he is so unselfconscious. he will play a round with his robe and-- >> it is very disarming. i have seen him and people of seen him. they expect him to be reverential and distant and yet he is warm and genuine and puts people at ease. >> you phrased it bright beautifully, there is no court to drop. >> okay, let's take some questions. i'm having a little trouble seeing but i can see you. what is your question please? >> before 1950, before the dalai lama went away from china, he was the leader of tibet. what do you think of the work, what you think of his work during that period of time? >> a very good question. of course he was only 14 years old when the chinese arrived, so really he didn't have much of a chance to get a full program going. the previous dalai lama had outlined tibet this is the key to reform and tried to send tibetan students to boarding school in england, he set up the postal service, he tried to do lots of things to bring tibet into the modern world and then he died at the relatively young age and suddenly a 4-year-old took over. a dalai lama is a performan