Dalai Lama gives a ‘call to unite’ during Covid-19 crisis, to reach out with compassion

The Dalai Lama has asked everyone to come unitedly in a “coordinated, global response” to tackle the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic as members of one human family.

“In this time of crisis, we face threats to our health and sadness for the family and friends we have lost. The economic disturbance is acting a major challenge to governments and threatening the ability of so many people to make a living,” the Nobel Peace Prize winner told in a post on his official website on Sunday.

The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism stated that people must focus on what meets everyone as members of the human race during such a crisis and “need to reach out to each other with compassion”.

The 14th Dalai Lama said, “As human beings, we are all the same. We experience the same fears, the same hopes, the same risks, yet we are also united by a desire for happiness. Our human capacity to reason and to see things realistically and clearly give us the ability to transform hardship into opportunity.”

“This crisis and its outcomes serve as a warning that only by coming together in a coordinated, global response, will we meet the original magnitude of the challenges we face. I pray we all heed ‘The Call to Unite’,” he said.

The Dalai Lama’s message comes as countries around the world fight with the unprecedented crisis in terms of human loss and economic

More than 3.34 million people have been reported to be infected by the Covid-19 globally and 243,674 have died. India has reported nearly 38,000 cases and 1223 deaths.