{"id":46918,"date":"2026-05-01T19:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=46918"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:54:22","slug":"nepal-embassy-in-beijing-celebrates-buddha-jayanti-with-prayers-for-world-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/nepal-embassy-in-beijing-celebrates-buddha-jayanti-with-prayers-for-world-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha Jayanti Celebrated at Nepal Embassy in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIChAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">\n<p data-start=\"1642\" data-end=\"1783\">Kathmandu: The <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Embassy of Nepal, Beijing<\/span><\/span> organized a special ceremony to commemorate the 2570th Buddha Jayanti at its premises in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1785\" data-end=\"1981\">The event was graced by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chang Zang<\/span><\/span>, Vice President of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Buddhist Association of China<\/span><\/span> and Abbot of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Lingguang Temple<\/span><\/span>, as the Chief Guest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1983\" data-end=\"2429\">In her welcome remarks, Charge d\u2019Affaires a.i. <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Roshan Khanal<\/span><\/span> highlighted the significance of Buddha Jayanti as a sacred day marking the birth, enlightenment, and Parinirvana of Lord Buddha. She also emphasized the importance of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Lumbini<\/span><\/span> as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the birthplace of Buddha, underscoring his teachings of peace, harmony, generosity, and liberation from suffering.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2431\" data-end=\"2685\">Chief Guest Chang Zang expressed confidence in further strengthening Nepal-China people-to-people ties, noting that Buddhism has long connected the two nations. He praised Nepal as the sacred birthplace of Buddha, deeply revered by Buddhists worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2687\" data-end=\"2928\">During the ceremony, monks offered prayers for global peace and harmony. The program also featured a yoga and singing bowl meditation session conducted by Guru Ramesh Sitaula. Vegetarian Nepali cuisine was served to participants as Prasad.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2930\" data-end=\"3163\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The event was attended by approximately 120 participants, including representatives from China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ambassadors, members of diplomatic missions in Beijing, the Nepali community, and Chinese friends of Nepal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIChAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46919 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Buddha-Jayanti-in-Beijing-Embassy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1514\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIChAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46924 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Buddha-Jayanti-in-Beijing-Embassy4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIChAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46923 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Buddha-Jayanti-in-Beijing-Embassy3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIChAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46920 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Buddha-Jayanti-in-Beijing-Embassy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIChAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Buddha-Jayanti-in-Beijing-Embassy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: The Embassy of Nepal, Beijing organized a special ceremony to commemorate the 2570th Buddha Jayanti at its premises in Beijing. The event was graced by Chang Zang, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China and Abbot of Lingguang Temple, as the Chief Guest. In her welcome remarks, Charge d\u2019Affaires a.i. Roshan Khanal highlighted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-overseas","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46918"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46930,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46918\/revisions\/46930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}