Hi Stefan,

Looks like we have very similar interests: Early Buddhism. You might be interested in
some essays I have written and posted on www.dharma.per.sg.

If you have any difficulty downloading any of them, let me know.

Sukhi.

P.

Stefan Detrez wrote:

> Hello listmembers,
>
> My name is Stefan Detrez. I'm 28 years old and I'm a teacher of ethics in a
> school in Antwerp, Belgium. I'm a slavist from KULeuven, Belgium, 2000. My
> graduation thesis was about Buddhism in Russia, since very little
> information is available both here and in Russian on the Theravada or Pali.
>
> Since my graduation I've been dealing mostly with Theravada and having
> studied Classical Sanskrit for one year, I am now studying Pali by myself,
> using Warder and Johansson. With my elementary knowledge of Pali Buddhist
> terminology and Sanskrit I'm able to read easy texts. Of course, I will be
> asking questions about Pali philology, because its here that I hope to find
> answers from people who have Pali streaming through their veins ;)
>
> So far, I haven't been involved with translating or any philological work,
> but I see it as my life goal to contribute to the study of early buddhism. I
> would however be prepared to do fulltime research on the Tipitaka if that
> allowed me to support me in making a living. I hope I can learn a lot from
> all listmembers.
>
> My main intrest goes to the socio-cultural conditions of the emergence of
> early Buddhism, doctrinal development and the chronology of this
> development.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Stefan
>
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