--- "Timothy C. Cahill" <tccahill@...> wrote:

> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 20:07:54 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "Timothy C. Cahill" <tccahill@...>
> To: Pali Moderator <Pali-owner@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: (no-)self introduction

Dear Pali-folks,

I teach Asian religions here at Loyola University,
and I've taught Sanskrit here and there. I'm not a
Buddhist, but I have taken a shot at meditating a few
times. I've studied Sanskrit for 20 years, and I've
read some stuff in the literary Prakrits --
particularly Kalidasa.

I want to learn Pali since I teach an introductory
course in Buddhism every other year. Whenever I come
to a Pali passage I immediately hunt down the page for
a Sanskrit "chaya" --and this makes me feel like quite
a slacker. I've had some Pali text books hanging
around for years, and last summer I even bought the
dictionary by Rhys David & Stede. So perhaps this
list serve will help me make my start!

Also, I once 'translated' a long Buddhist text
(Tattvasangraha) into English.

peaceful wishes,
Tim Cahill


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