John,

The Key to the Pali Suttas is very basic, with some hands-on activities. The web
version might need some reorganization. Anyway here is the course guide is attached
for anyone interested.

Yes, John, YP and I are from Singapore.

Sukhi.

P.

John Kelly wrote:

> Thanks for clarifying that, YP.
>
> Piya, what a marvelous looking course outline! If I
> lived in the same city as you (is it Singapore?) I
> would be signing up for that in a flash! Have you
> considered making an on-line version of it? Or
> perhaps, at least, you'd be willing to share your
> notes for the course in the files section of this Pali
> list? Many of us scattered around the globe could
> benefit from it.
>
> Metta,
> John
> --- ypong001 <ypong001@...> wrote:
> > 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:
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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