John Paul II takes a broad-minded view not only of Islam but of Buddhism and all other religions as well. He considers the Tibetan Buddhist deity yoga (whereby we each become god) of his good friend the Dalai Lama, along with the prayers of witch doctors, spiritists, and every other religion, to be generating “profound spiritual energies” that are creating a “new climate for peace.” According to a Los Angeles Times news report:
“Pope John Paul II slipped off his shoes to sit quietly and solemnly with the supreme patriarch of Thailand’s Buddhists at a Buddhist monastery in Bangkok…. The Roman Catholic pontiff later praised the ‘ancient and venerable wisdom’ of the Asian religion.”