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("...to breed compassion...." - I used to belive this about religion. Nowadays, looking at all the ongoing and increasing religious conflicts and warfare throughout the globe, it's difficult to have any faith, at all, in religion. The truth seems to be that religion, especially highly organized hierarchical traditional religion is what keeps humans in a perpetual state of war.) Dalai Lama begins U.S. tour CNN.com - Dalai Lama begins U.S. tour - Sep. 6, 2003Flanked by representatives of 25 religions Friday at the University of San Francisco, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said all faiths have the same basic aim -- to breed compassion among their followers.

"I will continue to pursue my struggle, which is to campaign for peace," he told the crowd of about 1,000 faculty, students and members of San Francisco's Tibetan Buddhist community.