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Buddhist forum ends with vow to promote harmony

By Guo Jiaxue in Hong Kong (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2012-04-27 22:13

China is fully committed to the freedom of religious beliefs, and it values the positive role played by all religions, a senior official said at the close of the third World Buddhist Forum in Hong Kong on Friday.

Wang Zuo'an, director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, made the comment at the closing ceremony of the forum, attended by the 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, who's a senior living Buddha in Tibetan Buddhism.

His remarks were echoed by Xuecheng, vice-president of the Buddhist Association of China, who said the Hong Kong gathering has played a positive role and made a special contribution to helping people attain tranquility, promoting social harmony, maintaining world peace and improving the blessings of human beings.

"Only when all human beings have the same aspirations toward harmony and purity and have the same wholesome actions benefiting others, can world harmony be truly realized," he said. The two-day forum concluded on Friday afternoon with a declaration vowing to promote a harmonious world.

Hong Ming, executive vice-president of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association, read out the declaration to more than 1,000 monks. Six vows were made for attaining genial and kind human hearts, accommodating and happy families, cordial and smooth social relationships, a secure and neighborly society, harmonious civilizations and a peaceful world.

"There is much discord in the world today, and our living environment is out of balance. People are not at peace with one another, because the right conduct is lacking in their behaviour," Hong Ming said.

It was announced at the forum that Lingshan in Wuxi City, Jiangsu province, will be the permanent venue of the World Buddhist Forum.

The event, which had the theme "Common Aspirations and Actions Towards a Harmonious World," brought together eminent monks, Buddhist leaders from various countries and prominent Buddhist scholars from countries and regions including the Republic of Korea, Japan, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Australia, the United States and Europe.

The forum presented four sessions of television and Internet debates geared toward young devotees.

The 11th Panchen Lama gave his first public speech in Mandarin outside the Chinese mainland at the opening ceremony on Thursday. He later toured Hong Kong and worshiped the Buddha at the famous Po Lin Monastery and Kun Chung Temple. He also wished Hong Kong Tashi Delek (good luck), according to Xinhua Agency.

The forum coincided with a six-day public worship of a relic of Buddha's skull bone at Hong Kong Coliseum. It marked the first time the only known skull fragment of the Buddha left the Chinese mainland.

The coliseum had been packed with devotees since the holy relic arrived on Wednesday afternoon. A long line moved slowly across the golden Asoka Pagoda, where the relic was enshrined. Devotees paid their respects to the Buddha with clasped hands in front of the relic, some bowing in reverence.

Susan Cheung, 29, came to worship the relic with her mother. "We can see it quite clearly. I feel very comfortable, very peaceful inside," she said.

A 69-year-old woman, named Si, came to Hong Kong from Shenzhen for the occasion. "I am a Buddhist. I ask for nothing but relief from suffering," she said.

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