... Perhaps. Or perhaps bhelpswr.co.in is harvesting addresses from discussion groups at Yahoo, and just sending bogus e-mails to those addresses. As far as I...
An Elementary Pali Course Exercise 16-B: Translate into Pali. 6. Which of these two presents would you take? ki.m / imesa.m / dvinna.m / pa.n.naakaaraana.m / ...
... Dear Yong Peng, This is correct, I think, but just a note that the standard word for "Three Refuges" is "tisara.na" (nt. sing.), as in the "threefold ...
Dear Ven. Yuttadhammo, ... PaliLookup, ... This fixed it for me, too. Thank you very much, I think I was stuck on this problem since last year, but never...
Dear Nina ... It is in such a case that we have to rely on commentaries. I have chosen a slightly different context here because the commentary is much clearer...
D.III.188 "Kåre A. Lie" <alberlie@...> wrote:Dear friends, I hope some of you can help me find a story in the Tipitaka. Once the Buddha said something...
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... I appreciate the help I already have got with this question. I faintly remember that the Buddha also said something else about housholders and economics,...
Kåre The Book of Fives Sutta 41 On Make'n Mula I HEAR TELL: Once upon a time the Lucky Man, Savatthi-town, Jeta Woods, Anathapindika Park, came a revisit'n. ...
Venerable Bhante Pandita, Thank you very much for your explanation. I really enjoy it to go into the text in this way and understand it more deeply. with...
Greetings all, I am now working through the Abhidhammatthasangaha. Can anyone tell me some general points of difference between Ledi Sayadaw's commentary on ...
Dear Kare, Mike and friends, thanks for the interesting discussion. For those who are interested in comparative study with Mahayana texts, the protection of...
Dear Ven. Pandita, Nina and friends, thanks. It is interesting to learn how sara.na.m can be an idiomatic representation of sara.nanti, an indeclinable...
Dear Gunnar and friends, thanks for pointing that out, I will be more careful with details like this in future. Hence: There are thirty days in one month, and...
Dear Ven. Yuttadhammo and friends, Bhante: thanks. I think we can probably rewrite the English sentence a bit to facilitate better rendering in Pali. They took...
Dear Ven. Pandita, Ven. Yuttadhammo, June, Stephen and friends, June: if you are working on the Pali Primer, there is a language guide for the book here:...
Hi Wayne, ... Abhidhammatthasangaha-Vibhavini-Tika? N: I have his articles in the Manuals of Buddhism. I particularly like his exposition on rupas (we also...
Hi Kåre, ... N: Ang. Book of Eights, Ch 5, Gotamid, § 4, Longknee or Diighajaanu. Also edited in Wheel no 14. I cannot quote much now: conditions of worldly ...
Dear Kare, Nina, Mike and friends, Mike: I can understanding your style of writing emails. I think it is totally a matter of personal taste the way an...
... For one thing, he must have been quite aware that not everyone is able to live on only 25% of his or her gross income. I never could, and I don't feel too ...
Yong Peng, I understand your concern here is to keep the discussion polite. Reviewing the post, I imagine you would have preferred I had left out the: "With...
Hi Mike Olds, Sorry to cause misunderstandings. I meant something different from what you read. Nama and rupa are everywhere and they can be objects of...
... I think this is all rather over the top and still not a little offensive or hurtful. To me, it is quite clear from the context that Nina was not saying ...
... I agree. The reason why I am interested in these matters, is that I am writing a book (in Norwegian) on Buddhism from a humanist perspective, and I find it...
... Thank you, Nina. This is also a very interesting dialogue. It is a bit long for my purpose, but I think I will find use for parts of it. Best regards, ...
... like his ... relations, this ... Gethin). This ... Abhidhammatthasangaha-Vibhavini-Tika in English (Wijeratne and Gethin)!?!?!?!?! How wonderful! Where did...
Dear Friends, Here is AN 6.01.05,6 and 7 Comments: ra~n~no a"ngantveva sa"nkha.m gacchati. I don't understand a"ngantveva, but I am guessing the sandhi to be:...
... Dear Friends, I think another thing to take into consideration here is our extravagent lifestyles in the West that drive up prices of housing, food, etc....