[Buddha-l] liturgical languages

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 09:09 -0400, Jackhat1 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/27/05 4:22:28 PM Central Daylight Time,
> curt at cola.iges.org writes:
>         >That is precisely what the Buddha warned against. When people
>         became
>         >intrigued with the sound, they fail to focus on the meanings
>         of the
>         >words. This is why he forbade chanting.
>         >  
> =====
> Do you have a canonical reference for this statement?

Yes, of course. There are several. I will try to dig them up within the
next few days, as time permits.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico