--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/18/05 12:47 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Plus 8 scholarly books [by chandol] on linguistics and music. What has Dana Sawyer published?
Well, amongst other things, a lot of scolarly articles on monastic traditions in India. Here is the footnote from the S. Lineage article -- from over ten years ago. this was not a complete list in th mid 90s when the lineage article was written, and I am sure Dana has published a lot since then. But just based on these publications, compared to Chandol, it would appear that Dana has done more direct research into realms relevant to the Shank Tradition. > My thanks go to Dana Sawyer of Maine College of Art, who kindly > shared with me the results of his field studies and interviews. See > also his article, "Monastic Structure of Banarsi Dandi Sadhus" in > Living Banaras: Hindu Religion in Cultural Context, ed. Hertel, > Bradley R. and Cynthia Humes, Albany: State University of New York > Press, 1993, and his forthcoming publication(s) on the Dandi Sadhus. (vaj: I have this work, it is excellent if you are interested in this kind of thing.) I am sure Chandol is a credible, respected prof in his field,. However his reserch intothe shank and monastic traditions appears to be one short convo 35 years ago. Even if chandols puplication list were 3x as large, it would not make his reporting of tha one convo even MORE credible. I beleive he is reporting accurately what he heard. It does not take a distinguished prof to report a few sentence convo. Any credible person could have done so. This issues are not chandols credibility but: i) the bulk of evidence: his reporting of a one sentence response vs Danas 100's if not 1000's of interviews ii) To what extent Shantananda represents the S. Tradition compared to all sitting Shanks and 1000's of months in the tradtion iii) to what extent Shantananda's comments might have been influenced by his seat being substantially supported by MMY. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
