Exercise 9 p53 Translate into English and define the compounds 1.Sura-nara-mahito Satthaa bhikkhusahassa-parivuto aaki.n.na-manussa.m Raajagahanagara.m...
Dear friends it's funny, but problems with the texts of the pali are often not only getting the right text but actually understanding the Buddha. when insight...
Dear friends While I agree with the general idea, The Buddha explained that attachment to equanimity nay become the hindrance to the achievment of liberation. ...
The New Pali Course Part II Ven. A. P. Buddhadatta satadhaa (in hundred ways) bahudhaa (in many ways) katidhaa (in how many ways) 134. "-so" is suffixed to...
Bhante, your analysis of dukkha is interesting. I have never understood the word that way. Can you elaborate more, and can we apply similar analysis to...
Dear Friends Specifically Kha is related to `one's environment'(probably K.R.Norman),One's space'. Maybe even relates to `Aura'.the physical energy that...
Dear Tapkina, DaveK and friends, I am also interested to read passages in the Pali Tipitaka containing such "logical expressions" too. As Dave pointed out,...
... can we apply similar ... Dear friends Su = good, positive Kha = space, presence. the idiom of 'positive space' can be seen as three fold: amisa sukha -...
Dear Pali Friends, The World Tipitaka is now available for access. It is a great site! Hapy Vesak, http://tipitakastudies.net/?q=node/9 With metta, Piya Tan ...
Dear Pyia Tan, Thanks for posting the link of this wonderful website! With regard to that too, I have a question. Doing some research on the meaning and...
Dear Dhamma teachers and scholars, I came across the following quoted words and translation: ======================================= Kâyamunim vâcâmunim, ...
Dear PG, On a simple level, "silent of body" means "well-restrained" and also that none of the precepts are broken on account of bodily actions. This is a off...
Thanks, Piya. If it was just about the reference, CSCD wud have been fine, but since I needed help with understanding, I asked about the ref. as well ;-) Do...
Dear Gunnar, you asked for a German site, Nyanaponika's German Suttanipata, since the old one indeed does not exist. I asked German friend and he gave me...
I just by chance ran accross this conversation looking for a copy of my paper on the kalama in BSR, so joined the group just so that I could respond! I didn't...
Dear all, Today (19-May-08) we celebrate Buddha Puurnimaa in India. May this day help us all find even greater zeal in our practice of the dhamma. metta to...
Ven. A. P. Buddhadatta pa~n~napetabba (pot.p) what should be prepared. pa.tiggahetvaa (abs) having received or taken. pa.tisaametabba (pot.p) what should be...
Dear Yong Peng, I do not dare to open anymore the drop down menus until you say that is it O.K. I wrote to your personal address but I do not know whether you...
Dear Gabriel, you can find many data about Buddha and its name, its spiritual attainments and qualities in the following book: Toshiichi Endo, Buddha in...
Dear Nina and friends, thanks for alerting the group, Nina. This is a very good step to setting up a community based site. All the affected pages should have ...