Hi Frank Haven't really made up my mind. I prefer the idea of the isolation of the tip of the single horn as the rhino makes its way through the tall grass ...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Oct 2, 2001 11:22 am
A Quick Glance This lesson covers the following topic: Masc-a Nouns Vocative Case Singular: - Plural: + aa Neut-a Nouns Nom.: [sing.] + .m [plur.] + aa; aani ...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Oct 2, 2001 11:30 am
Hi John, thanks, that's useful when I worked through Lesson 8. metta, yp....
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frank kuan
fcckuan@...
Oct 3, 2001 12:49 am
Hi Robert, Somewhere I researched it mentioned that Anguttara or that particular Rhino sutta is probably a collection of verses spoken by the Buddha on many ...
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Robert Eddison
robedd@...
Oct 4, 2001 10:24 pm
Could someone enlighten me as to whether there is really any controversy about the translation of these verses? I was not aware that any modern authority had...
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frank kuan
fcckuan@...
Oct 5, 2001 12:12 am
Hello Robert E., Thanks for posting the useful references. Can you say more about the stock simile with the horn as it was intended to be commonly understood...
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Oct 5, 2001 8:33 am
Robert, Frank and friends, It took me a bit of time to resurrect my notes on the Sutta Nipata I did over a decade ago. Anyway, here it is after font updating,...
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mangesh dahiwale
mdahiwale@...
Oct 6, 2001 11:13 am
Dear All, I am Mangesh Dahiwale from India. I take delight in the teachings of the Buddha. I have been practicing Meditation and the Way from past 6 years. I...
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:16 pm
Dear Frank & friends, I'm not sure what happened to the attachment (notes of Khaggavisana) which I sent to this web. Anyway, here it is again. Hope it...
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Robert Didham
robertdidham@...
Oct 6, 2001 8:32 pm
No attachments again today. Seems as though it might be part of the yahoo "service" - I have noticed attachments frequently get dropped off, but am not sure...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Oct 7, 2001 1:10 am
Dear Robert, Piya and friends, all e-mail attachments are automatically dropped off. It is 'deliberately' set in this way. This is to prevent mail hogging, and...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Oct 9, 2001 10:40 am
A Quick Glance This lesson covers the following topic: The absolutive or the indeclinable participle, also known as the gerund. The suffix +tvaa or +ya is...
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John Kelly
palistudent@...
Oct 10, 2001 3:25 pm
Greetings Pali Primers, A couple of comments on Lesson 9. If you have the answer key, then note that I have found two typos in it in lesson 9: On translate to...
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Rene Salm
rsalm@...
Oct 13, 2001 6:12 am
Jst a quick question-- In Lesson 9, sentence number 6, the word SADHI.M togehter with KUKKURENA, dog. I thought SAHA and SADHI.M were used with humans. Is it...
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Kumaara Bhikkhu
venkumara@...
Oct 13, 2001 11:08 pm
My understanding is that saddhi.m and saha, which denote the idea of being "together";, are used for animate (humans, animals) and abstract objects. A dog,...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Oct 15, 2001 9:36 am
Dear John and friends, ... thanks for pointing out the error in the Key to Pali Primer, the word 'vana' means forest or wood. The Pali word for park is...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Oct 15, 2001 10:16 am
Dear Rene and friends, both 'saha' and 'saddhi.m' mean 'together with'. It is used after a noun in the instrumental case to express companionship. This is one ...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Oct 16, 2001 12:50 pm
A Quick Glance This lesson covers the following topic: The suffix +tu.m is added to the root of a verb with or sometimes without the connecting vowel (i) to...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Oct 16, 2001 12:59 pm
Dear friends, I was given this question and would like to ask everyone to contribute to it: Why is the Tipitaka (so) important? I will be putting up my points...
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Gabriel Bittar, PhD, ...
buddhayatana
Oct 16, 2001 9:39 pm
Dear Pali friends, I found from my diverse readings that one of the deepest assessment of the meaning and importance of Ti'pitaka is to be found in...
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John Kelly
palistudent
Oct 17, 2001 8:19 pm
Greetings all, I have some comments and questions on some of the (translate to English) exercises in the Pali Primer - Lesson 10. First, #4. Yaacako maatulassa...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Oct 18, 2001 8:07 am
Dear John and friends, other than #12 and #22, I'm also puzzled with the answers of: Translate into English: 13, 16, 21, 22, 25 Translate into Pali: 1, 4, 5,...
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Kumaara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Oct 18, 2001 8:12 am
... I must first confess that I'm no expert, but I'm learning from my teacher who seem to be quite an expert. So, I thought I could share what I've learnt and...
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John Kelly
palistudent
Oct 18, 2001 2:59 pm
Dear Ven. Kumaara, Your explanations and analysis below are extremely helpful, and they fit very well with what I've been discovering working through later...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Oct 19, 2001 4:49 am
Dear friends, I have prepared a 2-page study guide for Pali Primer chapters 1 to 11. If you are just starting on the book, you will find it extremely useful....
I am trying to find out a little about the history of the Pali language, ie. the origins.There seems to be confliting views on the roll of sankrit as...
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Robert Didham
robertdidham
Oct 22, 2001 10:19 am
Zeb A couple of useful books to start with on this subject are: Thomas Oberlies: Paali. A Grammar of the Language of the Theravaada Tipi.tika. Berlin, de...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Oct 22, 2001 11:59 am
Hi Robert, I am interested in Thomas Oberlies' book, but it costs US$142.25! So, I hope you can tell me more about it before I place an order for it. It'd be...
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Kumaara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Oct 22, 2001 12:21 pm
I too am interested about what Zeb brought up, and was hoping that someone could offer some good answers. ... I checked it out at Amazon.com. It cost $142.25!...
