Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!mustang!data.nas.nasa.gov!news From: cracraft@pogo.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft) Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern Subject: Buddhist Pali texts Message-ID: <1991May3.154823.23593@nas.nasa.gov> Date: 3 May 91 15:48:23 GMT Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov Organization: /home/fsf/cracraft/.organization Lines: 7 Approved: prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov I've always found the straight-line Buddhist texts to be incredibly dry and boring. An interpreter to bring the tradition alive is strongly recommended for beginning students. --Stuart