Dalai Lama Backs Pope’s Call for Dialogue on West Asia

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday echoed Pope Leo XIV’s appeal for peace amid escalating tensions in West Asia. In a post on X, the Dalai Lama said that all religions preach tolerance and peace, and that violence is universally condemned. 

"I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace made by the Holy Father, Pope Leo, during his Palm Sunday Mass. 

His call for the laying down of arms and the renunciation of violence resonated profoundly with me, as it



speaks to the very essence of what all major religions teach," he said.

"Indeed, whether we look to Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism or any of the world's great spiritual traditions, the message is fundamentally the same: love, compassion, tolerance, and self-discipline. Violence finds no true home in any of these teachings. 

History has shown us time and again that violence only begets more violence and is never a lasting foundation for peace," he added.