Peace is one of humanity's eternal pursuits; conflict, however, is a part of humandestiny. In the course of pursuing peace, religion, as a major practical form of publicdiplomacy, has played an important role in averting conflicts between differentcivilizations. By upholding the ultimate goal of promoting mutual understanding andtrust between different countries and peoples and world peace, the Charhar Institutehas since its founding actively facilitated a religious peace movement focusing onexchanges between the Buddhists of China and South Korea. Serving as a typicalexample of public diplomacy, this has been an important element of the institute'sactivity, and achieved fruitful results. The integration of public diplomacy and religionhas proved itself to be good for the peace effort sof humanity.