Bhante & Dharma friends, Attached is a PDF for the Sutta Discovery file on the "first nun" discussion. Do give me your brickbats. I'm trying to balance between...
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libris@...
Jun 1, 2005 7:31 am
... Oops! this should read: That is, if I am unable to complete the annotated translation of the four Nikayas....
Dear Florent, Thank you for the Pali. I don't have the book you use yet, but I think it might be useful anyway for me to include some variant readings, so I'm...
Hi Robert, I don't' see any problem with lay people revealing their dhammic attainments when it's clear the reason for doing so is not self-serving. The crux...
I appreciate that there will be a new Pali Day by Day series. Thank you, Florent and Yong Peng. Update on Series C: Warder's "Introduction to Pali" I'm...
Dear Frank, Robert and friends, there isn't any problem if this is a private dialogue among very very close friends. However, in a public discussion where most...
... Dear Truthiswithin, I hope you take this the right way, i.e., light and happy, and friendly. People who remember my posts from two or three years ago will...
Dear Yong Peng, Thank you for your sincerity. I'm just writing to let you know that I have changed my membership to no longer receive posts from the Yahoo!...
Dear Bhante, ... Actually, I am not relying upon the TBD at all. As you will realize, I do not give the Theravada Abhidharma any special status, but I do...
Dear Yong Peng, ... Sorry to persist with this, but the most extensive treatment in extant Indian sources of the antaraabhava is found in the Sarvastivadin ...
... Dear avuso, I hope you are not trying to avoid the issue. Could you please answer the question? Can I trust that you have read the Pali suttas whereby the...
Dear avuso, I can appreciate your concern. What is at stake? If we must choose to believe in only ONE set of Buddhist scriptures, I'd recommend the Pali Suttas...
Dear friends, I have been very saddened by the recent increase in unpleasant emails on this list. In the past, I've always been very impressed with the...
Venerable Bhante Yuttadhammo, Please share with us your Pali study, we can always learn, Respectfully, Nina. op 02-06-2005 02:06 schreef Yuttadhammo op...
Hello, Please find below the answers to the second part of Ex1 p6. With Metta, Florent The new Pali Course Part I Post: E002 Exercise 1B: Translate into...
Venerable Bhante Pandita, Thank you very much for your interesting explanation. I still have a question. When looking at the two kinds of translations: one ...
Dear Stephen (and all) How are you? You asked: "Out of interest, where in the Thervadin Abhidharma is the antaraabhava explicitly denied ?" Please read Section...
Dear lovely bickering members, I am in the process of both deepening my practice and beginning to study the Pali Canon as an academic. My question regards the...
Dear Natalie, This book may interest you: _Studies in the Origins of Buddhism_, G.C. Pande, published by Motilal Banarsidass in India. The following is taken...
Dear Natalie, I am glad you are being entertained by our doctrinal lucubrations -- it's an ancient and revered form of Buddhist mental gymnastics to stop the...
Dear Suan, Thanks for the mention of the Kathavatthu, but that was not exactly what I had in mind. I was interested in the remaining major part of the...
Dear Stephen, As per your request, I am replying to your on-group post. I am CC'ing it to the Pali Group. Note that you will still have to send replies...
The new Pali Course Part I Post: E002 Exercise 1B: Translate into English 16. Go.naaya. For the ox. ... 18. Asso. From the community. ... 19. Sakuna. The...
Dear Natalie, My personal favourites are: For the beginning study (overview) of the Paali Canon A Handbook of Paali Literature by Oskar Von Hinüber Berlin,...
Dear Suan, ... I forgot to mention in my last message that Vasubandhu equally profoundly refutes the Vibhajjavadin (= Therevadin) refutation of the antarabhava...
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Jun 3, 2005 3:15 am
Is this a joke? In a message dated 6/2/2005 6:47:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, s.hodge@... writes: However, I have one hypothetical...
... Hope you still remember where you came across this, as I'm *very* interested. If you manage to find out only after I leave the discussion, hope you would...
Dear Yutta, You've left the group before I could answer your questions. Hope you don't mind me sending you a personal mail. FYI, I'm also bccing this to the...
... It is especially for that reason that I think we all try to understand about what can happen after death. Not understanding that, or (worse!) holding to an...
