Vatican
City, 20 May 2013(VIS) – “Inner Peace, Peace Among Peoples” was the theme of the
fourth Buddhist-Christian Colloquium held at the Pontifical Urbaniana
University, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious
Dialogue in collaboration with the Office of Ecumenical and
Interreligious Dialogue of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Italy. The
participants, coming from Italy, Japan, the Republic of China
(Taiwan), Vietnam, South Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and
India, reaffirmed the need of mutual responsibility to maintain or to
restore peace and to contribute to friendship and solidarity among
persons and peoples.
“In
both the Christian and Buddhist journeys,” a communique released
today states, “inner freedom, purification of the heart,
compassion, and the gift of self are the essential conditions for the
inner peace of the individual as well as for social peace. In spite
of differences, both Buddhist and Christian ethical teaching on
respect for life is a search for common good based on loving kindness
and compassion. The participants expressed that dialogue between
Buddhists and Christians be strengthened to face new challenges such
as threat to human life, poverty, hunger, endemic diseases, violence,
war, etc., which belittle the sanctity of human life and poison peace
in human society.“
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