be surprised that most of his books have not sold that much except for his collaboration with howard cutler, the art of happiness but of course he is successful in the sense that so many people around the world want to contribute to the tibetan cause and he's very scrupulous about making sure it finds its way to the places that need. when i met him the day after his nobel prize, after finding a chair in which i would be comfortable, he looked across at me and said i want all this money, what should i do? i was barely out of my 20s, i did not a clue. he was soliciting the advice of everybody and in fact ultimately weisser people then i advised him and he gave so much money to mother theresa, some to africa to help the hungry, some to costa rica to set up a university for peace but i think he always feels his family is essentially a global family and tries to give all the money to tibetans. one curiosity about his scrupulousness there is when he is upset the people charge a lot of money for his appearances for his teachings and when he gives public teachings at the income he requests the clos