Hello, Can someone help me about a sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya ? It is the 2040st of the first part (PTS : 134(30)-135(26)). I do not find what are the words...
Bros in the dharma, Sadhu to all who contributed to the entire series of Pali courses. As i am really interested in the actual pronouncement of the entire...
Dear friends I am forwarding the heart broken news of the sudden death of Dr. Primoz Pecenko, a well respected Pali teacher, a good friend to some members in...
Dear friends, I now present to you the plan I have for 2007. ... Pali grammar ... I like to make 2007 "Back to the Basics" year. Our main emphasis shall be on...
Hi Many times during my readings, I see translations with the word: distroy. For instance: distoy rebirt, ignorance and so on. Buddha is not Mara, that like to...
Dear Friends I was reading the life story of Carolyn Rhys Davis and found that she rejected the concept of "Anatta" as an original teaching of Gotama Buddha. I...
HELLO EVERYONE, i just want to know is there any international Pali day. if yes then when is itand why it is Pali day. and if no is there any day which could...
Hi everyone, I'm making some resources on my website to study Pali and I'm also studying Pali so I hope someone can help me with this: could someone please...
Hey everyone, I'm translating suttas to Dutch for my website. I still use English translations for my Dutch translations but in the future I hope I'll be able...
Dharma friends, I am asking a non-Pali related question here about the great living teacher Bhikkhu K Nanananda, as I think (hope) his pupils could help. ...
Dear friends, let us dedicate this sutta to the Thai people, that they may find quickly a peaceful resolution to the ongoing social and political unrest in...
Hi I got a book of Samyutta Nikaya, it says about iron ball in Satipatthana-samyutta. It can not be possible such a comparising. Tathagatha is not a hard...
In the first chapter of Abhidhammattha Sangho by Anurudha Thera , the citta summary is as below : "Ekadasavidham tsama - pathamadikam'iritam Jhanam'ekekam ante...
Greetings: I am looking for the pali words in the MN118 that are translated into english as: he "discerns"; that he is breathing He "trains" himself. thanks in...
Dear friends Among the two sentences below, it seems to me the the second sentence, where the infinitive 'vattum' has a object in Accusative, is more frequent...
Dear friends, let us dedicate the merits accumulated for today's work to the continuity of the Dhamma, the Buddha's teachings of wisdom and compassion. ... ...
Pali Friends, The Dhammasangani Atthakatha on the conceits (maana), in explaining KETU,KAMYATAA CITTASSA say that it is: "saa pana cittassa na attano" which Pe...
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. ...
Can someone help with this? Ajahn Thaniya made a reference to a certain sutta in the current issue of "Inquiring Mind": "There's a fascinating sutta about two...
Dear friends, as planned, we begin with our translation exercise of AN2. I decide not to split the first sutta into parts, otherwise they will be months apart...
hello, i am new member to dhamma & pali study circle , i am interested in learning pali and to practice Dhamma in daily life, i am a working teacher in...
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...
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...
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...
Could somebody tell the derivation of 'mahaaraha.m' from the phrase 'mahaaraha.m aasana.m'. Is it: 1. mahaa+aaraha.m = the great (holy)? 2. mahaa+raha = the...
Hello Everyone, If any of you had a digitalized picture of a Theravada Dhammapala (protector of the Dhamma) he/she would be kind to send it to me to my ...
Dear friends, the following passage is an expansion of what I have written to a friend and member of the group. When is Vesak? The exact date of Vesak can be...
