印政府就日内瓦一鞋店把鞋子悬挂佛像上致信瑞士政府

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佛教在线海外讯 据海外媒体报道，近日，印度政府致信给瑞士政府，反对瑞士日内瓦一鞋店把鞋子悬挂在佛像上的行为。

援引这个月早些时候带妻女到瑞士游玩的某巴特那市民的话，《印度时报》发布了一篇名为《日内瓦佛像被人用鞋子做”花环”》的报道。针对瑞士市民的此种行为，印度全佛教青年协会会长Milind Dharmasen 表示强烈不满，并把该篇报道复印件以及投诉书上交给印度外交部。作为回复，印度外交部特致信给瑞士政府，要求其澄清此事。

Milind Dharmasen2009年6月30日接受电话采访时表示：“我们要求瑞士政府为其市民的恶劣行为写信道歉。如果瑞士政府没有表示的话，我们将可以自由地决定我们的下一步行动。”而在另一封给印度外交部部长 Krishna 的信中，菩提迦耶Chakma寺住持Priya Pal Bhikkhu法师表示，任何一尊佛像，不管它是用何种材料、何种颜色、什么样的尺寸和坐姿制成，都是全世界佛教徒对佛祖以示尊重的标志。日内瓦鞋店在佛像上挂鞋子是极端可耻，值得强烈谴责的行为。Bhikkhu法师在信中敦促印度外交部部长Krishna和瑞士外交官严肃对待此事。（编译：子规）

PATNA: The government of India is learned to have written to the government of Switzerland, taking exception to the garlanding of a Lord Buddha statue with shoes in a footwear shop in Geneva.

Quoting a Patna resident who along with his wife and daughter had gone to Switzerland earlier this month, this newspaper had on June 26 carried a report titled, `Buddha statue in Geneva garlanded with shoes’. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) sent the missive to the Swiss government in response to a complaint made by All India Buddhist Youth Association’s national president Milind Dharmasen. Dharmasen’s complaint had the TOI report attached with it.

“I sent a letter and a copy of the TOI report to Raghvendra Shastry, special officer in the MEA, since foreign minister S M Krishna was away in Italy,” Dharmasen told TOI over phone from Bangalore on Monday. Quoting Shastry, he said the MEA has sought a clarification from the Swiss authorities even though the Geneva shop owner is reported to have since removed the statue from the showroom.

“We want the Swiss government to tender an apology for the outrageous act of its citizen. If that is not forthcoming, we will be free to decide our next course of action,” he said.

In a separate letter to minister Krishna on Monday, Bodh Gaya-based Chakma Temple’s chief monk Priya Pal Bhikkhu said, “Any statue of Lord Buddha, made of any material in any colour, size or sitting position, is a symbol of respect for Buddhists across the world.”

It is, therefore, extremely condemnable and disgraceful that such a statue in Geneva was garlanded with shoes, Bhikkhu’s letter said and urged Krishna “to take up the matter seriously with the ambassador of Switzerland”.

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