Re: FAO Jim Anderson

Dear Rajith,

I will leave this for Jim to decisively answer, but what comes to my
mind is that things posted on forums are sometimes written a bit
hurriedly and not very deeply worked out or very well written. Therefore
I am not sure if Lance would be very happy if his forum comments were to
be made into a book, but perhaps Jim has another opinion.
Personally I think that it would be better if his former academic
students and colleagues were to organise an academic Festschrift in
commemoration of Lance and get it published through an academic
institution.
Perhaps his academic articles could all be republished in one volume.
The latter could be possibly be published by the BPS although the BPS is
not really an academic publisher.

Best,
           Bhikkhu Nyanatusita


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> Dear Mr Anderson,
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> I'm a former meditation student of Lance Cousins and not a Pali Scholar.  I have copied in the editor of the Buddhist Publications Society Ven Nyanatusita in Sri Lanka (with whom I tried to discuss this but failed to get through) - I know Ven Nyanatusita and he worked with Lance.
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> It's very impressive that Lance contributed to your Pali forum for 11 years.  There is so much opportunity to create a publication with edited extracts of Lance's contributions.  The BPS is a reasonable low profile international organisation in Sri Lanka that has published Ven Nanamoli 's diaries as "a thinkers notebook".
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> I wonder if you regardless of the BPS could consider putting some of this material together.  I could help, Ven Nyanatusita could be interested (I stress could as I've not discussed this and he's busy) or the Samatha Association of which I'm a member or any other Independent Vehicle or body you could choose could be involved.  I actually think that the Samatha Association does not match the universality of the BPS or another organisation in the first instance.
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> I offer this as a reflection.  I'd be happy to help with modest funds or any other input and there are others.  You can get all the money and credit.  The important thing is that some of Lance's historical and linguistic insights deserve airing.
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> I offer this as a request and reflection though not an inducement.  I'm sorry for upsetting your schedules and from taking away from your commitments.
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> Yours sincerely
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> Rajith Dissanayake PhD FRAS
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