Dear friends, I have posted this message more than 24 hours ago and it doesn't turn up, so I guess it would have been lost in cyberspace. As such, I am...
Dear friends, I bought a new computer last month, and decided to use OpenOffice.org, which is an open source program. I use the word processor Writer in the...
The Meaning of Dhamma, No 12. Fourteen meanings of "dhamma" listed in verse 784 of the Abhidhaanappadiipikaa (a 12th cent. Pali thesaurus) along with its...
Dear all, I have an unusual question. In a book I read (The Buddhist Concepts of Kamma and Rebirth) it is said that the lifespan of devas and brahma's is not...
Dear friends, I have good news for you. After initial discussions months ago, we have finally got a wiki for the group. A wiki is an easy-to-use Web page that...
Dear All, I've joined the group this evening. I hope to shadow the posts for awhile. I have a strong interest in paali, but little experience. I hope to be...
I am a student of south asian languages .I am intrested in Pali .I want to ask some questions .Any one 'kindly 'reply me' thanks 1-What is origin of Pli...
Hi members... Currently, im interested in devanagari, an ancient script used for Pali. Does anyone know how to write sabbe satta bhavantu sukkhitatta in ...
Does one pronounce ññ (as in Dhp. 165: "n' aañño añña'm visodhaye") by doubling the length of time used to pronounce a single consonant? On the other...
Hi, Can anyone give me the romanized pali for the following passage from the Phena Sutta of the Samyutta Nikaya, (here translated by Ajahn Thanissaro): ...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no. 10. Words: pavatti (f): occurrence, procedure. yutti (f): correctness, what is suitable, application ekako: solitary nesa: na+esa....
The Meaning of Dhamma, no. 9 The Saddaniti explains dhamma as pu~n~na, virtue: <"Dhammo have rakkhati dhammacaarin"ti evamaadiisu pu~n~ne. In a passage such as...
The Meaning of dhamma, no 8. The Saddaniti mentions further on more meanings of dhamma. some of them have been classified already and some of them not yet: ...
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),...
