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John Paul Grips (nprofile…lq09) Yeah I ran into that issue with Pali bc when I first wanted to learn about Buddhism I bought into the *no Mahayana influence = more authentic* narrative, which defaults you to the Pali language canon.
Turns out it's more complicated than that and a lot of early stuff is also preserved only in Sanskrit and Chinese, but none of the three are original language, which to me almost defeats the purpose of learning. I learned Koine Greek bc I wanted to read the original New Testament. If you're not reading anything original with it then there's no point.
Turns out it's more complicated than that and a lot of early stuff is also preserved only in Sanskrit and Chinese, but none of the three are original language, which to me almost defeats the purpose of learning. I learned Koine Greek bc I wanted to read the original New Testament. If you're not reading anything original with it then there's no point.