[Buddha-l] Dharmapala (Richard Hayes) and TIP

[Mitchell Ginsberg]

Hello all, 

Richard wrote: I can't speak for what Polish Buddhists may have been doing, but 
I do recall reading many years ago in Kau?ilya's Artha??stra that Buddhist monks 
make ideal spies, because they can move about freely in crowds and people tend 
to trust them. My guess is that over the centuries there must surely have been 
Buddhist monks who pursued careers in espionage. But that is only a guess.

Richard 

While not a Buddhist monk in the pay of any government for espionage, I would 
like to sneak into this discussion a mention of a book that has just been 
published in its sixth edition. It has been reviewed by some individuals 
familiar to this group in Buddhist (and Daoist) circles. I would like to 
insinuate the possibility that interested people request that their university 
library order a copy, now available, if they feel it appropriate. This is The 
Inner Palace (2010 edition, lxxiv + 794 pp). Reviews are available at 
http://jinavamsa.com/books/TheInnerPalace/TIP_reviews.html 
It discusses a number of issues quite relevant to Buddhist theory and practice, 
in a larger context. 
Mitchell
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