Re: about Sayadaw U Thittila

Thank you Nina, and Rett for your considerate replies.

  If that unfortunate monk was really Sayadaw  U Thittila, we may
conclude that he came to be recognized only in the later period of his
life. However, we cannot erase the dark  times of him concerning his
unrecognized work.

I have nothing against PTS. What I wish to emphasize is that such
unhappy events (There are also a few others besides this)  have been
the cause of much misunderstanding of PTS in Burmese eyes.  As I have
said before, PTS is the
the symbol of western Pali studies in Burma; accordingly, all western
Pali and Buddhist scholars come to be suspisciously viewed. This
situation continues to date.

There are some Buddhist scholars in Burma who are laymen educated in
western universities. They almost have no voice in monastic education
because they are viewed by monks influential in monastic circles as
knowing English and nothing else about Buddhism! Mutual understanding
is almost nil.

with metta

Ven. Pandita

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:56:28 +0100, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:
>  Venerable Bhante Pandita, Rett and group,
>  I had not realized he is the same Sayadaw Thi.t.tila who translated the
>  Vibhanga which I greatly admire. A kind preface by Horner, an impressive
>  Intro by Iggleden. They acknowledge him with kind words. Horner says, it is
>  hardly necessary to introduce him.
>  Nina. 
>  op 24-01-2005 22:00 schreef rett op rett@...:
> 
>  > In case it is of interest I found an interesting biography of the
>  > Sayadaw U Thittila at:
>  >
>  > http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/biogrphy.htm#uthittila
> 
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