TO MY OLD FRIEND AND COMRADE IN THE ART 
 
BHIKKU ANANDA METTEYA 
 
AND TO THOSE 
 
FOOLS 
 
WHO BY THEIR SHORT-SIGHTED STUPIDITY IN 
ATTEMPTING TO BOYCOTT THIS BOOK 
HAVE WITLESSLY AIDED THE 
CAUSE OF TRUTH 
 
I DEDICATE THESE MY BEST WORDS.