Buddhist Studies 1984 1990

Author(s): J W De Jong
Publisher: J W De Jong

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study Anacker's translation of this text, and, if possible, compare it with the translation published by Nagao, a renowned scholar in this field.
It is perhaps the case that serious and critical reviews are not encouraged by editors of some journals. I may illustrate this by the following anecdote. Once, I sent a rather critical review to a journal. I received an acknowledgment and a statement that after circulating it to the rest of the editorial team, I would be informed of the final decision. as quickly as possible. Having waited seven months for a reply, I made an inquiry. According to the reply my review had been sent to the author who had not yet replied. After having waited another three. months I wrote again and suggested my publishing this review elsewhere. I now finally received a letter informing me that my review together with the author's reply would be published. I was asked to immediately forward a brief response! Finally, the review was published together with the reply of the author and my own response. However, the matter did not end here. In the following issue of the journal my name was omitted from the Editorial Advisory Board-without previous notice. With some difficulty I at last received a reply to my enquiry about the removal of my name. The answer was that the Editorial Advisory Board ought to reflect more closely the people with whom they actually did consult and that they had not yet succeeded in thus revising the list entirely. Needless to say that after several years no other name has as yet been removed. Sapienti sat!
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