On May 1, 2010 I went to the Shanghai Expo Garden to view the exhibits showing achievements in modern science, technology and diversification. These exhibits demonstrated human beings’ expectations with regard to the pursuit of living in harmony and creating a better life together!

But during my trip to Shanghai, a few episodes almost made me miss the Shanghai Expo. When my plane landed in Shanghai, as soon as I deplane the aircraft, I noticed that Shanghai police officers were already waiting for me in the bridge at the gate of aircraft.

The next day, police officers from my hometown also arrived in Shanghai. Under the circumstances, I was forced to undergo questioning regarding their concerns and worries about me; although there was absolutely no reason for them to be concerned. Even though I arranged my students to confer with them six times successively, their worries were still not dispelled.

As a result, the police took some excessive action because they thought that I refused to meet them. At 2:00 am April 30th, 2010, six Shanghai police officers came into my room in the hotel with the excuse that our check-in registration forms were incomplete. They said they felt they had to come to visit me in my room in this manner because I refused their "polite invitations" six times.

Although we eventually reached a compromise through the joint efforts of police in several parts of China from Shanghai and my hometown, it still left me with a sad feeling of deep regret with regard to my trip to the Shanghai expo!

Today, building a harmonious society has become the firm choice of the Chinese government. At the same time, it is also become the consensus of the majority of Chinese people. However, due to various reasons, building a harmonious society seems to be just a ghost of an image on the horizon – a great project for the future. A harmonious society can only be a catchword when all the conflicts in the society have not been dispelled and the lack of confidence is ubiquitous.

Genuine harmony should be built on the basis of mutual respect, full communication, and the fully safeguarded rights for all parts of the society. For Chinese revival to succeed, what is needed is a real, meaningful, harmonious society!

来到了久别十二年，如今充满和谐文明，大气的上海。见到久违的徒弟和学子，“他们都是优秀的公民”，当我听到当局对我上海学子的这番评价后，我由衷地感到欣慰。

 人与自然的和谐共融是华藏入世以来始终秉持的宗风，也是这次世博会的主题。和谐共融首先要完成的是每个人身心的和谐。在自觉觉他的过程中达到与万事万物的同体大悲。每个华藏人都应以此为鉴，以自身的躬行实证，做人间楷模，逥向社会，逥向世界。

看着窗外浦江两岸的灿烂夜景，点点星光下，智慧的灵光点亮了都市，点亮了城市中的每个生命，铸就了世界大都市的风范与内涵。

世博会即将开幕，我期待着领略祖国的强大，享受公民的快乐，开启和谐共融之新篇章！

我想我不会错过这次盛会吧？

祝福中国！祝福上海！祝福世博！