[Buddha-l] RE: learning Sanskrit

[Leigh Goldstein (d)]

R.H. wrote:

>There's no need to be a monk to study Sanskrit. It's a vocation perfectly
suited to being a 
>householder. As for ego, Sanskrit will whittle the largest and most
adamantine ego down to 
>size. It is a means of liberation.

What about this argument:

Anyone who studies Sanskrit (or Pali), as a beginner or amateur, to read
original Buddhist texts will be, in effect, reading a very poor translation.
Much better to read one or more translations by someone who is a highly
trained and studied professional.

-Leigh