--- Lennart Lopin <lenni_lop@...> skrev:

> Anyway, i sent them an email and maybe i get some
> info back. It would really
> add to the resources of our local Buddhist temple if
> we'd had such an
> edition for everyone to look into (and bow in front
> of, if good karma needs
> be)

Prostrations in addition to study is all right;
prostrations instead of study is another thing. (Same
for both in relation to Dhamma practice, of course.)

> PS: but why present it in Sweden first??? Why not
> Burma, Sri Lanka or
> Singapor? :-)

Perhaps a case of "Royalties of all countries, unite!"

Burma, Sri Lanka and Singapore are republics; Sweden
is a monarchy, and our royal house has old ties to
that of Siam.

At the time of Chulalongkorn, the independence of Siam
depended on the balance of power between Britain and
France, so to strengthen it he needed Western allies
strong enough to support him, but not strong enough to
conquer him. Germany was much to strong at the time,
but the Scandinavian countries suited him perfectly,
so he came here to visit his colleagues, and it seems
he got the support he needed; and Siam never became
formally colonized.

Gunnar

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