Sarah Shaw review of two books on the Therīgāthā

[mikenz66]

Hi @KevinK, I agree, and I was among many of us who put our names to petitions to Shambala. Here is the first thread on this Forum about the issue, started by Ayya Sudhamma:

From Lioness Roars to Purrs - A Review of The First Free Women by Matty Weingast (Therigatha)

We gained a new Therigatha (elder nuns’ poems) translation in 2020, “First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns” by Matty Weingast. Or at least we gained something that is lovely and inspiring, involving bhikkhunis, and generally relating in some way to the original poems. But is the book really a translation? And if not, does that matter? While studying the Therigatha with a group throughout this past year, we compare up to half a dozen translations and often delve into Pāli phrasing.…