Would it help you if it were &quot;Free Hawai&#x27;i&quot;?  That timeline is comparable.<p>Your last statement confuses me.  What does Dalai Lama have to do with Buddhism? The Dalai Lama is not the head of Buddhism but the head of Tibet, which is a tribe seeking a political state. Tibetan Buddhism is a sect of Buddhism practiced beyond Tibetan borders.  Much like a great many Shia Muslims live in Iran, but we would not confound Iranian political independence with Shia Islam. Let&#x27;s not forget Buddha was &quot;born&quot; in present-day Nepal.  Certainly, the Dalai Lama is no fool and uses his religion for his political agenda, seeking to perhaps  to conflate the two.  By your post it seems he is succeeding.