Starting the Conversation “I’m a one-man army,” laughed the Malaysian gentleman sitting in front of me before the seminar session began. Dato’ Dr. G. K. Ananda Kumaraseri and I were in Tripura, India for the conference hosted by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in December last year (Dato’ is an honorary title bestowed by the Malaysian king). A retired diplomat, he travels around the world giving talks on Buddhist education, the family, and society, and he half-