Published by: World Tibet Network News, Thursday, June 12, 1997

By SUSAN KING, Times Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES, Thursday, June 12, 1997 (LA Times) - Though it's a big summer for movie videos, there are plenty of special-interest tapes in the marketplace.

The Dalai Lama is featured in two new videos. In MPI's _Secular Meditation" ($20), the humanitarian discusses the benefits of meditation and how one should distinguish between religious subjects, like faith, and what he calls _basic human good qualities," such as compassion and love.

Mystic Fire's _The Four Noble Truths" series ($108 for the four-tape set; $35 each) was taped last year over two days at London's Barbican Hall. The event marks the first time the Dalai Lama has made a public presentation of the foundations of Buddhist teachings. Call (800) 292-9001.