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"CT visits the Dalai Lama, spiritual hero to millions"
James A. Beverley | posted 6/11/2001 12:00AM

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The Dalai Lama discusses with Asiaweek the growing sectarian strife within the Tibetan exile community and the effect his death will have on followers.
CNN.com's in-depth special on the Dalai Lama includes a biographical sketch, news articles, and multi-media clips of the Tibetan leader.
President Bush met with the Dalai Lama late last month.
"Whether Hindu or Muslim or Christian, whoever tries to convert, it's wrong, not good," the Dalai Lama said on a trip to India in January.
For more articles, see Yahoo's full coverage area on Tibet and the Dalai Lama
A Minnesota lawmaker protested when the Dalai Lama visited the state legislature in May. The monk's "beliefs are incompatible with Christian principles," Arlon Lindner said in an e-mail message, "and those Christian principles are or have been the governing principles of American society.
Gospelcom.net's Apologetics Index has a news articles database and other information on the Dalai Lama from a Christian perspective.
In 1998, the World Evangelical Fellowship's Religious Liberty Commission director, Johan Candelin, met with the Buddhist leader.
Christianity Today's earlier coverage of the Dalai Lama includes:
Spirituality Without Religion | More Christians attracted to Dalai Lama's teachings. (Nov. 22, 1999)
Goodbye, Dalai | China Pressures South Africa President To Refuse Meeting With Dalai Lama (Dec. 2, 1999)
Dalai Lama, Evangelical Leader Talk (Aug. 10, 1998)