Brother P G Dave thank you for the explaination. Sometimes a person can ignorantly project the English language onto the thought and languages of other...
Dear Johnny, Yes, "sukhi hotu" is a greeting, often "sukhi" (be happy!) for short. This is singular 2nd person. Use "sukhi hontu" when speaking to more than...
Dear Claus. I read this sutta (AN I.51-52) with Jim and Suan. It is suitable you bring it up, since this is the thread on Anguttara Nikaya we also followed...
Dear Claus, For an in-depth study, you might like to read the article: "Radiant Mind" at http://pali.house.googlepages.com/psychologyofbuddhism Piya ... ...
With this 100th posting we have reached the end of the postings of the answers to Buddhadatta's Part I book. Posting the answers hasn't been always easy,...
Dear friends, I am happy to have found this group and would be very greatful for any help. I'm working myself on my own through the Pali at at times get rather...
*Correction*: Under "compare some words:" please read -- soka - shoka - mourning (the Sh_ sound replaced by S_) AS shoka - soka - mourning (the Sh_ sound...
Dear Piya Tan, You find an excellent explanation at Saratthapakasini vol. II 34. According to the atthakatha, the purpose is to generate respect by not...
Dear Karen, If u hear sanskrit and pali, u would see that they are very closely realted in the vocabulary and the grammar. pali would sound like a rustic or...
Sukhi hotu. Perhaps someone familiar with the Vinaya could help in this interesting case here: In *the Bahiya Sutta* (U 1.10) and *the Acela Kassapa Sutta* (S...
Brother John, The 2nd noble truth is not redundant at all ! The confusion seems to stem from the fact the words "arising" and "cause" can sometimes be used...
7.Garu sisse dhamma.m ugga.nhaapesi. teacher / students / doctrine / caused to learn The teacher made the students learn the doctrine. 8.Adhipati purisehi...
7.Garu sisse dhamma.m ugga.nhaapesi. teacher / students / doctrine / caused to learn The teacher made the students learn the doctrine. 8.Adhipati purisehi...
1.Se.t.thii va.d.dhaki.m geha.m kaaraapeti. millionaire / carpenter / house / causes to build The millionaire makes the carpenter build the house. 2.Maataa...
Dear P G Dave I guess this is what I was getting at. The definition of samudaya as opposed to nidaana. So the second noble truth is basically saying the...
9.Precepts should be observed and alms should be given by you. siilaani / rakkhitabbaani / daanaani / daatabbaani / tumhehi Tumhehi siilaani rakkhitabbaani,...
... Sadhu again for the prompt and excellent US keyboard: I can work much better with it! Some comments (hopefully helpful): (1) I cannot find command for...
... than below), as this keeps to the other nasal character (.n and .N). So please add m/M with superior dot. I should find a way to do that. Already on the...
Bhante Pesala, Sadhu to your efforts with the Pali keyboard: just what I need, since I have to key into the macros again every time I reformat my computer. ...
Keyboards for typing Unicode Pali in any Unicode aware program such as WordPad, Open Office, or Page Plus http://www.aimwell.org/Fonts/Keyboards/keyboards.html...
Dear Piya, ... enjoyed your comment... You may have already noted ... not much work: i simply copied the whole project and set up a contemplation page for the...
May I add something here... "udaya" means rise (as in suryodaya [surya + udaya] = sunrise) or arising. the prefix "sa.m" simply indicates a fuller or more...
Dear Johnny, "dukkhasamudaya.m ariyasacca" ... let's drop 'ariya-sacca', which simply means noble truth. 'dukkha-samudaya' can be understood as the cause of...
Hello Group I had an insight that I thought I would share. Not sure if it is just pa~nca or not. In the Anguttara Nikaya, as presented in the New Course In...
Dear Lynette, We both have to thank a great teacher we all share, that is, Gautama Buddha, who in his turn almost immediately after his own awakening, shows...
Dear Sangha: Piya, this is a beautiful story about Rahula. I have often worried myself sick that I am just not "getting it" when I study the sutras. Now I...
Dear Piya Thanks for the corrections, the work and the kind attention. I get all kinds of funny stuff as public place, no pali fonts are available. I will try...
