Last Updated on November 14, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org
https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/biography-and-daily-life/a-routine-day
We can see that he uses a very solid an heavy built treadmill.
But Buddhist monks are not allowed to have money, as Ajahn Amaro said:
It therefore does not make any sense to develop a special treadmill for the Dalai Lama such as this one:
And treadmills for Buddhist monks have to be cost-effective since they have no money. And also treadmills for meditation research have to be cost-effective. As the Dalai Lama the Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS) has no money for research.