[Buddha-l] liturgical languages

[Gary Gach]

Richard struck a nerve.    

 A debt is owed to each new translation which makes an ancient text
come alive for a new generation (and perhaps future generations),
including the sutras, the tantras,  the gathas, the chants, etc.

Prothero has suggested the idea of Second Renaissance owing to the
discovery of Sanskrit and EastAsian; hats off to the
translator/interpreter/poets to let the words sing.

The language of the sacred is poetry, and vice-versa. 


Gary Gach
What Web?!   ~ A Mindful Poetry Zone
http://word.to/whatweb.html

"MAKE IT NEW" - Pound, translating Confucius