shankara
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Well for one it wouldn't matter if he wasn't "a decent guy", he could still say things which are true. But I would dispute the idea that he's not a good person. Ok, so in Tibet there were still some feudal customs but this wasn't unique to Tibet and a process of reform was already underway. Actually the 13th Dalai Lama abolished capital punishment in the early 20th century, so in that respect Tibet was ahead of the USA. Of course there was some black magic in Tibetan Buddhism, but every religion has these kinds of elements, the Vamachara.hes not a good guy, u should know that.
I guess you could be referring to the fact that he took money and support from the CIA back in the 50s? Well, at the time he knew very little about the world, all he knew was that America wanted to help him. He literally didn't know enough about the world outside Tibet to understand what the CIA is, so you can't really blame him for such a thing.