Hi, I am planning to buy a book to learn Pali next week. (I already have Pali Primer and Elementary Course in Pali). Which would you recommend? 1. Introduction...
Well, I guess I’ll weigh in on the article. Quite frankly, I didn’t like it. In all fairness to Professor Lopez, this article is not written by him, nor...
Hi, Shakya Aryanatta translate vimuttattaa as vimutta + attaa. I think he is wrong. Vimuttattaa is vimutta + tta. The suffix -tta is added to vimutta. The...
Dear Pali friends, Some references for you: 1. Digital Comparative Catalogue of the Paali-Chinese Aagama Literature by Marcus Bingenheimer This catalogue is a...
Dear Pali friends, an error to correct in my previous message, ... 2. In addition to the Taisho Tipitaka, there is another Chinese translation of Tipitaka done...
... For the sake of accuracy, I think the title is better rendered in English as "Tipitaka of the Southern Tradition: a Chinese translation". The translation...
Dear Dhammafriends A verse in Vijayaasuttam of Bhikkhunisam.yutta: Na catthi te dutiyaa van.n.adhaatu, Baale na tvam. bhaayasi dhuttakaanan This verse is...
Dear Dhammafriends : A verse in Gotamiisuttam of Bhikkhunisam.yutta: ' Accanta.m mataputtaamhi, purisaa etadantikaa; Na socaami na rodaami, na tam. bhaayaami...
Dear Friends The "Chinese translation of Theravada Tipitaka" in Taiwan is in fact translated from Japanses translation of Pali, nor from Pali canon directly. ...
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Ong Teng Kee
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Nov 4, 2002 12:08 am
Dear rob, Just photocopt the tipitaka in cambodia like me.they only put online vol 3 of vinaya pitaka so far. khmerbuddhist.org/books/tipitaka3/index.htm The...
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Ong Teng Kee
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Nov 4, 2002 12:12 am
Dear Yufen, It was due to they cannot find scholars to do new tran based on new pali readings like those is cambodia tipitaka and manuscripts etc,they...
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Ong Teng Kee
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Nov 4, 2002 12:12 am
i always think that pali students didn't learn the pali in correct way like sanskrit students did.they all learn many years from grammar texts in panini etc. ...
Dear friends, In MN 140 in Bhikkhu Bodhi's excellent translation of the Majjhima Nikkhaya (Wisdom Publications), he translates the word "adi.t.thaana" by...
Dear John, We've done three fourths! The finish is close. My suggestions are: Lesson 8 Section 1 1. atha kho - and then; "How tranquil are the faculties of...
Dear John, Margaret Cone's dictionary gives 'support, basis' as one of the meanings for 'adhi.t.thaana'. Monier-Williams dictionary gives 'a basis, base' for...
Dear Tzungkuen, Probably: And (ca) there is (atthi) no (na) second (dutiyaa) to you (te) in beauty (va.n.nadhaatu). With minor recension: And there is nobody...
Hi, Can you tell me the titles? Also, Warder's and Geiger's are also from PTS. As for Sanskrit, I understand, some university are using Coulson's in their...
Thank you,Dimitry. One of these days I really should get one of those dictionaries! There's no sign of that meaning in the PED. (And, yes, indeed I did mean...
Hi John, JK> One of these days I really should get one of those JK> dictionaries! There's no sign of that meaning in the JK> PED. You are welcome to use...
Dear Dhammafriends : A verse in Gotamiisuttam of Bhikkhunisam.yutta: ' Accanta.m mataputtaamhi, purisaa etadantikaa; Na socaami na rodaami, na tam. bhaayaami...
Dear Tzungkuen, t> Then, what is the case of 'va.n.nadhaatu' ? Apparently nominative. Then probably: Na catthi te dutiyaa van.n.adhaatu And there is no...
Hi, Can you help me to understand the phrase "brahmabhuuto" and "brahmabhuutena attanaa" in the context of Buddhism? Some friends told me that the Buddha...
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Oliver Cooper
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Nov 5, 2002 9:14 am
Dear Kevin, without having read the NY Times article, but having met Professor Lopez, and having read most of his published works, I can state that he is...
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Ong Teng Kee
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Nov 5, 2002 9:09 pm
the books are saddaniti edited by Smith-75 pounds.It is not a tran but an original pali grammar.you can only get burmese tran and partly in siam,eng and...
Dear Dimitry
Thanks for your help very much. Wihtout you and other friends in this group,
I don't know what to do with my question.
I still have problem...
