Dear Paul, Ms. Cone's dictionary is a step forward, but still has a lot to improve. What for are those numerous Pali citations without explanation - nowadays...
Dear Robert, RD> Of more importance to context than the date of the publication of MW was the RD> lack of a BHS dictionary which had to wait until Edgerton. ...
Dear Dimitry The point I was making was partly that the search for meanings and etymologies of Pali and Prakrit texts is likely to prove less fruitful if one...
Dear Dimitry, I don't wish to be contentious but it seems important that one should know the date of publication of Monier-Williams before stating that it...
Yong Peng, I can get a copy from the library. Can you borrow a copy from anywhere or anyone near you? Perhaps someone in this group might be able to help. I...
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Ong Teng Kee
ongtk@...
Dec 2, 2002 12:40 pm
The book is just 350 lanka rupee.Anyone from Europe and US will find the price too low if they send the money in rupee to Buddhist culture centre(less than 3...
Dear Ven. Kumara, Teng Kee and friends, Bhante, I will only be able to get a copy through mail-ordering or when I am back in Singapore next month. However, I...
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Lennart Lopin
lenni_lop@...
Dec 3, 2002 6:47 pm
Hi @ all,
Has anyone ever heard that a parajika bhikkhu is allowed to remain in the order as a samanera (as i was told recently)? Is there such a...
No, a parajika bhikkhu has to leave the sangha for good and may not be ordained again in this life time ... __________________________________________________ ...
Lennart In Theravada practice it is generally stated that permanent expulsion is the rule but the Vinaya allows for non-expulsion - I will have to check the ...
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Chienhao
Chienhao@...
Dec 4, 2002 8:11 am
You can find such an interpretation in the Chinese Sarvastivada Vinaya (Taisho vol. 23, pp. 2c29-3b7) A parajika bhikkhu/ bhikkhuni regretting what he/ she has...
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Lennart Lopin
lenni_lop@...
Dec 4, 2002 10:22 am
Thanks very much, Robert!
katannutaya
Lennart
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Terry
terryw@...
Dec 4, 2002 12:36 pm
Robert I haven't heard of Shayne Clarke before. Do you have any references you could share? Sounds interesting. Regards Terry Waugh ... From: Lennart Lopin...
... I'll send the font (normal only) to you offlist. As for the scanning, I can do it only next week as I'll be leaving for the conference tomorrow morning. ...
Friends, Uploaded into our files section is my next instalment on working through the exercises from "A New Course in Reading Pali, by Gair and Karunatillake....
Dear Ven. Kumara and friends, Bhante, yes, you are right and I'll placed links to BPS and the book, the page also contains related books by BPS, so it will be...
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Dec 7, 2002 12:58 pm
Dear Dharmafarers, Attached is the flier for Pali Without Grammar module 2 on the Anapanasati Sutta which on which we will base our study of Pali. Please...
Hi Terry Sorry to take a while to get back to you. I can only use the excuse that my filing system has let me down again (the system consists of carefully ...
Dear Piya and friends, the files have been uploaded to the File section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/files/Key%20to%20Pali%20Suttas/ metta, Yong Peng....
Dear Lennart, I can only offer my understanding of the Theravadin stand on the matter. Short answer: Yes. If he chooses to, he may be a samanera. Long(-winded)...
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Lennart Lopin
lenni_lop@...
Dec 9, 2002 2:15 pm
Dear Bhante Kumaara Bhikkhu, thank you (and all the other) very much for your answers. I just wondered, whether the term "asamvaso" doesnt imply more than just...
Dear friends, I have an odd and minor request. Someone I know recently asked me if I could tell him what the Pali word "mettaa" looked like in all the ...
Dear "zapmonster", I don't recall having seen any response to your question below: ... So, I thought I could try give an answer. The first line looks like a...
except the first line, the other r corrupted pali mixed with thai words, iamthaibut i don't understand it either where did u get this manta, from wat...
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redxfist@...
Dec 10, 2002 8:19 pm
"Ma a u" is the break down for AUM. It was borrowed by some "Buddhist" for incantation purposes. Ma=Buddha, A=Dhamma and U=Sangha. AUM, like many other...
The Udanavarga. There exists a book that has the Pali, some other Prakrit (Gandhari?), Sanskrit and Chinese versions of the Dhammapada in the original...
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Ong Teng Kee
ongtk@...
Dec 13, 2002 11:37 am
There is Patna (prakrit )dhammapada in Journal of PTS by Cone and also by Barua in Indian publication. ... From: Bruce Burrill <brburl@...> Date: Wed,...
Dear John and friends, I am not sure if you have got all the words, but I have compiled a list of online resources which may be useful in the future. I cannot ...
Dear Yong Peng, What a treasure trove of web-sites! Thank you. This is extremely helpful. John ... __________________________________________________ Do you...
