[Buddha-l] Aged people or senior monks?

JKirkpatrick jkirk at spro.net
Mon Aug 8 11:59:30 MDT 2011


 


>
> > D.C. Sircar 1957, p. 45: "meeting the aged and making
provision of 
> > money for them"
>
> The current translation of that passage in the United States
is: 
> "visiting the elderly and taking money from them to give to 
> billionaires and major corporations."
>
> Richard
>
>
No, Richard that is the unspoken meaning.  The translation is
"entitlement reform".

Geoff
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Well said, all.

Joanna



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