One World,One Heart

BUDDHISM dates back 2,500 years. It is a belief system that has 300 million adherents around the globe, one third of them in China. Last April, the first World Buddhism Forum opened in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province in eastern China. More than 1,000 Buddhist masters, scholars and statesmen from 34 nations and regions gathered at the forum, its theme "A harmonious world begins in the mind," to discuss Buddhism’s