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No. Details of the Interfaith and Intrafaith Activities Photos and/or Remarks

Name: The 5 World Buddhist Forum
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(Intrafaith, proposed to include an Interfaith
Dialogue Sub-Forum)
Date: 28 - 30 October B.E. 2561 (2018)
Theme: Exchange for Mutual Learning Middle
Way for Perfect Harmony
Organised by Buddhist Association of China
and State Administrative Religious Affairs

Hosted by Pudian, Fujian, China
Sub-Forum, there 10 Sub-forums:-
1. Buddhism and the Maritime Silk Road
2. Buddhism and Social Charity
3. Buddhism and Environmental Protection
4. Buddhism in China, America, and Europe
5. Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau
Buddhism
6. Buddhism in China, Korean, and Japan
7. Buddhism along the Mekong River
8. Elegance and Magnificence: Buddhism
and Art (TV Forum)
9. New Media Forum: Buddhism and the Belt
and Road, and
10. English TV Forum: Buddhism and a Sub-Forum: Buddhism Along the Mekong
Collective Future for Humanity River
• The Exchange and Collaboration between
Comments: to go beyond Buddhism to include Mahayana and Theravada. It is good to go
beyond Buddhism and had a sub-forum
a Sub-Forum in Interfaith Dialogue. for Interfaith Dialogue for the common
good
More than 1,000 monastic and lay delegates • Peaceful and Harmonious Co-existence of
from 55 countries attended the Forum. Buddhist and Global communities at large.

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