Dear friends, In the past, I was told that samadhi means concentration, and samatha means concentration too. (I did think that it was odd, but I knew nuts...
Dear all, I recall a sutta whereby the Buddha recommended something to the effect that when we're down, recall something that uplifts your mind. When that is...
I want to find the the historical information about concept of 32 symbols about Buddha(Maha purisa lakkana). I already have found about in Tripitaka. I...
Dear members, One of my papers uploaded here (parivasa_samanera.pdf in Ven. Pandita folder) and sent to a prestigious journal has been rejected. So I have...
I was hoping someone could help translate a brief but seemingly gnarly passage. It's in AN 3.3.3.9 (SLTP 3.129; CSCD and World Tipitika 3.132?; PTS I.282-83,...
Dear friends, The Seven Books of the Abhidhamma (part 6). The Sixth Book of the Abhidhamma is the ‘Yamaka”, the Book of Pairs. This book and its commentary...
Group Owner, "More files to download: http://www.geocities.com/paligroup" on the home page leads to: "Sorry, the GeoCities web site you were trying to reach is...
Dear friends, The Seven Books of the Abhidhamma (part 5). The Fifth book of the Abhidhamma is the Kathaavatthu (Translated as “Points of Controversy”). Its...
Dear friends, AN2.3 Baalavagga 22. "'Dveme, bhikkhave, baalaa. Katame dve? Yo ca accaya.m accayato na passati, yo ca accaya.m desentassa yathaadhamma.m...
I want to download Chatta Sangayana Tipitaka to my pc. How can i do it. With metta Bhante Sumana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Ven/Kind Sirs and Ladies I've just moved to a temple and they have one chant in the morning that I don't know. I'm trying to translate it, as I don't like...
Dear friends, no 27. The Seven Books of the Abhidhamma (part 4) The fourth book of the Abhidhamma is the Puggala pa~n~natti (Translated as ‘A Designation of...
For those of you who may not have noticed this new innovation yet, John Bullitt has just linked the SLTP PÄli versions of ATI's suttas to the English ...
Dear friends, The Seven Books of the Abhidhamma (part 3) The third book of the Abhidhamma is the Discourse on Elements, Dhaatu-Kathaa. This book deals with all...
Dear friends, not long ago, I read that there are two commentaries to the Majjhima Nikaya. One is Papancasudani by Buddhaghosa, the other is a later Burmese...
Dear friends, The Seven Books of the Abhidhamma (part 1). The Abhidhamma consists of the following seven books: 1.Dhammasanga.nii (translated as 'Buddhist...
Ven/Kind Sirs and Ladies Please see the links below for information on this edition. Kind Regards <http://www.vicnet.net.au/~dhammadarsa> Integrating Emotion...
Dear Friends, As I am seeing some discussion about Pali Tipitaka, I want to share my experience and it may be helpful or it may old news for you. I have been...
Hello, I want to learn Pali in order to compare English translations in order to avoid as much as possible the translators' biases. I like to memorize verses...
Dear friends, The Seven Books of the Abhidhamma (part 2). The second book of the Abhidhamma is the Vibha”nga, the Book of Analysis, and its commentary is the...
Can anyone provide me with a reference to one or more of the standard Pali grammars to support footnotes in translations from both Horner and Warder...
hello, I just joined the group...I'm not yet learning Pali but it is the reason why I joined..I've wanted to learn for a long time and as I'm watching the...
... <i'm new in here and i'm looking for a translation to pali. i would like to translate this sentece: you are buddha> buddho'si <i would like to have in in...
Hello. I have a question about the very frequent and obviously fundamentally important formula: neta.m mama, nesoham asmi, na meso attaa which I read: na eta.m...
Hi Pali Moderator, I am a new member of the Pali group and I live in Hong Kong. I attended two Mahayana Buddhism classes a few years ago. Early this year, I...
Dear friends in Dhamma, This web site contains a collection of links(URLs) to many Buddhist web sites containing: Dhamma Talks, Books and Articles, Tipitaka,...
