Dear Nina and friends,

thanks a lot for your help, Nina. I have done the compilation and it
is now available here:
http://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/strans/stransload.php?page=mn062s04

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom wrote:
> > For "tejo", would you say that "fire" is a better word
that "heat" as Buddhadatta explains tejodhaatu as the element of heat?
> N: The element of fire represents the characteristic of heat,
manifesting itself as heat or cold. Cold: a matter of degree of this
element. It is experienced through the bodysense, also the internal
heat. Rahula had to know both the internal and external heat, so that
he would know: internal or external, it is the same, just an element,
and this would help him to be less attached to attabhaava, the body.
> Since Fire is more symbolic, I am inclined to the word heat or
temperature.
> But temperature may be controversial.
>
> > Y: Do you think that we can make use of parenthesis in this case
to give the exploded meaning of the Pali term, such as whereby (one)
is heated, and whereby (one) is digested (, aged and consumed)
> N: one is not digested, but the food, that what is eaten, is
digested. The food is consumed. But the body is aging by the element
of heat. Thus, this way may not be so satisfactory.