Lost in Translation - Tibetan/Pali

[gatito]

I've noticed that a substantial proportion of the posts here are by people who don't seem to understand the source texts from which they derive their quotes.

Anyone here read/write/speak Tibetan or Pali?

Anyone here interested in learning/teaching Tibetan or Pali?

[RigdzinTrinley]

I read and speak Tibetan close to fluent (ask me in 3 years again)

 

And I feel if someone wants to study IndoTibetan dharma its a very good idea to study the language

 

There are incredible lamas Khenpo etc just living simple lives without thousands of students and 200dharma centers world wide with the same education and probably more practice experience

 

And they are pretty accessible - if you speak the language that is, so that's a good reason

 

Also the Tibetan text are somewhat easier to understand once you get the overall structure of how they present dharma

 

Because they use always the same terms, in English on the other hand each translator(or group) has his/her own ways of translating... That confuses the whole matter a lot

 

Alot more to say about this.. Another time mayhabs