The Meaning of Dhamma, no 7 The Saddaniti explains dhamma as pariyatti, the scriptures and dhamma as nissattanijjiivataa, without a being, without a living...
The Meaning of dhamma, no 6. The Saddaniti states with regard to the meaning of dhamma as pa~n~naa: <Yassete caturo dhammaa, saddhassa gharamesino; For the...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no. 5. The Saddaniti gives the same meanings of dhamma as stated in the Atthasaalinii, but in addition it gives several more meanings of...
I asked my teacher, Bhante Gunaratana, about the "eight heavy duties", the special restrictions on Bhikkhunis. His answer was unequivocal. The rules were...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no 4. As we have seen in the Atthasaalinii, dhamma can also mean hetu: <Hetumhi ~naa.na.m dhamma pa.tisambhidaa";ti-aadiisu (vibha. 720)...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no 3. The following meaning of dhamma explained in the Dhammapada-Atthakata, is dhamma as an entity without a living soul (nissatta,...
What's New at Access to Insight Monday 2006-05-29 2006-05-29 - Calling all beta-testers! For well over a year now, a small group of longtime friends of ATI has...
Dear friends, Yong Peng asked me to repost ŒThe Meaning of Dhamma¹ I wrote a long time ago. I shall repost this part by part, and I am open to corrections....
Will someone kindly help to translate thew word "vaasamakappayiiti" in the line shown: Ima.m so paritta.m katvaa moro vaasamakappayiiti Thank you kindly in...
Dear all,
Some of you may have tried out the "Pali-English & English-Pali Dictionary", a program created by a team led by one Phra Khim Ramaniyo (Kewpradit),...
Dear friends I encounter a problematic word when reading Mahasi Sayadaw's Visuddhi~naan.akathaa, i.e. saadhunikaneyyapuggalla translated by Nyanaponika Thera...
Dear friends I encounter a problem again reading U Pandita Sayadaw's preface to Visuddhi~naan.akathaa. I can't find a solution for 'muddaapita', according to...
Dear friends I am trying to use MIcrosoft Office word processor to produce an index of Pali words appearing in Mahasi Sayadaw's Visuddhi~naan.akathaa. Does...
Hi. I'm writing to ask for a copy of any files of Pali instructional material (the Warder book, the New Course in Reading Pali, or Pali Primer) for the Input...
Dear Group, We had a question about the difference between these two terms. Anyone have ideas? Bodhi page 770 note 156 Nidanvagga samyutta nikaya "Because this...
I would like to wish all members a happy Vesak Day*. At the same time, I'd like to thank everybody for your support and participation over the last ten months....
Dear Nisala I agree with you when you say: The truth is that every single culture which adopted Buddhism sculpted Siddhartha's image according to its members'...
I remember reading a passage in the Tipitaka -- in the PTS English translation-- where the Buddha states that were one to maintain that effects in this life...
Hi everyone, My names Ike, and I'd just like to ask if anyone knows 1) is it worth taking courses or working with a tutor in studying Pali 2) would anyone...
Avuso, all of you Dhamma friends ! Felt intense joy and honoured to have joined the Group ! I have been in contact with the Dhamma for about twenty eight years...
Bhante, I only said the software was at http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/andy/iezhom.htm, not in the group files location. But no reason they shouldn't be put...
Hi, I am new to this group and would appreciate your answers to a few basic questions. 1. When a citation of a translated (English) passage from the Tipitaka...
I was wondering if anyone might be able to help with where to find some key words central in theravada, in written Pali. I don't read or translate Pali at...
Dear friends, I am currently putting up the SLTP on the wiki. Just before So.nada.n.da Sutta begins, there is a word pi.tava. Does anyone know what it mean? ...
Dear friends, Does anyone know the Canon reference for the following passage about Bahiya Daaruciiriya ? I believe it is in the Udana, but am not able to...
Hallo! Could somebody tell me if there is a file of the Warder book for the program INPUT EASY, like there is one of the Pali Primer? Thanks in advance, Gerard...
Dear Peter & all Bro/Sis, The webpage URLs for the Dhammapada in Pali/English can be found at the following addresses: http://www.buddhanet.net/ftp07.htm...
Dear pali-folks, Does anyone know where I might get a copy of Ananda Maitreya's Pali Made Simple? I saw it at another monastery and loved it. They however...
Dear Adin, You could order a copy from the Buddhist Cultural Centre in Colombo who republish it. They have a website. If that does not work out, contact me and...
