[Buddha-l] Karmapa once again

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Op 08-02-11 19:34, JKirkpatrick schreef:
> One of the mistakes the will correct is to leave the bookkeeping
> in the hands of a monk.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/world/asia/08tibet.html?pagewan
> ted=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
>
> erik
> _________________
> "Sophisticated hackers, traced to China, have penetrated computer
> systems in Dharamsala and at Indian government ministries.
> "Perhaps all the best Indian IT guys came to Silicon Valley,
> USA-- leaving the dregs behind. Otherwise, if this were true, the
> smart guys would have figured it out and instituted security
> before now.
>
> Probably they've also penetrated the NYT! Did anyone notice that
> right above p. 2 of this article, is a banner ad for the local
> Confucious Institute?
>
> "Mr. Mathur said the Karmapa's aides were unable to deposit the
> money because they were awaiting a decision on their application
> - made several years ago - for government approval to accept
> foreign currency."
>
> No surprise they have been waiting for several years, given which
> govt. they are obliged to.  Let us not forget that the Indian
> government also thought that the famous Angry Monk, Gendun
> Chopel, when he was a visitor in India, was a communist spy.
> Ironically, the North is usually an auspicous direction, and the
> South inauspicious--but these days the cardinal roles seem to be
> reversed.
Interesting suggestion: first hack the NYT and then leave a poster of 
the Confucian Institute as a sign. :-)
But seriously: I agree that this article is full of ambiguities and 
paradoxes. Perhaps a good idea for a new Harry Potter story, or perhaps 
a new book about the Karmapa code?

erik