Dear Rahula, The reference of these can be found in the Pali commentaries, as in the following examples: (There are still many more.) Reference of 3 events...
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bhagatyojana
Jun 1, 2007 1:44 pm
Respected Scholars is the translation of the Khaggavisaana sutta of the sutta Nipata already done? if yes please i am studying the sutta presently and it would...
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Gunnar Gällmo
gunnargallmo
Jun 1, 2007 2:29 pm
... There are several translations of it available on the webb, e. g. by Thanissaro: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.03.than.html Or an...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 1, 2007 2:45 pm
Dear Yojana, yes, by K.R. Norman, The Group of Discourses, PTS 1992. Nina. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Jacques Huynen
jhuynen
Jun 1, 2007 11:25 pm
No, I mean just one of those Defenders of the Dhamma statues making grim faces at the doors of Theravada temples. I have found in the mean time. Thanks anyway...
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Piya Tan
piya.tan
Jun 2, 2007 3:42 am
Jacques, They are called "dvaara,paala" or door-protectors, I don't think they are common on Theravada temples, but more so in Mahayana ones. Besides the...
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Piya Tan
piya.tan
Jun 2, 2007 3:54 am
One of the latest translations is that of KR Norman, "Sutta Nipata" translation, but I don't you can find it online. See the book. Piya ... -- The Minding...
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johan wijaya
dhamma_joti
Jun 2, 2007 4:00 am
Dipa n Dave, Sori Dipa for late reply to your question about CSCD (For the time being, I'm losing the internet connection for some reason). Thanks Dave for...
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Dmytro O. Ivakhnenko
oselok
Jun 2, 2007 8:15 am
Hi Jo, I would recommend you to explore the Pali terms as described in the thread: http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=23156 The application...
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Yojana Bhagat
bhagatyojana
Jun 3, 2007 12:05 am
Thank you very much for the information. it is indeed relevant for me. there is a Khaggavisaana sutta in the Khaggavisaanasuttaniddessa of the...
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Piya Tan
piya.tan
Jun 3, 2007 1:30 am
The Niddesa is an early (canonical) Commentary on the Sutta Nipata. It should be interesting reading in translation. However, the Pali text Society catalogue I...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 3, 2007 5:02 am
Dear friends, I like to thank Gunnar, George, John and Ole for their assistance in the latest run. Once again, let us continue with the group reading. 1....
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Lotsawanet
ngawangtemphel
Jun 4, 2007 10:54 am
Dear members. I was analysing the etymology of the word “’jig rten” in Tibetan and went through some passages in some sutras defining the word. I would...
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Ole Holten Pind
olepind
Jun 4, 2007 4:16 pm
The Tibetan interpretation is based upon canonical passages in which loka is interpreted as that which is being destroyed: lujjati kho loko vuccati, it is...
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Lotsawanet
ngawangtemphel
Jun 6, 2007 1:20 pm
Thanks Ole Holten Pind! ... is ... If the Tibetan interpretation is a pseudo etymology, what would be a non-pseudo definition of LOKA according to pali...
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Ole Holten Pind
olepind
Jun 6, 2007 2:48 pm
loka means open space (with light). Etymologically it is related to the root roc to shine. There are cognates in other Indo-European languages such as Latin...
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anicchavatsankharo
anicchavatsa...
Jun 8, 2007 5:09 pm
Dear Sir, I am gauri shanker sharma from Lucknow, India. I am in love with Pali and Tipitaka. Kindly do share your Pali knowledge with me. I do not know much...
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Dipa
dipaeightprecepter@...
Jun 11, 2007 12:17 am
Hi everybody, I am trying to use the DPR to look up a discourse from AN 8-53, Discourse to Gotami. Since I don't know Pali well enough and the numbering...
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John Kelly
palistudent
Jun 11, 2007 11:09 am
Hi Dipa The sutta you're looking for in the DPR is in the book of 8's, vagga 6, sutta 3. It is called in the DPR version "sa"nkhitta" - "In Brief". In the Ce...
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Dipa
dipaeightprecepter@...
Jun 11, 2007 10:16 pm
Thank you John, I understand now. I appreciate your help. Dipa John Kelly <palistudent@...> wrote: Hi Dipa The sutta...
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Kesara Pandittesekera
kpandit91
Jun 12, 2007 11:42 am
Yes, there is a English translation of Sutta Nipata available. Name of book: Sutta Nipata, Text and Translation Author: N. A. Jayawickrama Pub: Karunarathne...
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bhagatyojana
Jun 16, 2007 1:59 am
In the first chapter of Abhidhammattha Sangho by Anurudha Thera , the citta summary is as below : "Ekadasavidham tsama - pathamadikam'iritam Jhanam'ekekam ante...
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Lotsawanet
ngawangtemphel
Jun 16, 2007 5:21 am
Dear all, Regarding Jhana, what would be its definition in pali language? What would be the difference between jhana, Samadhi and vipassana? And their ...
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Dipa
dipaeightprecepter@...
Jun 16, 2007 12:13 pm
Can someone tell me how to find the quote below using the Samyutta Nikaya translation by Bhikkhu Bodhi? I assume the roman numeral one below means the...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 16, 2007 12:36 pm
Dear Dipa, you are right. The reference actually refers to PTS's Samyutta Nikaya volume I page 48. metta, Yong Peng. ... Can someone tell me how to find the...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 16, 2007 7:21 pm
Dear Dr. Yojana, The Commentary (Summary of the topics of abhidhamma and commentary, transl. by Wijeratne and Gethin, PTS); <Each ordinary jhaana , beginning...
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John Kelly
palistudent
Jun 18, 2007 12:43 am
Dear Dipa, No, the roman numeral I doesn't mean Samyutta 1 (Devata), but rather, as Yong Peng, points out volume I of the PTS recension of the text, and the 48...
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Dipa
dipaeightprecepter@...
Jun 19, 2007 1:19 pm
Thanks John, I tried to find the Pali word that Bhikkhu Bodhi translates as well concentrated. I am guessing it is either: vindanti or paccalattha.msu. I...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 19, 2007 3:27 pm
Dear Gabriel, Papa~ncasuudanii, Atthk to the Sallekhasutta (M.N. I,8): Jhaayathaa ti. aaramma.nuupanijjhaanena a.t.thati.msaaramma.naahi (thirtyeight objects...
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johnny pruitt
mahasacham
Jun 20, 2007 10:15 am
In the 2nd book of the Abhidhammapitaka called the Vibbhan.ga their is mention of two methods of enumeration; the Suttanta method and the Abhidhamma method. ...
