N. Korean Buddhists send prayer to Seoul to mark joint summit

By Yi Whan-woo


A group of North Korean Buddhists has sent a prayer to South Korea in commemoration of the historic summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the truce village of Panmunjeom on April 27.

The Association of Korean Buddhist Orders' human rights committee in Seoul said last week that its co-head Ven. Jingwan received a prayer from North Korea's Buddhist Federation.

The prayer will be recited during a service to mark Buddha's Birthday on May 22.

"The historic Panmunjeom Declaration that affirmed the principle of national autonomy calling for self-determination of the fate of our people is a flare announcing a new start of history and a landmark to open up a new era of autonomous unification and connect the divided peoples," the prayer reads.

"We will march bravely toward the implementation of the Panmunjeom Declaration, a doctrine for national, autonomous unification.

"We will let the preaching of peace and unification be heard loudly at the every corner of the Korean Peninsula."

North Korea's Buddhist Federation used to disregard the belief system's traditional commitment to peace and harmony to express commitment to the destruction of "U.S. imperialists" and the "traitors" of the South Korean government.

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