Dear Yong Peng, thank you for outlining a plan for this year. Always good to do outlines like this. Nina. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Dear Jim, Do you have a digital copy of Kaccayaana-V and Moggallaa.na-V? (Besides the CSCD, that is; preferably an edited one.) Thanks & metta, Piya Tan On...
... Dear Piya, Sorry, my digital copies come from CSCD and SlTP which are unedited. It's best to get the hard copies. I was able to order and receive the ...
Dear Jim, Thanks for your attempts to explains this use of vandite. I will ask my Pali teachers in Yangon as soon as I get back there and will let you know...
... Dear Friend, You are the second person in this group to call me Ven. Mahipaliha. It amused me at first, but it is becoming a bit embarassing, because I am ...
... Thanks, Florent, I look forward to hearing what you can find out in Yangon. It's good that you have a Pali teacher to help you. About a month ago, I met...
... I find on the web at least two books with that title, one by Ambedkar (http://tinyurl.com/28csba) and one by Bhikkhu Bodhi (http://tinyurl.com/2gzowb). ...
Dear Mahipaliha, I looked at the Pali name, and also the style of your explanation. A person with great knowledge who can also explain it so well. A real ...
Thanks for the book reference, Jon. I google-searched both reference and could only read one of them via the google book librabry (Nirvana and Other Buddhist...
Dear Jo and Jon, Jo: ko.ti (or crore): In India, a crore equals 10 million in English see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore sa.t.thi ca vassa-sata-sahassaani...
Dear Yong Peng; Thanks for the explanation. The expression of the number in the Pali did seem rather confusing. But you show us that it just follows the...
Dear Branko, John and Nina, Branko: thanks for your mail. I hope this is not too late a reply from me, since a reference was made about my postings. The choice...
Dear Jon, I am not so much into Buddhist cosmology. But, I offer a thought for you to ponder. The elaborated discussion of lifespan of devas in Buddhist...
Dear Nina, thank you. And I look forward to your participation in future discussions. metta, Yong Peng. ... thank you for outlining a plan for this year....
Florent wrote: "I will also try to find out how it has been translated in Burmese." The "nissaya" genre of Burmese literature (also genre of Mon, Yuan/Chiang...
... A ... Dear Nina, I taught Sanskrit in a Sri Lankan university and courses in Hinduism and Buddhism in a US university. Several non-SL students sought my ...
... khepetvaa cavi, a~n~no sakko nibbati. ... thirty millions of years, then was born on earth again. This is correct.(1) sa.t.thi =60, sata-sahassa = 100...
Dear Jon, the answers which you referred to was contributed by John (Kelly). And, so, thanks John! http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/pali.php?palidd=c16 metta, Yong...
Dear Branko and friends, while we are on this topic of locative absolutes, I like to raise that in "Durakkhaate, bhikkhave, dhammavinaye daayakena mattaa...
Dear Yong Peng, just a remark about the homepage. There is a red line at the top, but newcomers may not know that you have to put the cursor on the second bar...
I heard someone told me that the Buddha laid down very strict on monks from becoming too attached to animals but to use their wisdom. Kindly enlightens me on...
Dear Yong Peng, of course it's not too late, since you clarified the meaning so extensively. Now I'm pretty sure I grasped the right meaning of that passage....
Yong Peng wrote: "I am in fact very keen in physical (scientific) cosmology, but not so much in religious cosmology, I am not so much into Buddhist cosmology."...
Dear Mahipaliha, [I hope you read this, after starting a new thread] ... I was wondering whether you could advise a westerner thinking of studying Pali and...
Dear friends, I have very much exhausted all my available resources while trying to find the word for 'ride' in Pali. I would appreciate if someone can provide...
Dear Branko, I will take a shot at your question about breaking down the sentence: Evameva.n kho, bhikkhave, appakaa te sattaa ye vavassaggaaramma.na.m ...
Dear Mahipaliha, Sorry for calling you Venerable and for embarrassing you; I thought you were a monk. I actually live in Myanmar and all my teachers are monks,...
Learned friends, Just wish to know the name of a certain Brahman(from the Brahaman realm) whom at his urging that the Blessed one consent to teach the dhamma...
