[Buddha-l] 9. Attadiipaa Sutta (Joy Vriens)

[Richard Hayes]

On May 11, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Dan Lusthaus wrote:

> In a discussion that tended to reinforce the idea that the term occurs only 
> twice, pointing out that at least seven additional instances are to be found 
> justifies (for me) the use of the word "numerous." And these additional 
> seven do not include the Sn and Ap. citations given by Lance.

That you spent time digging all this up justifies (for me) the use of the word "obsessive" (for you). But that's fine. I was assured by the wife of a fellow PhD candidate in Sanskrit that all the Sanskritists she had met (who were enough to be considered numerous) were obsessive-compulsive. She was a clinical psychologist and knew her diagnostic categories very well. When she broke the news of her diagnosis to me, I assured her that there are only two ways to learn Sanskrit reasonably well: be born a brahman or be mentally ill.

Richard Hayes (not a brahman name)
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico