After all that has been said, one thing that stood out the most was the fact that the Dalai Lama had really built up such tremendous power to sway the people, including governmental personnels. Not meeting with the Dalai Lama is considered a snub and the Scottish Minister Alex Salmond is being criticised for a decision that is his right to make, even by his own people. The spokesman of Mr. Salmond is quite correct that the Dalai Lama is visiting in his religious capacity and as such he is well met by the officer representing the faith communities in non-political basis.
With the Dalai Lama's power hold on all the politicians, why had he not been able to bring forth any improvement to the living condition of his people in exile? Where had all millions in donations gone to? His government CTA is only focus on living the good live and making the lives of Shugden practitioners suffer as much as they possibly can. So why would Mr. Salmond need to meet the Dalai Lama?
