Buddhist forum talks of ways to usher in world peace

At a meeting with the venerable Buddhist monk Jingkong, Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad once asked him if there would be peace in the world.

The monk replied that peace could be achieved if all countries, parties, ethnicities and religions were treated equally.

Jingkong called it an "extremely tough" job and said that it would be much easier to begin the process by spreading equality among all religions, because many people in the world have faith.