1. Are you a Buddhist? If not, what makes you interested in Theravada
Buddhism?
2. Are you learning/teaching the Pali language? If yes, what do you
think are the common difficulties faced by students?
3. Do you read and study the suttas, or other Tipitaka/Pali literature
(such as Abhidhamma, Vinaya)?
4. Do you use any tools/guidebooks in your study of the Pali canon, or
do you apply any methods in your study?
5. Do you meditate regularly? If you do, where do you learn/practise and
what are the methods that you use?
6. Were/Are you involved in any translation works of the Tipitaka? Are
you interested in such works?
My name is Gunasaro Fang, I was born in a very small town cold Ketapang,
West Borneo (Indonesia).
Our family's faith background was Taoism, as mostly Chinese in our
hometown (the rest were Catholic).
But ever since the Maitreya (Taiwan) & Nichiren Syoshu (Japan) Sects
arrived there; not only the Chinese turned their Taoism, but also the
native tribe (Dayak) turned their Catholic.
I started to join to the Maitreya when I was at the final class in my
Elementary School (Catholics)... until I was at my 4th semester in the
university.
Since that, I was in such circumstance learning Theravada Buddhism with
one of my colleagues.
1.. Yes, I'm a Theravada Buddhism
2.. No, I'm not learning Pali
3.. Yes, I started to learn Theravada Buddhism by reading Sutta
Pitaka, but in Indonesian of course
4.. No, I don't learn Pali
5.. No, I don't, & I consider it as the most stupid attitude I've ever
had as a Buddhist
6.. No, I'm not... but soon we'll get into that part. As we are
establishing an organisation, which one of its struggles is: translating
The Tipitaka (from English into Indonesian)