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Thailand has a very high rate of prisoners per capita. After 6 months, inmates were
transformed and many of whom are now teaching others. Phra taught around 20
persons and now there are 2000 students of this program.

• International Conference ‘Buddhism in Contemporary Times: Relevance for Peace,
Non-Violence and Social Harmony’ by International Centre for Buddhist Studies,
Ramdaspeth Nagpur. How can we improve the quality of Buddhist courses in India?
This can be done through collaboration. Nagpur University of India is the first
university that will try this collaboration with the WBU.
• ‘Casting Soil to Merit Project’. Phra has invited Buddha Statue Artists from a Thai
university to teach the death-row inmates in Thailand to cast Buddha statues. Their
work is very high quality after only 3 months. 42 Buddha images were offered and
accepted across Nepal.

• ‘Mind Management Project’ in a women’s prison in Thailand for foreign women. 100
women from 30 countries applied, mostly from Christian and Muslim backgrounds.
• ‘World Happiness Council’. The WBU led the World Happiness Think Tank.
• The WBU leads the business world with sustainable brands ‘BBB – Business needs
Buddhism to Balance’

General Comments

Mr. Padma Joyti said he is planning to hold a conference in Nepal in 2019 on Sustainability
Development Goals. He is pleased to hear about the conference the WBU will be holding on
this topic in December and is looking forward to incorporating some of that learning in their
conference.

Meeting closed at 18.50 hrs..

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