Buddhism and Pali (Mud Pie Slices)

Can studying Pali – the language of the earliest Buddhist texts – get us closer to what the Buddha actually said, in his very own words? In this short and brilliant book, Richard Gombrich suggests that this may well be possible ...Richard Gombrich is Chair and Founding Director of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies and one of the world’s leading authorities on early Buddhism. This book is the result of a lifetime’s dedication to the study and teaching of Pali.