[10/120] The New Pali Course Part III (1950) Prof. A. P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thera Chapter VII Definition of the Indeclinables The indeclinables are those...
Dear friends, Vesak Day falls on May 28, Friday. In many countries and regions in the world, Vesak Day is celebrated as a national or community holiday. I like...
Quote: "Die Saddaniti enthält 27 Kapitel; die ersten 18 werden als die MahA-, die weiteren 9 als die Culla-Saddaniti bezeichnet. In der Unterschrift wird...
In another thread, Ardavarz asked: I just would like to share a thought that occurs to me - could we translate ... I'm rather partial to the word "selfless";....
Dear friends, The Sense Organs. For the experience of objects through the senses there have to be sense organs and these are ruupas. Visible object and also...
the Journal of the Pali Text Society Vol. XIII, 1989 Studies in the Pâli Grammarians I (Ole Holten Pind); Vol. XIV, 1990. Studies in the Pâli Grammarians...
Dear friends, The Eight Inseparable Ruupas. Ruupas always arise in groups, and the four Great Elements of solidity, cohesion, temperature and motion are always...
Dear friends, The four Great Elements. Ruupas, material phenomena, are not mere textbook terms, they are realities that can be directly experienced. Ruupas do...
Hello everybody. I'm from Australia and I've recently recommenced my Pali studies. In the past, I've had some short stints but never got very far for reasons...
Dear all, I am relatively new to this list. Could anyone advise me on how I might go about getting hold of a hard copy of the Simon Hewavitarne Bequest Series?...
Dear friends, no 11. Feelings. (part 1.) We think of ourselves as having happy feeling or unhappy feeling. We take feeling for something lasting and we take it...
Dear Pali friends, Could anyone instruct me how to (from Australia) books accommodations and transportations for independently visiting the major sites (in...
Dear friends, Life-continuum, bhavanga-citta. There are moments when there are no sense-impressions, when one does not think, when there are no akusala cittas...
Most PÄli grammars (Collins, Geiger, Duroiselle) produced in the west give the form of the possessive suffixes as -vant/-mant. But Narada's Intro, and...
Dear friends, The Experience of Objects through different doorways. Seeing is an ahetuka vipaakacitta that experiences visible object through the eye-door....
Dear friends, no 8: Rootless cittas. Each citta experiences an object. There is not only one type of citta, but there is a great diversity of cittas that...
Dear friends, Abhidhamma Series, no 6. Citta and Cetasikas. Citta does not arise singly, it is always accompanied by cetasikas, mental factors. Only one citta...
Dear friends, it is well established that Buddhism was the first to have a "female leadership" in its clergy, the Sangha. By this, I refer to the bhikkhunis...
Dear friends, Abhidhamma Series, no 5. Citta. The truth is different from what we always assumed. What we take for a person are only namas, mental phenomena,...
Dear friends, Yong Peng asked me to write a survey of the Abhidhamma. I shall try to do so and make use of and quote from my former writings about this ...
... <I notice the online PTS PED is now "fully" Unicode searchable, which is why I did not pick up sakkaa. e.g. when I enter 'sakka' in the search box, it will...
Hi All, Does anyone know of references in the Paali writings to Buddha's caste, family, etc? I know he is supposed to be of the khattiya (warrior) caste as his...
Hi. This is the New Pal Course Part I - Questions and Answer (1 - 28). They are done by our Dhamma brothers of the Pali Egoups two years ago. I just make it...
Dear All: I would like to obtain a copy of Prof.A.P. Buddhadatta's "The New Pali course Part 3" . Please let me know where could I buy or get it. Metta ...
