Re: A Pali Plea

Hi Yong Peng & Pali Friends,

This is a great website, such websites truly lengthen our lives by saving our time
and labour. Mudita to the anonymous contributor/s. I've downloaded Dh 273-274 for the
Key to Pali Suttas class.

However, the translation of Dh 348 (like many other translations) reads too much into
it. It should in this case be literally rendered to keep the background of the origin
story (of Ugga the acrobat, see Comy) intact and tnteresting.

Let go of the front. Let go of the back.
Let go of the middle...

Imagine you are Ugga poised on your head on a high bamboo pole performing to a
box-office market-place crowd with Buddha as the guest of honour (according to DhA),
and the Buddha utters this verse.

Sukhi.

P.

ypong001 wrote:

> Dear Bill, John and Steve,
>
> 1. there are currently two mirror sites but they are not updated:
>
> (a) Ohio State University (USA)
> http://pears2.lib.ohio-state.edu/
>
> (b) Heidelberg University (Germany)
> http://sino-sv3.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/
> http://sino-sv3.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/PALI/p-alpha5.htm
>
> 2. the new site is still better:
>
> (a) you need another font to view thw pages :-)
> http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/DBLM/font/foreign1.zip
>
> you have to unzip/extract the file Fore000.ttf and install it through
> Control Panel >> Fonts >> File >> Install New Font...
>
> (b) you can "skip" the main page and go directly to the dhammapada
> pages: http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/DBLM/olcourse/pali/reading/gatha1.htm
>
> replace gatha1.htm with gathaX.htm, where X=1 to 423, for example,
> http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/DBLM/olcourse/pali/reading/gatha409.htm
>
> There are 423 verses in Dhp. but the furthest I can go is 409. You
> may have better luck.
>
> 3. The main page has more goodies:
> http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/DBLM/olcourse/olcourse.htm
>
> You may try to access to DBLM page first: http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/DBLM/
>
> yp.
>
> --- In Pali@..., Bill Strider <drillerbits@...> wrote:
> > After several tries, I was able to get into the site, and I
> > agree that it is a valuable resource. However, my browser
> > doesn't display the fonts correctly.
> >
> > For instance, it displays j instead of .m, v instead of "n,
> > etc.
> >
> > I have several Pali fonts installed on my computer. Is
> > there some other one that I need to view these pages
> > correctly?
> >
> > Thanks, and metta,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --- John Kelly <palistudent@...> wrote:
> > > Dan, Steve, Robert, et al.
> > > Yes, this is the one and I recently discovered it was
> > > moved too. Go to the link mentioned and click on
> > > Online Courses on the left. Or go directly to
> > > http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/DBLM/olcourse/olcourse.htm .
> > > Then on the Pali tab open up the "Readings in Pali"
> > > and you will find your way to the Dhammapada. There
> > > each verse is listed and includes a very nice parsing
> > > of the Pali (extremely helpful to beginners!) and
> > > English translations, brief commentary and sound files
> > > for the whole verse and for each word.
> > > There is a lot of other good stuff on this page for
> > > students of Pali, including other sound files,
> > > readings and grammatical info.
> > > Unfortunately the site now seems to be on a slower
> > > server than before - it is sometimes very slow and
> > > doesn't always open reliably - other times it's fine -
> > > so be patient; it's well worth a visit.
> > > Metta,
> > > John
>
>
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