... I thought you understood that I was speaking of 'ren2 bi3 ren2" (comparing among people) in answering to your difficulty in "explain(ing) why Bhikkhus...
Dear friends in the Dhamma, after days of deliberation, the time has come for us to kickstart the long awaited project. I would like to again mention the...
Dear John Kelly & Yong Peng. I checked my wording is "By chance, he mentioned that he is on his progress of brand newtranslation of AN for maybe more than one...
... In the Italian language and some others, all numbers are taken over from latin - except zero, which I think comes from Arabian "sifr". (On the other hand,...
Hello Yong Peng, It is very unlikely that the Buddhist concept "su~n~na" forms the basis for the concept of zero. Ancient Indians exploited "zero" in their ...
Dear friends, allow me to correct the following: 5. Health is the best wealth. aarogya.m / hoti / se.t.thadhana.m Aarogya.m se.t.thadhana.m hoti. aarogya [Nr]...
Dear Yifer and friends, thanks for the clarification. I apologise for misreading your message. I wish you the best of health. metta, Yong Peng. ... I checked...
Dear Gunnar, Tim and friends, thank you very much for putting us in the right historical perspective. I shall follow up on your notes when I can keep up with...
Dear Yong Peng, I found I know nothing about words classified as "indeclinable". Could you help me out of it? How can I tell this word is "indeclinable",...
Dear Yifer and friends, thanks for the question. I am not a language expert, but I shall share with you what I know. Please forgive you if I can answer all of...
Dear friends, to begin with, there are some admin. issues. 1. the placeholder page for the web version of the translation will be similar as always:...
Dear Yong Peng, Thanks! It does help ! With Metta Yifer ... I have written is a simple overview of Pali grammar. For greater details, please refer to a good...
==The world, as a rule, is fettered by attachment and clinging to things, and is firmly adhering to them. But the learned and noble disciple does no longer...
Never mind SN III 132 is the correct citation for this. Silly me. ==The world, as a rule, is fettered by attachment and clinging to things, and is firmly...
Dear Bhante and Dhamma friends, "Why Jainism and Hinduism survived after Muslim's invasion into nothern India, Buddhism, is superior than Jainism and...
... Dear Tim, I suspect that it could be the other way around, especially in later contexts -- apparently there was un upsurge of interest in mathematics in ...
Dear Stephen, Tim and friends, Stephen has made an interesting point which I think is possible, only to a lesser extent. The reason being that the number (or...
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Bankei
bankei@...
Jul 3, 2005 5:21 am
There is one paper that may be of interest in _Studies in the History of Buddhism_ (Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation), edited by A.K. Narain: Jaini,...
... Hi, I'd go with Bodhi here, in the absence of a convincing argument otherwise. best regards, /Rett...
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Jul 3, 2005 10:42 am
If you read this paper, make special note of the sramonapasaka (s'rama,na + upaasaka), who effectively are lay teachers who quietly went on teaching the Jain...
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Jul 3, 2005 11:28 am
Dharma friends, Asalha Puja (rains retreat entrance) is on 21st July. I wonder if Ajahn Sujato or any bhikkhu can confirm this year's (1) Pavarana Day (this is...
Dear John and friends, as agreed previously, we can only afford doing a detailed grammatical analysis for selected passages. I think it is auspicious to do it...
Dear Yong Peng, Thank you very much for all this work. Out of interest I would like to mention a paralel passage in the mahaaraahulovaada sutta. It is paralel...
... Not if you put a zero to the right of another number. Gunnar gunnargallmo@......
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rudra sakrikar
rudra_sakrikar@...
Jul 3, 2005 8:13 pm
Dear Freinds , Pls guide me about the following things. 1. Which is the script of Pali ? is it same of Samskrit ? 2. Is there any site which contains suttas...
