Yes, those were the words of Mao to Dalai Lama but I dont know whether he added "too much" in front or not - anyway translation from Chinese to English wont be exact is my guess. But, before that he was already in the path of secular religion in the mainland china. I wont be surprised if the same people who have supported Tibetan cause will now forget that to achieve their ultimate goal because supporting Tibetan cause as well as secular Nepal does not sound right to me. The fact is that Tibet represent just a fraction of the 60 million people murdered by Mao's secular religion of Chinese Communism. If you want the facts - 1978 Guinness book of world records listed Mao ahead of Hitler and Stalin as the biggest mass murderer. If you saw Maoist Suresh Bhandaris interview taken by Kevin Sites - he clearly mentions that they are following the footsteps Mao and Stalin with some reforms and I leave upto the readers what he could mean by those "reforms".