“Issues and disagreements are finest resolved by dialogue,” His Holiness writes. “Real peace comes about by mutual understanding and respect.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Photograph by Christopher Michel.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama shared a press release to his web site Monday expressing his hope for peace to be restored in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the nation.
“Struggle is out-dated – non-violence is the one manner,” the assertion reads. “We have to develop a way of the oneness of humanity by contemplating different human beings as brothers and sisters.”
The assertion comes on the fifth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, because the demise toll continues to rise and many flee to one in every of 12 border crossings Ukraine. Various different Buddhist leaders and communities have additionally shared their ideas on the state of affairs, as BuddhistDoor reviews.
Learn the total assertion under:
I’ve been deeply saddened by the battle in Ukraine.
Our world has change into so interdependent that violent battle between two nations inevitably impacts the remainder of the world. Struggle is out-dated – non-violence is the one manner. We have to develop a way of the oneness of humanity by contemplating different human beings as brothers and sisters. That is how we’ll construct a extra peaceable world.
Issues and disagreements are finest resolved by dialogue. Real peace comes about by mutual understanding and respect for one another’s wellbeing.
We should not lose hope. The twentieth century was a century of warfare and bloodshed. The twenty first century should be a century of dialogue.
I pray that peace is swiftly restored in Ukraine.