時間：2013年09月09日 09 September, 2013
地點：印度 新德里 凱悅大飯店 Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, India

法王9月9日出席第一屆「國際佛教聯盟創始會員會議」(the 1st Founding Members’ Conclave of the International Buddhist Confederation)，並應邀在開幕式上發表演說。
On 9 September 2013 His Holiness the Karmapa joined Buddhist leaders from around the world in New Delhi, where he was invited to speak at the opening session of the 1st Founding Members Conclave of the International Buddhist Confederation.

下午的會議，法王受邀在一場主題為「跨宗教交流：心與心的相會」(Inter-Faith Relations: A Meeting of Hearts and Minds )的研討會上，代表佛教團體發表演說。與會的貴賓包括前哈亞那邦(Haryana)的邦議員阿尼瓦什(Swami Agnivesh)、「全印度清真寺教長組織」(the All-India Organization of Imams of Mosque)總教長烏瑪．阿麥．伊亞斯(Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi)、德里的樞機主教亞尼．高都(Anil Couto)、瑪斯吉．法泰普里(Masjid Fatehpuri)的夏希教長(Shahi Imam) 馬弗提．慕卡讓．阿麥博士(Dr. Mufti Mukkarram Ahmed)、帕瑪尼克坦會所(ParmarthNiketan Ashram)的董事長奇達納．薩拉斯瓦提(Swami ChidanandSaraswatiMaharaj)等領袖。
In the afternoon session His Holiness the Karmapa was invited to speak on behalf of the Buddhist community at an inter-faith panel discussion on the theme of ‘Inter-Faith Relations: A Meeting of Hearts and Minds.’ Representing the Buddhist community, he joined Swami Agnivesh, former MLA of Haryana state; Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, Chief Imam of the All-India Organization of Imams of Mosques; Most Rev. Anil Couto, Archbishop of Delhi; Dr Mufti Mukkarram Ahmed, Shahi Imam of Masjid Fatehpuri; Swami Chidanand Saraswati Maharaj, President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, and other respected religious leaders.