As China hosted the Sixth World Buddhist Forum from October 15 to 17 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, the event was advertised as a beacon of “world peace” and “coexistence.” But beneath the banners of harmony and international friendship lies a deeper, troubling truth: this forum is yet another tool in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) well-documented push to “sinicize” Buddhism, transforming it into a state-approved version compatible with Communist ideology. Cloaked in the rhetoric of peace and cooperation, the CCP’s ambitions reveal an effort to dismantle and reshape Buddhism — especially Tibetan Buddhism — into a cultural weapon wielded by the state.