Dharma Alliance is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization based in Geneva that seeks to protect, preserve, and promote Dharma-based perspectives and practices across the world. ‘Dharma’ in Sanskrit comes from the root ‘dhri’ meaning ‘to sustain’, and refers to the spiritual, ethical and natural principles that uphold the universe.
Although more than 2 billion people across the world are rooted in these traditions, Dharma-based approaches are not adequately reflected in global dialogues and actions on peace and development. Dharma Alliance seeks to address this by bringing Dharma-based perspectives – premised as they are on harmony, mutual respect, and the inter-connectedness of all life – to the center of global institutions, dialogues and processes.
Dharma Alliance has a vision that global norms and actions on peace and development reflect the principles of Dharma – harmony, mutual respect, shared prosperity and the inter-connectedness of all life.
2. Organize regular conferences on major global themes bringing together Dharma-based thinkers and practitioners.
3. Represent and propagate Dharma-based approaches at all major institutions of global governance such as the United Nations.
2. Carry out a focused and sustained campaign to change popular perceptions about Dharma-based approaches across the world.
3. Sensitize global mainstream media towards the uniqueness of Dharma-based approaches.
4. Produce and propagate knowledge that provides Dharma-based insights and approaches to contemporary challenges.
5. Bring together monks, thinkers, scholars and researchers from across Dharma traditions world to interact with each other and produce focused, relevant and high-quality content.
6. Facilitate the participation of monks and scholars of different Dharma traditions in relevant international events and conferences to promote and propagate Dharma perspectives
2. Organize regular conferences on major global themes bringing together Dharma-based thinkers and practitioners.
3. Represent and propagate Dharma-based approaches at all major institutions of global governance such as the United Nations.
2. Translate as well as create relevant Dharma-based content across multiple languages.
3. Bring young people from across different Dharma traditions and countries to engage with each other through regular and structured youth-oriented residential programs.
4. Support Dharma-based communities who are in a minority in various countries.