... Dear John, No, I don't think so. "bhaddaka.m" is a visesana of kamma.m, which is ... "bhante"=venerable sir, "tumhehi"=by you "aagacchantehi"=one who...
Dear Friends: Please sign the petitian to release suffering of Burmese people. Peace Faye Subject: stand with the Burmese people! Hi, have you heard about the...
Dear friends, as we watch with sunken hearts the brutality faced by the Burmese monks and people, let us express our solidarity with Myanmar for democracy and...
... I did so a week ago, and I hope more of us will do so. aha"m nago'va sa"ngaame caapato patita"m sara"m ativaaakya"m titikkhissa"m dussilo hi bahujjano ...
... Actually, Burma kept the tradition of samatha and vipassana alive when it was more or less forgotten in Ceylon, and without the reciprocal contacts between...
[2-5/8] The New Pali Course Part II (1938) Ven. A. P. Buddhadatta ra~n~naa + hato = raajahato (killed by the king) vi~n~nuuhi + garahito = vi~n~nuugarahito...
Dear Yong Peng and Venerable Yuttadhammo, Thank you very much, Yong Peng, the subject of the compounds, Tappurisa and dvanda is very important. Venerable...
Dear Chela, welcome here. For the Pali pronunciation this may help: http://www.aimwell.org/Help/ Pali/pali.html I used to live in Manila long ago. I appreciate...
Dear Dhamma friends I would like to ask for help, please help me to understand the term 'aladdhassada.m' in the following passage. Ps-pt ¢º 211(cscd) ...
Dear friends, Here's the next instalment of the DN 31 translation and grammatical analysis: Addasaa kho Bhagavaa Si"ngaalaka.m gahapati-putta.m kaalass’ eva...
Dear Chela, Welcome to the group! It is wonderful that you are starting to learn Pali and are approaching it with such enthusiasm. It is absolutely not a...
Dear Chela, This is in reply to your e-m to the Pali group I thought I would respond to it because I am from Sri Lanka. I notice that that you have been asked...
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Oct 10, 2007 2:48 pm
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Dear Dave, "wouldn't "gahapati-putta.m" mean householder's son rather than young householder..." I agree with you. The Pali word for a young man is maanava or...
hello! i'm going to be a dasasila mata, that's why i'm learning pali. i'm going to sri lanka for training, that's why i'm learning pali in sinhala script. my...
Dear *DC Wijeratna,* very true. I agree that a free translation makes better reading than a literal translation keeping in mind the fact that every language...
Dear Dave, Many thanks for the prompt reply. I am sorry about the slip, not giving the English Name of the Sutta or the reference. There is an English...
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Dear friends, Asia is currently the fastest growing region in the world, and is estimated to remain so for many decades to come. Many people have called this...
Hello friends. I wanted to share an incredible experience connected with Dhatuu. Wat Sanghathan, Nonthaburi, just north of Bangkok, had a prominent exhibition...
... Hello friends 1. the path must begin with a tandem development of mundane right view which include good Kamma, I guess as merit making and right intention...
[2-6/8] The New Pali Course Part II (1938) Ven. A. P. Buddhadatta Exercise 8 Translate into English and define the compounds 1. "Mahaasatto pana aagacchanto...
Dear friends, The brutal treatment of its people by the Myanmar government does not befit good old Asian traditions. Asian culture balks at tyranny. Myanmar is...
Dear Friends, Sorry for not being able to post anymore messages but as you probably know Myanmar is going through some difficulties nowadays. However this ...
Hello Chela, Please send my regards to Venerable Sumangala. He is the one who introduced me to Pali when I used to live in the Philippines. We started together...
... Well well well - Buddhist culture does, but Asian culture in general? I think the history of Asia is much more complicated than that; despotism can be ...
Hello, ... Evidently, due to the lack of information from Myanmar, the notions about events there took on some mythical features. I would highly recommend the...
hello florent i will send your regards to him. i will meet him this tuesday for another pali lesson. please do send me your recordings. i want to practice the...