Frasi di Thomas William Rhys Davids

Thomas Wiliam Rhys Davis è stato un orientalista inglese.

Nel 1881 fondò la Pali Text Society e nel 1882 divenne docente di letteratura Pali a Londra, accompagnando questo ruolo con la segreteria della Royal Asiatic Society, che ottenne nel 1880. Nel 1904 lasciò la Royal Asiatic Society e nel 1912 abbandonò l'insegnamento. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. Maggio 1843 – 27. Dicembre 1922
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Thomas William Rhys Davids: Frasi in inglese

“His teaching, far-reaching and original as it was, and really subversive of the religion of the day, was Indian throughout. He was the greatest and wisest and best of the Hindus.”

T.W. Rhys-Davids: Buddhism, p.116-117, quoted in D. Keer: Ambedkar, p.522. Quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2002). Who is a Hindu?: Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other offshoots of Hinduism. ISBN 978-8185990743
Contesto: We should never forget that Gautama was born and brought up a Hindu and lived and died a Hindu. His teaching, far-reaching and original as it was, and really subversive of the religion of the day, was Indian throughout. He was the greatest and wisest and best of the Hindus.

“We should never forget that Gautama was born and brought up a Hindu and lived and died a Hindu. His teaching, far-reaching and original as it was, and really subversive of the religion of the day, was Indian throughout. He was the greatest and wisest and best of the Hindus.”

T.W. Rhys-Davids: Buddhism, p.116-117, quoted in D. Keer: Ambedkar, p.522. Quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2002). Who is a Hindu?: Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other offshoots of Hinduism. ISBN 978-8185990743

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