Manmohan Singh an excellent man, good chief & splendid economist: Amartya Sen

The ‘Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra or ‘Diamond Sutra’ is a Mahāyāna (one of many two major branches of Buddhism) Buddhist scripture from the style of Prajñāpāramitā (‘perfection of knowledge’) sutras. One of the influential Mahayana sutras in East Asia, the Diamond Sutra is especially distinguished throughout the Chan (or Zen) custom.

The sutra comprises the discourse of the Gautam Buddha to a senior monk, Subhuti.

Sen, who was additionally a colleague of the previous PM on the Delhi Faculty of Economics, additional recollected his extended discourses with Singh and lauded him for constructing on the message of Buddha “with respect to individuals of different faiths and communities”.

“I feel Manmohan knew that message (of Gautama Buddha in Diamond Sutra) very properly. I had lengthy conversations with him after we had been college students collectively, and likewise later, when he was a colleague on the Delhi Faculty of Economics.

“Though Manmohan was a Sikh, and that id was vital to him, he constructed on Gautam Buddha’s message with respect to individuals of different faiths and communities.

“I appreciated Manmohan very a lot, and never simply because he was a buddy,” the economist concluded.