Ref Buddhist studies

[Sidsel Hansson]

>Olle

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Sidsel
Date:         Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:14:15 +1200
>Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
>From: Richard B Mahoney <rbm49 at STUDENT.CANTERBURY.AC.NZ>
>Subject:      Re: Uninformed discussion on the Gita
>To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
>
>Dear Dominik,
>
>On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:34:59PM +0100, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:
>
>>  The discussion of the Gita this month has generated 50 messages
>>  to date, yet not one citation of Jean Przyluski's famous and
>>  fundamental study of the work.  How is this possible?
>
>
>It may be that most posters have taken de Jong's criticism of
>Przyluski's later work to heart.[1] Apparently ...
>
> In later publications Przyluski succumbed to a mania of
> comparatism which led him to discover everywhere non-Indian
> influences.
>
>This sounds like a disturbing condition. One really wouldn't want
>to spend much time with someone who had developed it. 8-)
>
>
>
>[1] p. 46 in de Jong, J.W. `A Brief History of Buddhist Studies
>in Europe and America' (Delhi: Sri Satguru, 1987)
>
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