Dear friends, continuation of the sutta: "Dve'me, bhikkhave, antaa pabbajitena na sevitabbaa. Katame dve? Yo caaya.m kaamesu kaamasukhallikaanuyogo - hiino,...
Just a note: "Khattiya (better translated by "knights" than by "warrior" perhaps)" Khattiya = in Sanskrit Kshatriya - is literally "ruler" or "governor"....
Dear Ardavarz & friends, Apparently k.shatriya is related to satrap, satrapy, etc, a term used in the Indo-Greek kingdoms of NW India. I'm not sure of the...
... <Buddhism is not concern with the casts, social contradictions etc. but with the elimination of suffering which is the same for all beings. This is a...
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Mahinda Palihawadana ... The analysis of 'ekaabhidhaane' as "ekatobhidhÄne kÄtabbe" (when a unified statement has to be...
Piya Tan wrote: +AD4-Apparently k.shatriya is related to satrap, satrapy, etc, a term used in +AD4-the +AD4-Indo-Greek kingdoms of NW India. Satrap is the...
Dear Stephen, Good to hear from you, and in good health, too. The Greek is not readable, Stephen. Not sure how to make it readable. Anyway, I have found the...
"Buddhist training begins with siila, and siila very much includes social affairs." Dear Gunnar, I wouldn't like to rise a dispute here, still more that this...
Sorry to come in late on this but my understanding of why the Buddha stated that the warrior caste is best is that he was stating a simple fact. In other...
Dear Ardavarz, ... N: This is correct. The three factors that are siila only arise together when the citta is lokuttara, experiencing nibbaana. At that moment...
Dear friends, summary of the commentary to the Dhammacakkappavattanasutta: The utterance of these words, exclaimed loudly, reached below the aviici hell, and...
Dear Mahinda, Thank-,ou. I very much appreciate your contribution to the discussion of Sd 868 and the time and effort you have taken to investigate further...
Dear Nina, Thank you for your detailed explanation. It makes the topic more clear and specific. I agree that "immortality" is not proper term in a Buddhist...
Dear all, I just join this Pali yahoogroup. I notice that there are some answers to The New Pali Course Part II. May I know where to download all the answers...
Dear Nina, I am very glad that you started the study of the Dhammacakkappavattanasutta. Right now I am traveling from India to Nepal, where will be my home for...
Dear Ardavez, ... N: It is very good that you have Burmese texts you can provide for us. For example, the Pali-Burmese nissaya texts. Some people may wonder...
Dear Gabriel, ... N: Thank you for your kind words. I do not know Tibetan nor sanskrit, but as I said, on Piya's website you will find info on paralel texts. ...
Dear Kim, welcome here. ... N: Yong Peng provides the answers and here is the info: ref: http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/synthesis/pali3.00.cdv Meanwhile, if you...
Dear friends, this is not an advertisement. ;-) Wisdom Publications is not offering a very good discount for the above title translated by Bhikkhus Nanamoli...
Dear Yong Peng, ... N: No, it was not mentioned. But I think it is not on line? When it is on line it is convenient for discussion. Nina. [Non-text portions of...
Dear Jim, Thanks. Yes, I think we have not yet hit upon an acceptable translation for 'ekaabhdhaane'. None of the suggestions I made were meant to be accurate ...
Dear Mahinda, There is quite a bit more commentary on Kc 409 one could investigate and think about that might help us to better understand Sd 868 and ...
Dear Nina, thank you for the corrections, suggestions and additional information. Ya.m so vadati ta.m tath'eva hoti. He says that which is true indeed....
[18/120] The New Pali Course Part III (1950) Prof. A. P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thera Chapter VII Definition of the Indeclinables (b) katha`nkara, how acting....
Dear Yong Peng: Chapter VII Definition of the Indeclinables 68. kaama.m, indeed, certainly ... N: Ven. Buddhadhatta gave as example text below, but in PED...
... Wow! Would you consider that we could be living in that "end of some vast period"? Search YouTube with the keywords "second sun". (You can also try...
Dear Nina and Kim, you will not be able to download the solutions, just yet. However, you can download a PDF document with embedded links to all the suggested...
Dear Nina, thank you. No, the book is not online. I hope that Wisdom would one day makes some of its books available in electronic format, or set up an...
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