This day, 31 August, in 2000, the closing ceremony of the Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders was held in New York. Therein, Master Shenghui, vice president of the Buddhist Association of China, delivered a prayer for peace, while the Conference as a whole iterated that true peace can only be achieved by dealing with cultural differences in a spirit of mutual respect and tolerance.
这一天，2000年8月31日，宗教和精神领袖千年和平峰会的闭幕式在纽约举行。 在那里，中国佛教协会副主席盛辉大师为和平祈祷，而整个会议重申，只有本着相互尊重和宽容的精神处理文化差异，才能实现真正的和平。
