[Buddha-l] Students as potential spooks?

[Jo]

On Jan 22, 2012, at 10:17 AM, "Jo" <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:

> Who was Gene Smith? Some unknown saint from the "west"?

Pretty damn close. He was a guy from rural Utah who was a librarian at the
Library of Congress and knew more about Tibetan history, language,
literature and culture than anyone living or dead. It's pretty much
impossible to read anything written on Tibet without finding a heartfelt
acknowledgement by the author to Gene Smith and expressions of effusive
gratitude for his knowledge, kindness and generosity. He was an early
subscriber to Buddha-l, by the way. His only moral failing was that he never
learned to pronounce the word "coyote". He pronounced it so it rhymed with
"oat". 

Richard Hayes
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Ok thanks--now I recall the online mourning when he died. Getting old
too--memory's not so good these days.
JK