[Buddha-l] Re: liturgical languages] (Richard P. Hayes)

[libris]

Who told you I'm New Mexican?

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--- "zelders.YH" <zelders.yh at wxs.nl> wrote:

> 
> To: buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com
> Subject: Re: liturgical languages] (Richard P. Hayes)
> 
> Richard Hayes wrote:
> 
> > > . . . Ajahn Sumedho . . .
> >
> >He's an American, as I recall. He is a wonderfully funny speaker.
> He
> >gives some of the most witty and mischievously comical dharma talks
> I've
> >ever heard.
> 
> Right. And he is also one of the most serious human beings I have
> met.
> And one of the brightest.
> 
> >He's an excellent example of the old Norwegian adage "If you
> >give the Dharma to an American, he'll make a joke out of it."
> >I think it was Norwegian. Maybe it was Mongolian.
> 
> Don't be silly. Everybody knows it's just New Mexican.
> 
> Herman Zelders
> 
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