Dear Piya and John,
the file is a MS Word document and is now available @
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/files/KeytoPaliSuttas.doc
It is certainly an amazing and wonderful course. I have copied and
put the abstract of it below:
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KEY TO THE PALI SUTTAS
A basic hands-on course
21 July & 4, 18, 25 August 2002
[Sundays 3.00-5.00 p.m. with break]
To be an effective Buddhist student, speaker, teacher, scholar or
if you wish to discover early Buddhism for yourself you need to
know how to access the Pali Canon and know its study tools. This
course teaches you the basic tools and techniques for the self-study
of Buddhism, like how to:
o Use the Pali Canon & Pali dictionaries (incl. newly-released Cone's
Dictionary of Pali).
o Locate suttas in the Pali Canon.
o Look for translations of Buddhist texts in the library and on the
Internet.
o Study a sutta effectively.
o Reasonably ascertain that a quoted text is authentic and properly
translated.
o Valuable notes will be provided.
This free 2-hour course over 4 weeks covers both theory and easy
hands-on experience under the guidance of Piya Tan who specializes in
Theravâda Buddhist studies. Please register at the Library counter so
that we can reserve your notes for you. (Buddhist Library: 6746
8435). Please carefully note course dates.