[cloudmountain]

“pain is inevitable,suffering is optional… we have bigger houses,but smaller families. More conveniences,but less time. We have knowledge,but less judgements; more experts,but more problems ; more medicines but less health.” - Dalai Lama XIV

No one wrote down the Buddha's sayings until EONS after he passed away. As a result, if something was GOOD to say, it was from the Old Indian Sidhartha Buddha Gautama.

The current Dalai Lama is, without doubt, a good man. But Indians today are NOT Buddhists. They are Hindus, Muslims or, in the very south of India, Catholics.
People may LAYER in the Buddhist concepts of ethical living but it's not a faith so one may "layer it in" as one sees fit.
The Tibetans are vassals of China, er, excuse me, they are part of the People's Republic of China, though they are NOT Chinese.

From Wikipedia: While estimates vary between 200-500 million adherents, the generally agreed number of Buddhists is estimated at around 350 million (6% of the world's population).

[Brother Cracker]

“Whether you believe in God or not does not matter much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life.”

- Dalai Lama XIV

[nickcarraway]

There is a state in India that has a higher percentage of Baptists than the U.S. State with the highest percentage of Baptists. (Mississippi)