Whether or not it’s ‘ultimately’ proven [via my own eventual death] that the extremes of his faith are fraudulent, the teachings that he was brought up with helped mold him into a good and benevolent man.  NO doubt either of us could name alternate conditions, religions, schoolings, whatever, wherein incredible frauds, sociopaths/cretins, nightmares to all earth & humanity have been reared AND encouraged in their vile acts…and often called “ladies” & “gentlemen” of highest…esteem…ee-ven.     

I don’t know, the Dalai Llama or not, I figure he’s a heck-of-a guy…who seems to be a good neighbor; a true elder statesman.  I’d sooner give him my house keys and ask him to look in if we were goin on a trip, than I would…say…Dubya, etc.  Not that Dubya would need a key…or my permission……..or probable cause…