The country’s largest Buddhist sect has declared “religious peace” in a bid to curb the mud-slinging campaigns waged by various sects on rival religious leaders and promote unity in a time of social fracture and religious unrest in the Middle East.
The Jogye Order’s “Buddhism Declaration of Religious Peace - the 21st Century Ashoka Declaration” prohibits criticism of other religious leaders and their teachings and calls for respect of religious diversity.
The announcement, the first of its kind to be made in Korea, was issued at a press conference in Seoul on Tuesday by the Venerable Dobeop, chairman of the order’s Hwajaeng Committee for Harmonious Debate.
“Religion has become a source of anxiety for the world,” he said. “This is shameful and I want to express my apologies.”
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