India's gift to South Korea: A sacred Bodhi Tree sapling

[jarves]

Seoul: South Korea, almost a quarter of whose population of 50 million are Buddhists, has received a sapling of the sacred Bodhi Tree from India's Bodh Gaya town, a fulfilment of an offer Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made to South Korean President Park Geun-hye, as a special gesture of India's friendship and goodwill, when she visited India in January this year.

The sapling, carried by representatives of India's external affairs ministry and the forest service of South Korea, was received at Seoul airport on Friday by Vishnu Prakash, India's ambassador to South Korea, Jeong Byeongwho, deputy director general of South Korea's foreign ministry, and Lee Chang-jae, director general of the Korean Forest Service, according to a press statement issued by the Indian embassy in Seoul.

The sapling will be temporarily housed at the Korea National Arboretum and, in due course, shifted to its permanent abode at a prominent Buddhist temple in this country to enable Buddhists to pay their respects, something that is being seen as yet another "powerful symbol" of India-South Korea friendship and close people-to-people ties.

India's gift to South Korea: A sacred Bodhi Tree sapling | NDTV.com

 

[Reviewer21]

That's nice. Hope the people there would be pleased to recieve it.

Seoul: South Korea, almost a quarter of whose population of 50 million are Buddhists, has received a sapling of the sacred Bodhi Tree from India's Bodh Gaya town, a fulfilment of an offer Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made to South Korean President Park Geun-hye, as a special gesture of India's friendship and goodwill, when she visited India in January this year.

The sapling, carried by representatives of India's external affairs ministry and the forest service of South Korea, was received at Seoul airport on Friday by Vishnu Prakash, India's ambassador to South Korea, Jeong Byeongwho, deputy director general of South Korea's foreign ministry, and Lee Chang-jae, director general of the Korean Forest Service, according to a press statement issued by the Indian embassy in Seoul.

The sapling will be temporarily housed at the Korea National Arboretum and, in due course, shifted to its permanent abode at a prominent Buddhist temple in this country to enable Buddhists to pay their respects, something that is being seen as yet another "powerful symbol" of India-South Korea friendship and close people-to-people ties.

India's gift to South Korea: A sacred Bodhi Tree sapling | NDTV.com

 

[sincity]

Wow, will this tree performce magic?

 

[SouthDesi]

Wow, will this tree performce magic?

You will see that magic when it grows like this tree(Tree from Bodhgaya)

 

[EyanKhan]

Damn i want one as well

 

[Chronos]

Damn i want one as well

Damn our poor trade relations :'(

Damn it to hell ! >_<'

 

[jarves]

Damn i want one as well

Are there Buddhists left in Pakistan??

 

[45'22']

You will see that magic when it grows like this tree(Tree from Bodhgaya)
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this one is 400 yr old,i guess

Damn i want one as well

me too

 

[EyanKhan]

Are there Buddhists left in Pakistan??

yes there are especially to the north , buddhists pilgrims also do come from time to time
But i want it for me

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Ive always wanted a bodhi tree but its near impossible to find a seller in Sydney. They are so majestic!

 

[RoYaL~GuJJaR]

Damn i want one as well

But i want it for me

But Why ?

Thats a Kafir Tree !!

 

[Trev]

But Why ?

Thats a Kafir Tree !!

Kaffir Tree!?

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

yes there are especially to the north , buddhists pilgrims also do come from time to time
But i want it for me

Perhaps after it grows you can develop ur home as a tourist and holy destination

 

[EyanKhan]

But Why ?

Thats a Kafir Tree !!

the real question is why are you so worried about why i want it?

 

[Gibbs]

this one is 400 yr old,i guess

Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi (Sinhala:ජය ශ්‍රි මහා බොධිය) is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is said to be the southern branch from the historical Bodhi treeSri Maha Bodhi at Bodh Gaya in India under which Lord Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was planted in 288 BC,

and is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date.