(Focus on Boao) Religious figures from many countries talk about mutual learning among civilizations: The three Buddhist traditions are harmonious and jointly protect world peace

　　China News Service, Boao, March 29 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) At the Boao Forum for Asia 2024 Annual Conference Religious Harmony and Mutual Learning of Civilizations sub-forum held on the 29th, religious figures from many countries sat together in the form of a round table to discuss and exchange. Contribute the power of Buddhism to world peace.

　　The Boao Forum for Asia Religion Sub-Forum came into being in 2015 and has been in its 9th year. This year, eminent monks from the Chinese, Southern and Tibetan Buddhist traditions gathered in Boao to share the beauty and beauty.

　　The theme of this sub-forum is "Flowing the Dharma across thousands of miles with the same mind - Facing challenges and achieving mutual success with the compassion and wisdom of the Buddha".

　　In his speech, Master Yanjue, President of the Buddhist Association of China, reviewed the history of the development of Buddhism in which “Buddha flourished in the West and Dharma spread in the East”. He said that China has played a pivotal role in the spread of Buddhism around the world. Over the past 70 years since its establishment, the Buddhist Association of China has actively carried out friendly exchanges with Buddhist circles in East, Southeast, and South Asia, written a new chapter in the history of Buddhist exchanges among Asian countries, and made positive contributions to maintaining peace and tranquility in Asia and enhancing human welfare.

　　Chairman of the Acharya Examination Committee of the Korean Jogye Sect Educational Institute, Wu He, started from Caoxi, the holy place of Zen Buddhism where the name of Jogye Sect comes from Master Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Chinese Zen Buddhism, and systematically reviewed the 1,700-year history of friendly exchanges of Buddhism between Korea and China. He pointed out that the China-Korea-Japan Buddhism Friendly Exchange Conference, which was founded in the 1990s and continues to this day, has witnessed the friendship between the Buddhist circles of the three countries as strong as the "golden bond".

　　"Buddhism plays an important role in the traditional friendship between Vietnam and China." Thich Duc Son, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Executive Committee of the Central Buddhist Church of Vietnam, said that in the future, he hopes to continue to deepen extensive cooperation with Chinese Buddhism in various fields and promote Buddhism in Promote and develop it worldwide to bring peace to mankind.

　　Siddhartha Rao, Vice Chairman of the Lumbini Development Committee of Nepal and abbot of the Baiyuling Temple in Kathmandu, pointed out that Lumbini in Nepal is the birthplace of Buddha. The religious harmony and mutual learning of civilizations advocated by the sub-forum are consistent with the compassion and peace of Lumbini. , the spirit of tolerance resonates deeply.

　　Siddhartha Raao said that as the first overseas temple built by the Chinese Buddhist Association, the Chinese Temple in Nepal has, over the past ten years, carried out disaster relief in the 2015 Nepal earthquake, restored the cultural relics of the Boudhanath Pagoda in Nepal, and supported Nepali students studying abroad. Going to Nanhai Buddhist College for further study has brought tangible benefits to the Nepali people and demonstrated the compassion and love of Chinese Buddhism. He expected that Nepal and China would continue to play a role as a bridge for Buddhist exchanges and push cultural exchanges between the two countries to new heights. (over)