Dear Nina,
Memorizing is an excellent idea. I do some memorizing
of some Pali snippets myself - particularly things I
like to repeat every day before meditating - the
refuges, the precepts, and the 5 things to be
reflected on daily.
My approach to memorizing is similar to yours.

Metta,
John
--- nina van gorkom <nilo@...> wrote:

> Dear John,
> op 05-04-2003 00:34 schreef John Kelly op
> palistudent@...:
>
> > Thank you - I'm glad you're enjoying them.
> > You're right. Pali is a lovely language.
> N: I went over the text now many times, and I admire
> very much the structure
> of it, the repeats and the passages which are
> stressing the action to be
> taken. It is suitable to try to learn it by heart.
> Now I understand how
> people of old (and many people now in Sri Lanka and
> Birma) could do this and
> wanted to do this. Excellent reminders.
> Maybe others can give me tips about memorizing, in
> case someone else likes
> to do this, but in the process of it I go about it
> like this: first the four
> cases that arise, thus the first phrases of each one
> of these four sections,
> then the goals in each of these four sections, then
> the action taken and
> this is in the same wording in each of these four
> cases.
> Fascinating.
> With appreciation,
> Nina.
>

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