Dalai Lama calls India ideal place for Buddhist study amidst growing restrictions in China
Jul 14, 2025
"Unlike China, where religious freedom is severely restricted and political control undermines genuine spiritual teaching, India offers a free and flourishing environment for the study of Buddhism's deepest philosophical texts, including the Middle Way (Madhyamaka) and logic (Pramana) from the ancient Nalanda tradition. "In China, the political situation is not stable, I feel it would be difficult to teach about Buddhism in a country where there is no freedom," said Dalai Lama.