Uninformed discussion on the Gita

[Richard B Mahoney]

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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