Dalai Lama urges religious respect

The Dalai Lama encouraged people gathered at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to preserve their own religious traditions while respecting others with differing beliefs.

“As you know, I always believed since all different traditions have the same potential to bring inner peace, inner value . . . it is important to keep one’s own tradition,” he told about 8,000 people at Crisler Arena.

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said he learned about Islam, Christianity and Judaism through personal contact and that he has a “genuine admiration and respect and appreciation for those traditions.”