Dear Christine,

would you kindly provide more info. on the course you would be
taking, such as a web address or the complete reading/reference list.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- christine_forsyth wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> [This message may appear twice, as it was originally sent an hour

or

> so ago and didn't arrive.]
>
> I've been a lurking member of this group for some time, but have

not

> previously introduced myself.
> I am an Australian woman, living near Brisbane, Queensland,
> Australia. I have a grown-up family and not much contact with

other

> Theravada Buddhists except those I've met via yahoo groups, and

trips

> to Thailand. I have an interest in gaining a deeper understanding
> of Theravada Buddhism and the Pali Canon. Therefore, I am
> enrolling in 'Introduction to Pali' at the University of

Queensland

> this semester, being taught by Dr. Primoz Pecenko. I am looking
> forward to this course very much. Knowing less than twenty common
> pali words, I am also feeling a little intimidated but intend to
> persevere.
> One of the set texts for this subject is:
> A.P. Buddhadatta. "The New Pali Course, Part 1 (6th
> Edition). 'Colombo: The Colombo Apothecaries', 1962.
> My question is - does anyone know where I can get a copy, and if it
> is it still in
> print? The Uni. Bookshop has no knowledge of it. (I understand
> photocopied pages will be given in the lectures.)
> Thank you for the existence of this list and your contributions -
> though mostly 'above my head' it has proved the stimulus for me to
> take this step. I will also join the others in the Pali Day by Day
> study corner.
>
> metta,
> Christine