Dear Professor Silk, I am afraid they are referencing this book: WebOPAC Local書誌詳細 <https://lib-opac.jim.nanzan-u.ac.jp/webopac/catdbl.do?pkey=BB00650441&formkeyno=138025336pvTaAWBRKS&startpos=3&hitcnt=12&tab_num=0>
(Nakamura Hajime (1977) Gotama Buddha. Los Angeles, Buddhist Books International) which is very slim indeed (and riddled with typos). Best wishes, Gaia Pintucci On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM Jonathan Silk via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > What I sent yesterday to the "corrections" email of the NYT with the > subject line "does anyone fact check even basic things?": > > “Monk, Householder and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of > Ritual” (1992) by David Gellhorn > > Please, please: look up the author's name.... > > “Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts” (1977) by > Hajime Nakamura > A slim, subtle meditation on the Awakened One and his doctrine coming from > the Eastern edge of the Buddhist world. > > Are we talking about the same book? this is a two volume work, the first > of which is 528 pages, the second 350; slim? > > I am not surprised that there has been no response so far... > > Jonathan > > > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM Samuel Grimes via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The editors at the New York Times should perhaps do even minor fact >> checking before publishing so much misinformation on Newar Buddhism. >> Acknowledging its existence is perhaps a step in the right direction, even >> while saying things like it is “inextricably linked with Hinduism” and a >> “prison of secrecy.” All while mentioning people like Birat Raj Bajracharya >> and Swostu Kayastha who would be appalled having their names appear beside >> such nonsense. >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 11:40 PM Patricia SAUTHOFF via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A nice feature on Buddhism that may be useful for students. (link should >>> be unpaywalled) >>> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/t-magazine/nepal-buddha-kathmandu-buddhism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ilA.KF-0.G4wb2XMKrHz5&smid=url-share >>> >>> >>> Patricia Sauthoff >>> 司徒 雛菊 >>> Assistant Professor >>> Department of History >>> Hong Kong Baptist University >>> >>> Current project: Mineral and Metal Anti-Aging Recipes in Rasaśāstra >>> <https://scholars.hkbu.edu.hk/en/projects/mineral-and-metal-anti-aging-recipes-in-rasa%C5%9B%C4%81stra?fbclid=IwY2xjawHiG9pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUJxgz4cHyE1vOTta2DAXpX3ebsW1z580v2c0JyEtN_FSvR-my9IXf2akA_aem_Ie62WfFUu3OguPpZCjEbDg> >>> >>> Author: Illness and Immortality >>> <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/illness-and-immortality-9780197553268> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> [image: Baptist University Logo] >>> >>> Disclaimer >>> >>> This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential >>> information intended for a specific individual and/or purpose. If you are >>> not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify the >>> sender and the University immediately. Any disclosure, copying, or >>> distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is >>> prohibited as it may be unlawful. >>> >>> In addition, the University specifically denies any responsibility for >>> the accuracy or quality of information obtained through University E-mail >>> Facilities. Any views and opinions expressed in the email(s) are those of >>> the author(s), and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of >>> the University. The University accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss >>> or damage that may be incurred or caused to any party as a result of the >>> use of such information. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> > > > -- > Prof. dr. J.A. Silk > Professor in the study of Buddhism > Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, LIAS > Herta Mohr building 2.142 > Witte Singel 27A > 2311 BG Leiden > The Netherlands > > Guest Professor, PI of ERC-Project BEST > Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München > Department für Asienstudien, Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie > Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 > 80539 München > Deutschland > > website: www.OpenPhilology.eu > copies of my publications may be found at > https://leidenuniv.academia.edu/JASilk > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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