Guest guest Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 On another day, I heard an old lady’s voice complaining to Bhagavan that the Ashram books were written in high English, making them terse and unintelligible to people who come from non English-speaking countries. The language should be made easier and the points well-developed. Bhagavan answered that it couldn’t be helped because the language to be read by those who understand English must be good, grammatical and idiomatic: “Will you read a French book which is loosely, badly and non-idiomatically written? You will not touch it. The translations should be in the best language to command respect. "Foreigners, by repeated reading, can make themselves well acquainted with the English used, as we witness a number of Germans, French, etc., who can now speak perfect English. " In fact most foreigners who visit this Ashram appear to have been educated in English and do not complain about the difficulties of our books. Most of them say, when asked, that they had learned their English in schools. Although you are right about complete foreigners to English, but these are very few in comparison with the majority.†~} ~ From Guru Ramana, by S.S. Cohen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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