Dear friends,

Evelyn Chew (Beng Suan) wrote:
ec> as a beginner, i shall start with Pali Primer.

For those of you who for some reasons are unable to acquire 'Pali
Primer' and 'Key to Pali Primer', I can post it to you by e-mail in two
MS Word files, converted from Dhammagiri Chattha Sangayana CD. Please
be aware that these files, though included on CD for free
distribution, still retain the copyrights and can't be placed on any
website without permission. I will share them only according to personal
requests.

ec> Dimitry, u have given very useful info & it will be nice to read a lesson
ec> (not too long) at a time from "A New Course in Pali Reading" from u. A bit
ec> of dosage at a time, please.

Dear Evelyn (or shall I call you Beng Suan?), I wrote I can post readings from
the lessons. The lessons themselves are also protected by the copyright.

Fortunately, the very first text for reading from "A New Course in
Reading Pali" is also explained in great detail at:

http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/PALI/reading/vanda2.htm

with sound files included. To get the font displayed rightly you
are advised to follow the instructions at:

http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/PALI/reading.htm

As Derek Cameron wrote, chanting texts are quite familiar to many of
us and serve as introduction to Pali. If there are some people
interested, we can study Vandana sentences presented at the above
address, with the additional advantage of hearing Pali. We can also
seek guidance from the authors of this website.

Derek Cameron wrote:
DC> Well, Dimitry, I'm no expert, but to me these are straightforward
DC> locative absolutes.
DC> cakkhusmi.m sati
DC> "Eye being present," or "When eye is present."

Thank you, Derek. Indeed I have learned about locative absolutes the
same evening when I wrote the letter. I feel like emotional intensity
of this discovery will help me to remember it forever :) thanks to the
friendly and understanding atmosphere we have in the group.

Metta,
Dimitry