Dear All, Thank you for giving valuable informations regarding my queries on Ledi sayadaw's books and burmese. With metta Aravind ...
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Dear friends, first of all, I like to wish everyone happy Vesak. Warder introduces the Aorist/Past Tense in Lesson 4. Please note that the second form (desesi,...
Dear Group Members, We have often come across the parable of the turtle and the fish, told in connection with the nature of Nibbana. Does anyone know the sutta...
... The Pali grammarians give -o as the basic second person singular suffix of the aorist active (Kaccaayana 430, Saddaniiti 901). Narada's grammar follows...
Have you tried contacting the Vipassana Research Institute? http://www.vri.dhamma.org/ S.N. Goenka was born in Burma, and speaks fluent Burmese. He follows the...
Dear Piya, ... [4] Quoted from Bhikkhu Silācāra's booklet, The Four Noble Truths. http://www.zencomp.com/greatwisdom/ebud/budtch/budteach33.htm#_edn4 Best...
The Manuals of Buddhism contains the following works: Vipassana Dipani, The Manual of Insight Patthanuddesa Dipani, The Buddhist Philosophy of Relations ...
Dear Dmytro, Thanks for responding. But I know this reference, which is often quoted. I am wondering now if this is a modern simile, rather than a canonical...
Dear Piya, According to Steven Collins, it is a modern simile. In his book, "Nirvana and other Buddhist felicities", page 97, he wrote, "Modern Buddhist...
Thanks, Rahula, for Collins' note. Yes, a number of modern writers often mention this simile. I distinctly remember remember the simile in dialogue form...
Dear George, thanks for the information. metta, Yong Peng. ... The Pali grammarians give -o as the basic second person singular suffix of the aorist active...
Greetings in the Dharma, Does anyone know if the Thai Tipitaka is available online? Or is there a Unicode version like the Sinhala version (which is very easy...
Sadhu & thanks, Dmytro, Just what I am looking for. Looks like all the three main South Asian versions of the Pali Canon are available. Now it would be good to...
Dear Piya, you may also like to check out Budsir: http://www.budsir.org/ metta, Yong Peng. ... Does anyone know if the Thai Tipitaka is available online? Or is...
Thank Yong Peng, I actually have BUDSIR 4, the Dhammadana Tipitaka (under the patronage of the Abbot of Wat Srakes, where I lived as a monk), and also the...
In his discussion of the nominative case (Lesson 1, page 14) Warder observes that a noun in the nominative may serve as an attribute of the subject. (a)...
There is a new chess game played known as "blindfold chess" or mental chess. The Buddha makes the following statement in Brahmajala sutta. "Whereas some...
Hello pali group, I was reading the section of wardners introduction to pali on the verbs that take the n in their formation such as janaati. In the list of...
Dear Piya, I have difficulty connecting to Budsir online Tipitaka too. However, I am sure its (online) contents is in Unicode. metta, Yong Peng. ... I am now...
... their formation such as janaati. In the list of verbs he has sa.mjanati (to percieve) shouldnt the correct internal sandhi be sa~n~nati. perhaps the verb...
Dear friends, I would like to thank Ole, Gunnar and George for answering the queries. I also like to thank Johnny for his participation. I hope the pace is...
... Dear ruwanr, I am unable to determine with absolute certainty the exact word that Gotama Buddha used for "chess." Nevertheless, in one Paali dictionary, ...
Ruwan, The Brahmajala Sutta (D 1.14/1:6) gives the following: eight-row chess = a.t.thapada ten-row chess = dasapada aakaasa = chess in the air numerous other...
... Most probably he didn't speak about chess at all, as it wasn't invented yet when he lived; it must be an anachronistic mistranslation. You may have a look...
Greetings in the Dharma, I find the DIGITAL PALI READER an amazingly useful tool for those who frequently use the Pali Canon, with its multiple windows ...
Dear Piya, a search on the Web reveals at least two other variants of the simile: [1] "One day, when a turtle came down into the water, it told a group of fish...
Thanks, Yong Peng, I'm beginning to be convinced that the simile is modern, but hope I will be happily surprised one day. Happy Vesak Piya Tan ... [Non-text...
-- Ven. Walpola Rahula 1. The Buddha is our only Master. 2. We take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. 3. We do not believe that this world is...
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