URI Korea held a Peace Forum at the downtown in Seoul on the 20th. I gave a keynote speech about the "Religions' Roles for Making Social Harmony and Peace." After the Forum we had a dinner and celebrated the eve of IDP.
On the 21st, IDP, at the Elephant Plaza, the central place of the university campus in Gyeongju, I led the Commemorating IDP events, which were organized by the General Students Association, which has about 10,000 students. We had a Peace Concert performed by a student group of Korean Music started 11:30. At noon we held prayer ceremony in silence to join the world wide community. Then I gave a talk about the IDP and read the message from the Secretary General of the UN. After speeches by the President of the Student Association and Dean of the school, Buddhist monastics held the prayer for world peace.
