Dear Bhante, ... Note however that there have been several recent scholarly discussions concerning the precise meaning of naama-ruupa which suggest that the ...
Dear Ven. Kumara, Ven. Yuttadhamma, Frank, Gunnar, Piya, Robert, Stephen, Suan, Teng Kee, Thomas, Tim, Yifer and friends, it is not difficult to notice that...
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...
Dear Nina Thank you for drawing attention to this post. I beg your pardon for my lateness. Wireless networks here have not recovered to date and an extremely...
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...
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 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 Bhante, ... Actually, I think there is nothing wrong with "sect", although I personally would prefer "school". Pocker concise dictionaries are not...
Dear Thomas, ... Then how do you understand the passage in DN26 ?? Quoting the Walsh translation for convenience: "And in the time of the people with an...
Dear venerables and friends, thank you for all the interesting discussions. In order to facilitate effective and fruitful discussions, and avoid digressions at...
Hello, I am quite new in this group and have started learning Pali not so long ago. I am using "The New Pali Course" by Prof. A.P. Buddhatta, Maha Nayaka Thero...
Dear Friends, Since the fire is lit and I still have yet to receive an answer, please ... This is truly the case... if there were not naama or ruupa, it would...
... We could always turn to the trusty Dakkhinavibhanga Sutta (MN 142) for advice on this: "When a passionless person to a passionless person gives With...
Pali - Every few days - [C259] Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176) Passages for Reading 2 (Part 19 of 41) yato kho Vaase.t.thaa te sattaa tasmi.m samaye asaddhamme...
Dear Group, I am a new member. Allow me to introduce myself. I am a long time meditation practitioner. Until recently all of my contact with Buddhism had been...
Dear Friends, ... I think it's funny to hear these words, like "folk etymologies", "fanciful etymologies", etc. It brings to mind an image of Buddhaghosa and...
Four Great Standards. Before he passed away, the Buddha gave us practical advice to assess situations in which we hear a monk proclaiming that what he teaches...
Pali - Every few days - [C258] Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176) Passages for Reading 2 (Part 18 of 41) adhamma-sammata.m kho pana Vaase.t.thaa tena samayena ...
Dear Members, In the Vinaya's account of the aftermath of the going forth of Raahula, the Buddha lays down a rule in response to a request from Suddhodana: na,...
Dear Friends, It may have been an understatement when I mentioned in a previous post that a small group in Thailand believes and is promulgating that the Lord...
Hello George, welcome to the group. I hope the ongoing discussion is helpful to you. metta, Yong Peng. ... Date: Apr 7, 2005 3:00 AM Subject: Re: Welcome to...
... A Latin version is included in the Legenda Aurea, from about 1260. The Christians, if I am correctly informed, imported the story from the Muslims, who...
Hello, I have never posted here before. I have taken a look at the main rules, but I apologize if I am breaking any guidelines with this post, so if I am just...
Part of the problem is even when devout Buddhists want to explore Visuddhimagga and see what it has to offer, it's difficult to overcome some major barriers....
Dear Bhante, Thank you for your informative input. Yes, I agree that "etymology" does not really do justice to "nirukta" which covers more than philological ...
Pali - Every few days - [C257] Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176) Passages for Reading 2 (Part 17 of 41) tad etarahi pi manussaa ekaccesu janapadesu vadhuyaa ...
Dear Bhante, Thanks for taking time to reply to my query. I have no quarrel with what you have written, but my query concerned Pali passages in which an ...
Though each concept might reasonably seem to imply the other, I do not recollect reading any Pali suttas that explicitly link anicca and paticca-samuppada....
Pali - Every few days - [C256] Warder - Exercise 21 (page 176) Passages for Reading 2 (Part 16 of 41) ye kho pana te Vaase.t.thaa tena samayena sattaa passanti...
