--- title: Dalai Lama: We Need Compassion to Fight Coronavirus description: The coronavirus crisis shows we all must take responsibility to exercise compassion and help, the Dalai Lama writes. canonical: https://time.com/collections/finding-hope-coronavirus-pandemic/5820613/dalai-lama-coronavirus-compassion/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-04-14T21:23:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:22:21.380Z article:section: Ideas og:title: The Dalai Lama on Why We Need to Fight Coronavirus With Compassion og:description: A compassionate act has the potential to help many og:url: https://time.com/collections/finding-hope-coronavirus-pandemic/5820613/dalai-lama-coronavirus-compassion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83825b8e05c2001c/698a0cde656a3f4aeabd9f44/social-Dalai-Lama-coronavirus-time-100.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1786 og:image:height: 893 og:image:alt: The Dalai Lama on Why We Need to Fight Coronavirus With Compassion og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Dalai Lama on Why We Need to Fight Coronavirus With Compassion twitter:description: A compassionate act has the potential to help many twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83825b8e05c2001c/698a0cde656a3f4aeabd9f44/social-Dalai-Lama-coronavirus-time-100.jpg?branch=production --- Apr 14, 2020 # 'Prayer Is Not Enough.' 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From the Buddhist perspective, every sentient being is acquainted with suffering and the truths of sickness, old age and death. But as human beings, we have the capacity to use our minds to conquer anger and panic and greed. In recent years I have been stressing “emotional disarmament”: to try to see things realistically and clearly, without the confusion of fear or rage. If a problem has a solution, we must work to find it; if it does not, we need not waste time thinking about it. We Buddhists believe that the entire world is interdependent. That is why I often speak about universal responsibility. The outbreak of this [terrible coronavirus](https://time.com/5805368/will-coronavirus-go-away-world-health-organization/) has shown that what happens to one person can soon affect every other being. But it also reminds us that a compassionate or constructive act—whether [working in hospitals](https://time.com/collection/coronavirus-heroes/5816883/health-care-workers-coronavirus/) or just observing [social distancing](https://time.com/5800442/social-distancing-coronavirus/)—has the potential to help many. Ever since news emerged about the [coronavirus in Wuhan](https://time.com/5817301/wuhan-doctor-coronavirus/), I have been praying for my brothers and sisters in China and everywhere else. Now we can see that nobody is immune to this virus. We are all worried about loved ones and the future, of both the global economy and our own individual homes. But prayer is not enough. This crisis shows that we must all take responsibility where we can. We must combine the courage doctors and nurses are showing with empirical science to begin to turn this situation around and protect our future from more such threats. [_Keep up to date on the growing threat to global health by signing up for our daily coronavirus newsletter._](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/coronavirus?source=article) In this time of great fear, it is important that we think of the long-term challenges—and possibilities—of the entire globe. Photographs of our world from space clearly show that there are no real boundaries on our blue planet. Therefore, all of us must take care of it and work to prevent climate change and other destructive forces. This pandemic serves as a warning that only by coming together with a coordinated, global response will we meet the unprecedented magnitude of the challenges we face. We must also remember that nobody is free of suffering, and extend our hands to others who lack homes, resources or family to protect them. This crisis shows us that we are not separate from one another—even when we are living apart. Therefore, we all have a responsibility to exercise compassion and help. As a Buddhist, I believe in the principle of impermanence. Eventually, this virus will pass, as I have seen wars and other terrible threats pass in my lifetime, and we will have the opportunity to rebuild our global community as we have done many times before. I sincerely hope that everyone can stay safe and stay calm. At this time of uncertainty, it is important that we do not lose hope and confidence in the constructive efforts so many are making. _The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists and a Nobel laureate_ _This article is part of a special series on how the coronavirus is changing our lives, with insights and advice from the TIME 100 community. 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