Tom Newhall

@JeffreyKotyk Congrats! Looking forward to seeing it!

Next week my book will be available. An open access (free) PDF will be downloadable. brill.com/display/title/…

...would be no more than a sign that "this probably has lots of mistakes, and was not checked carefully." If Buddhist organizations don't care about Buddhist writings, should anyone?

I wouldn't mind if they wanted to use machine translation to produce new translations: indeed, it's probably a good idea, but the idea that a translation would get the "stamp of approval" from some anonymous committee with few, academic credentials...

The idea that Buddhist organizations should simply "certify" Buddhist scriptures translated by machine rather than actually do the work themselves should be supremely embarrassing for them.

Well, that says a lot... rip twitter

So... who is still on here?

@yuxuan_tay aaand there's something on the handle that I forgot

@yuxuan_tay "Someone asked: 'What is the meaning of coming from the West?' Linji said: 'If it has meaning, there is no saving oneself.'" (not sure about trans.)

Thanks 先輩@tomnewhall for bequeathing this magical sutra mug 🙏 #lifeofabuddhiststudiesscholar