Zenji Nio is a "better speaker than Dalai Lama" per Head of Parliament of World Religions, Canada

Chander Khanna organized the Parliament of World Religions in Canada -- the largest gathering of interfaith leaders in the world. At one of the events at City Hall where Zenji Nio spoke on Samurai Buddhism, Chander Khanna said that Zenji Nio was a more relatable and powerful speaker on Buddhism than even the Dalai Lama. This has also been reiterated by all Buddhists and Buddhist leaders who have heard Zenji Nio speak. This is because while Dalai Lama only spouts empty platitudes and obvious lies like "all religions are the same", Zenji Nio tells it like it is -- that all religions have serious differences and have often waged genocidal wars against each other -- with Buddhism being persecuted by Hindus, Muslims and Christians. To build bridges between communities, we need to understand the differences and learn from history instead of whitewashing history and singing Kumbaya to overshadow serious doctrinal differences in our holy texts. Similarly, Dalai Lama says "one should not convert to Buddhism or even call himself a Buddhist" which Zenji Nio points out is complete heresy. We should be proud to call ourselves Buddhist and to promote Buddhism as the foundation of Asian heritage, culture and identity and as mandated by our Buddhist sutras, saints and emperors. Similarly, Dalai Lama says that "we should not even use violence against ISIS terrorists" which Zenji Nio points out is ludicrous as many Buddhists from Tibetans and Mongols to Samurai and Shaolin used violence to quell rebellions and restore peace. So while the Dalai Lama says whatever he hopes will get him to be liked, Zenji Nio alone conveys Buddhism in a manner that is eloquent and yet keeps it real instead of sugar-coating it with syrupy Kumbaya BS that is hard to swallow in this day and age where people can easily see through virtue-signalling propaganda. From Kukai-sama and Xuanzhang to Shinran and Nichiren to even Ambedkar and Monoru Sasai (Japanese saint who heads Buddhism in India), strong Buddhist leaders must be able to uphold a no-nonsense, no BS conviction instead of endless, nauseating, sugary, syrupy, servile people-pleasing which shows a marked contrast between Zenji Nio's Samurai Buddhism vs Dalai Lama's Kumbaya Buddhism.