--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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
One person made 100's if not 1000's of interviews? At 10 minutes per interview, disallowing travel time, we're talking a rather extended period of time... Who told you he made thousands of interviews concerning the succession of the Shankaracharya of the North? > > ii) To what extent Shantananda represents the S. Tradition compared to > all sitting Shanks and 1000's of months in the tradtion > Shantananada DEFINES the tradition via Gurudev according to the will. > iii) to what extent Shantananda's comments might have been influenced > by his seat being substantially supported by MMY. Or to what extent the other Shankaracharya's might have objected because MMY was NOT Brahmin? BTW, niether was the Buddha. Are you so into the caste-system in India that you'll blast the Buddha because he wasn't approved of by the Brahmins? 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/
