Dear friends, a quick look at my personal records revealed that we were slightly ahead than previously thought. We had, in fact, completed up to Sa.myojana...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 1, 2009 10:11 am
Dear Yong Peng, yes, that is in my files. I hope that Ven. Yutadhammo is still around, he helped us. Nina. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 1, 2009 10:52 am
Dear friends, AN2.1.7 Ka.nhasutta "Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammaa ka.nhaa. Katame dve? Ahirika~nca anottappa~nca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammaa ka.nhaa"ti....
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 1, 2009 11:08 am
Dear Nina and friends, AN2.1.8 Sukkasutta "Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammaa sukkaa. Katame dve? Hirii ca ottappa~nca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammaa sukkaa"ti....
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 1, 2009 1:45 pm
Dear Nina and friends, AN2.1.9 Cariyasutta 9. "Dveme , bhikkhave, dhammaa sukkaa loka.m paalenti. Katame dve? Hirii ca ottappa~nca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 1, 2009 3:29 pm
Dear Yong Peng, Thank you very much. What about it if we translate ka.nhaa literally as dark? Then it is in contrast to sukka in the next sutta I would...
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buddhayatana
Mar 2, 2009 6:51 am
Hello Pat, A fundamental meditation teaching of the Buddha can be found as the "Teaching on mindfulness of Breathing" (Ānāpāna-sati Sutta, Majjhima-Nikāya...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 2, 2009 10:26 am
... Don't you think "devo" here may be better translated as the sky or rain cloud? kb...
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Phil
philofillet
Mar 2, 2009 12:37 pm
Dear Pali pals, Could you kindly explain how the ~n~ (spanish "senor" sound) is pronounced before a consonant such as "j"? (So far I have only seen this in...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 2, 2009 12:53 pm
Dear Phil you could try: <http://www.aimwell.org/Help/Pali/pali.html> and click: pa~nca and pa~nha. Nina. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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James Whelan
james.whelan...
Mar 2, 2009 1:10 pm
Dear phil, It's called a tilde ! As for the pronunciation. when ~n is followed by a vowel, it is pronounced with the full -ny- sound, as you correctly say,...
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Mahinda Palihawadana
mahipaliha
Mar 2, 2009 5:11 pm
... This is right. 'deva' is a common Pali term for rain, rainy sky or cloud . This meaning is noted in PTS Dictionary under DEVA. So devo vassati means "it...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 3, 2009 11:04 am
Dear Yong Peng, I will try the last sentence. Op 1-mrt-2009, om 14:45 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven: AN2.1.9 Cariyasutta 9. "Dveme , bhikkhave,...
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Phil
philofillet
Mar 3, 2009 12:34 pm
Hello James and Nina ... further back for c/j, and further back still for the subdotted .t/.d, pronounce the preceding n/~n/.n at that same spot and it will...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 3, 2009 12:35 pm
You can find some presentation on the subject among GoogleTalk videos. kb...
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Phil
philofillet
Mar 3, 2009 12:36 pm
Hello group I think most of your are already familiar with themm,but I'd like to offer these very helpful tables to fellow beginners. I find in the online...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 3, 2009 1:22 pm
Pat, you may want consider reading up on the Gradual Training (as found in MN 107) to have a more complete picture of the practice, rather than just focus on...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 3, 2009 1:26 pm
There's a problem in equating citta, mano and vi~n~naa.na. If mano and vi~n~naa.na (leaving out citta for now) are the same, what then is manovi~n~naa.na,...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 3, 2009 2:27 pm
... I prefer a literal translation for ka.nhaa as "dark", since "dark" does have a meaning of "absence of moral or spiritual values". ... How about...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 3, 2009 3:05 pm
Venerable Bhikkhu Kumara, ... N: Yes, this is a sixfold classification we find in the Suttanta: mano-vi~n~naa.na are all the cittas that are not seeing,...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 4, 2009 11:43 am
... It's curious though, and perhaps even unsettling, that the Buddha encouraged the practice of asubha, which many of the monks apparently did not grasp...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 4, 2009 12:53 pm
Dear Ven. Kumara and Nina, thanks for the ensuing discussion to my post, even though it deviates from my question by some slight measure. ;-) IMHO, a being...
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Dipa .
dipaeightpre...
Mar 6, 2009 11:01 am
Greetings, I am about to finish up lesson six in the Pali Primer and have a question regarding the answer for 16. The sentence is: The doctor's teacher calls...
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James Whelan
james.whelan...
Mar 6, 2009 11:08 am
Dear Diipaa, Fear not, you were right! doctor's (singular) = vejjassa doctors' (plural) = vejjaana.m I don't have the Pali Primer, but from what you say the...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 6, 2009 12:01 pm
Dear Ven. Kumara and Nina, thanks for your inputs. Nina, thanks for looking up the commentary and provide the English translation. I agree to have ka.nhaa as...
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Dipa .
dipaeightpre...
Mar 6, 2009 11:51 pm
Thank you James. mitto, Diipaa Home: 417-864-4559 Buddhist Group web site: http://www.geocities.com/sisterdipa/index.html Buddhist Group e-list...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 7, 2009 12:23 am
Dear Dipa, you may have read the question incorrectly. Please see the original at VRI: http://www.vri.dhamma.org/publications/pali/primer/lesson06.html I also...
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D.C. Wijeratna
dcwijeratna@...
Mar 7, 2009 6:33 am
Hello, May be the real meaning of saavaka is not disciple. Mettaa, DC _____ From: Pali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Pali@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of arunlikhati ...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 7, 2009 6:41 am
Dear AL and DC, as Ardavarz pointed out in his post, ariyasaavaka is a compound, and decomposing a compound, most often than not, depends on its context. A...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 7, 2009 8:12 am
... I think it would be good for modern Buddhists to refer to these notes by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi, as it conveniently provide us with a more updated...
