The Dalai Lama has never been any more than a two bit hustler with a good press agent.
Yes but have you seen how many books he has in print? Must take in a fortune. His quote books are almost as popular as Moochelle Obama's.
In the early 1980s when it was rare to get an audience with the "revered" Dalai Lama, mystery writer Loren Estleman got to meet with him for a few minutes. He joked when asked what he said to the leader: "I said, well hello, Dalai."