Dear Laura,
Welcome to the group, and welcome to the wonderful
world of learning Pali!
As to your question about resources for learning Pali,
you already have some good suggestions for web-sites,
etc., and of course, this group itself is a great
resource, particularly with Yong Peng's web-site and
all the excellent work he has put into it.
I've been learning Pali little by little over the last
2 years or so, and the course of self-study that has
worked very well for me has been as follows:
1. First I started with Lily de Silva's Pali Primer.
This is an excellent place to start, as it introduces
the grammar very slowly and gently. And as you may
have noticed, YP is posting all his solutions to the
exercises to this group.
2. Next I tackled A New Course in Reading Pali by
Gair and Karunatillake. This is more advanced than de
Silva, but not quite as dense as Warder, and all the
translation exercises are from the Canon. I have
posted my solutions to this on this group's files
section, and am currently sending them bit-by-bit as
emails.
3. Now, finally I'm working through Warder. I first
looked at this book right when I was beginning Pali,
and it seemed quite daunting, but now with the other
two books under my belt, it's much more manageable.
Again all the exercises are taken from the Canon. For
this too, I am posting my solutions to the list, for
comment and feedback - and, I hope, to benefit others
who are studying this book.
Good luck with your studies! No matter how difficult
or easy you find it, you will earn much merit in the
effort.
Metta,
John
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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 06:09:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: laura wyper <
laurawyper@...>
Subject: hello
hello, I just joined the group...I'm not yet learning
Pali but it is the reason why I joined..I've wanted to
learn for a long time and as I'm watching the sunrise
this morning it felt like today was the day to look
into it...any tips as to what is a good starter
resource book..or other online resources I should know
about as a beginner? [I'm very excited and glad this
group exists..thank-you] laura
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