Dear Thomas, There are definitely many elements in the story (after reading Ven. Kumara's links today) that I find unusual and irrational, but I am curious ...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Feb 11, 2013 9:10 am
Dear Frank, ... N: We have to carefully consider conditions. If we do not consider the story in the suttas we may misunderstand the meaning. As tto showing...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Feb 11, 2013 8:56 pm
Dear Nina, In the case of Nanda, the problem isn't that the Buddha took him to the deva realms to show him that there were sensual pleasures far greater than ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 11, 2013 8:56 pm
You mean this part? "Then take joy, Nanda. Take joy! I am your guarantee for getting 500 dove-footed nymphs." I don't see a lie there. I see it as a trick...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Feb 12, 2013 2:08 pm
Dear Frank, ... N: I find the commentary quite clear. The Buddha knew what was best for a particular person and he had vaca sacca, always speaking the truth. ...
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Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu
yuttadhammo
Feb 13, 2013 3:04 am
Just a reminder not to click strange links in emails.... Bryan, I think you have been hacked... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 15, 2013 10:45 pm
Dear Deiter, I fully agree wtth GS that "it's really a matter of what each of us has tried and found helpful for our own practice." However, I'd like to...
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Rajendra Jadhao
mastram101
Feb 15, 2013 10:46 pm
Is it true that A.K. Warder, the Pali Scholar is no more? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 16, 2013 3:11 am
An excellent piece. Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Jhana Not by the Numbers. ...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Feb 18, 2013 7:31 pm
Dear Venerable Kumara, just in preparation of a travel, I am sorry that my response may be short of proper attention to your comment. In general I consider...
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Morgan Morrison
sanskrit_stu...
Mar 2, 2013 3:29 am
Unfortunately, Professor A(nthony) K(ennedy) Warder has passed away. Here is a link to his obituary. ...
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dymaxion oxy
oxydymaxion
Mar 2, 2013 3:45 am
Sadly, it is true. http://www.sumeru-books.com/2013/02/anthony-kennedy-warder-obituary/ ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Dhivan Thomas Jones
dhivanthomas...
Mar 2, 2013 4:35 am
Yes. Here is the notice I received via the H-Buddhism list: The death in Toronto has been announced of the distinguished scholar Prof. A.K.Warder. A funeral...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 2, 2013 8:49 pm
Anyone know of any tool for Unicode to Velthuis conversion? kb...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 3, 2013 4:42 am
digital pali reader does conversion both ways u->v, and v->u. it's tricky to find those features though. i tried it out just now, the way i got it to come up...
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John Kelly
palistudent
Mar 4, 2013 4:26 am
I have some Word doc macros that convert from Unicode to Velthuis and vice versa. Would you like me to send you those or perhaps even load them to the the...
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alexgenaud
Mar 4, 2013 12:08 pm
Hi Kumara Bhikkhu, I have written several such conversions. Most likely, I can convert your text as well. It's not as straight forward as simply saying...
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alexgenaud
Mar 4, 2013 12:26 pm
Venerable Kumara, The menu on the top of this page may present a more obvious example. Indeed, is this your own translation? Pañc'ime bhikkhave caŋkame...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 8, 2013 10:53 pm
Thanks, Frank. Yes, I've seen and used that before, when I had an older version of DPR on my old computer. I don't have DPR now, as I don't want to install...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 8, 2013 11:33 pm
I think it's definitely worthwhile to install firefox just to have DPR. They always seem to keep adding nice new features, and the bugs your teacher are...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 8, 2013 11:33 pm
Hmm... sounds tempting.... :-) I'll give it a serious thought. Maybe I'll download the smallest version Firefox that it's compatible with....
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 9, 2013 8:57 am
Thanks for the offer, but I don't have Word. on this new notebook, and not plan to getting it. Would be a good to share it on the files section though....
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 9, 2013 9:04 am
Interesting. Thanks for your kind offer. My requirement is simply converting occasional texts. Nina pointed me to...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 10, 2013 5:15 pm
Dear friends, the demise of the late Professor A K Warder is a great loss to the world. A highly learned scholar, Professor Warder dedicated his life to the...
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Stephen Hodge
kiciyel
Mar 10, 2013 5:47 pm
... And his wife, who curiously also died around the same time, such that their funerals/memorial services were held together. Best wishes, Stephen Hodge...
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alexgenaud
Mar 14, 2013 12:13 am
Hello again Kumara Bhikkhu, I welcome you to try this javascript solution: http://genaud.net/2013/03/convert/ <http://genaud.net/2013/03/convert/index.html> ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 15, 2013 11:08 am
Cool! At first I was wondering where to click. Then somewhat intuitively I just clicked. Haha! Well done! I appreciate it very much....
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alexgenaud
Mar 16, 2013 4:41 am
Thanks. I hope it works for you, otherwise let me know how it could be improved, other characters like Sanskrit, other transliterations, or whatever. When I...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 16, 2013 5:45 pm
Dear Ven. Kumara, I'm not advanced enough to analyze the Pali itself, but here are how Thanissaro and John Ireland translated that section in their respective ...
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Chanida
jchanida072
Mar 16, 2013 5:48 pm
Dear Frank, I understand your confusion. Things can appear very contradictory. But how would you think about the following story? (My example is perhaps out of...
