1. Dear Jonand John,
I didgo for the conference andmustsayit wasa typical Culture MinistryMandarinsexercise toshow
the Ministerof Governmentof Indiathatwe are alive andneedmore fundstosquandertoachieve
nothing.Nota soul fromTourism, Civil Aviation,Surface transportsectororevenMinistries. The
momentthe Ministerleftnearlyall the Mandarinsleft -50% of the audience. Another50% after
Lunch.
There isa lotof interestinBuddhismasitappealstoanintellectualandCharlesAllen hasmade it
easiertosell inWesternMarketsbyhis books –The Buddhaand the Sahebsand alsoon Ashoka.A
Buddhistcircuitwill appeal toaEuropeanif he is a seekerandmore of an intellectual.Itcanbe
combinedwithavisittothe Dharamsala – abode of the Dalai Lama.
My claimof Chinese beingbigtourismspendersisfortifiedby
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/05/travel/china-tourists-spend
Country USD Billions
China 102.0
Germany 83.8
U.S.A. 83.7
U.K. 52.3
Russian federation 42.8
Spreadof Buddhism ismostin China,Taiwan,Japan,Vietnam, Korea,HongKong,Singapore,
Cambodia,Laos,Myanmar, SriLanka–these are goodmarkets.
Bodhgaya
Dharamsala
2. Bodhgaya,Nalanda,Rajgir,Patna,Sarnath,Shravast,Lumbini,Kushinagarare areasthatcan be
covered.One canevenstayin some monasteriesandevenundergomeditationwiththe Monks.
Practical BuddhisminLadakhis anotherconceptwhere peoplestaywithBuddhists/tribals.
Bodhgayahas goodHotelsand sodo Sravasti,Kushinagar, PatnaandSarnath(Varanasi) Lucknow is
anotherbase station.Roadshave improvedalotsince lastcouple of years.
Please alsosee.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/ataglance/glance.shtml
http://www.slideshare.net/bugstan/buddhism-for-you-lesson-02what-buddhism-is-
not?from_search=5
