Dear Nina and friends, thanks. At the same time, I wish all who are celebrating Vesak Day on June 2 a happy and joyous festival. metta, Yong Peng ... Thank you...
Dear Friends, Here is AN 6.8.3. The only comment on this sutta is regarding the word "lapana", which literally means "talking" or "talk". The commentary...
A friend, Michael Olds, helpped me view Pali on the web with a number of modified fonts that might be useful to others running Mac OS X. I've added a file...
Dear Friends, I had a bit of trouble with this one... please, can someone explain "yoni cassa aaraddhaa hoti aasavaana'm khayaaya"? I have "and a beginning...
Venerable Phra Noah, thank you very much. ... N: Yoni: beginning or origin. aaraddhaa: this implies energy, aaraddha viriya. Also: resolved, firm. The same...
Dear Friends, Here is AN 6.8.5. No real problems with this one, though I still hope (mindfully) for the criticism of those more skilled in Pali translation. ...
Venerable Phra Noah, Upaaya kusalo: wholesome in using. The word using is difficult to understand. I looked up PED: way, means, resources. upaaya kusala,...
Thank you for the encouragement and the help. I am trying to be as literal as possible, but I understand it can create difficulties. ... How about "and a...
Hi All, Acc to Cone 'aaraddha' as a past passive participle can also be from aa + rajjhati, and can mean 'accomplished', 'achieved', 'pleased', 'satisfied'. ...
... delighted with ... seclusion, is ... uncomplicated. ... without ... it means more "diffuseness" (PED) or "illusion" (CPED) or ... =========== Dear...
Dear friends, here is my translation. I follow the triple lineair method. Gradual Sayings (III, Book of the Fives, Ch XXI, Kimbila, § 2, ³On hearing...
... Yes, that makes much more sense - how about this: yoni cassa aaraddhaa hoti aasavaana'm khayaaya /a beginning/and for him/made/is/of the taints/for the...
Mention is made in some Buddhist texts of four venomous snakes that are likened to various bad, dangerous things. Unfortunately, the names of each of the four...
... Greetings Bhante and group members, This avoids the repetition of 'beginning begun' and seems convincing to me as to the overall idea, though it is still...
Hello everyone, I'm fairly new to this list and have only been lurking, but I thought I'd let you know that I threw together a small Perl utility for ...
You are most probably aware of this utility: The CSCD Conversion Utility (CSCDCONV) is designed to be used with the Vipassana Research Institute's Chattha...
Dear Dhamma friends I and my friend have a question about 'yoniso manasikaara' (wise attention) in Pali Abhidhamma. Where does '(a)yoniso manasikaara' start to...
... Hello Stephen, Three Pali tetrads of snakes come to mind, but I'm not sure if any are quite what you're looking for. Perhaps you could state which bad...
Dear Bhante, Yes, it's because of the work that Frank Snow did (and his explanation of the file format) that allowed me to write this utility. If you are able...
Unicode is not a font, but an international standard www.unicode.org for the allocation of characters in most languages. At the moment, Pali scholars use all...
Dear Nina, Thank you for the commentary - it is most clear and helpful. I appreciate your wisdom. Here is AN 6.8.6 and AN 6.8.7 (I sent 6.8.6 some time ago,...
Hello Bhante, You wrote: Three Pali tetrads of snakes come to mind, but I'm not sure if any are quite what you're looking for. Perhaps you could state which...
Dear Bhante, Thanks for the information. It should be fairly trivilal to modify my application to output a UTF-8 text file with the proper Unicode encodings....
Venerable Phra Noah, Thank you very much for the translations. ... N: PEd also gives aorist pataarayi: strive, seems to fit more. Phra: With 6.8.7, one...
Dear Friends, Here is AN 6.8.8. Very close to 6.8.7. Yuttadhammo ... A'nguttaranikaayo Chakkanipaatapaa.li 8. Arahattavaggo 8. Dutiyanirayasutta'm "Chahi,...
... Dear Bhante Pesala, Greetings venerable sir :) I just want to let you and others know that Mr. Snow's utility DOES convert the files to Unicode. I just...
Dear NIna Thanks a lot for your kind explanation. You're the one I think of will answer this question. But I am still a little confused. N: We should not...
Thanks for the info. The utility is very simple to use, and as you say, it does already convert to Unicode or other formats. I could not believe how fast it...
