not only to things which we see and feel normally, but to things of the spirit.

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