April 9 - 10, 2005:
            Gyalwa Karmapa at the First International Buddhist Conference
            Mumbai (Bombay), India
            Theme:
                  Buddhism & World
            Peace
            Together
                  with the Indian Union Minister for Information, Broadcasting
                  and Culture, Mr. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, the Chief Minister of
                  Maharashtra, Mr. Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Gyalwa Karmapa was
            Guest of Honour at the conference.
            About 900 delegates, mainly from India, attended the conference.
            Gyalwa
                Karmapa gave two speeches and together with the Organising Committee
                of the
                conference he led a Peace March with about 1000
              participants through the city of Mumbai.
            The pictures
            The
                      speech (MP3)
            
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