Re: Pali Day by Day 08/08/2003 [A152]

Dear Nina and friends,

allow me to elaborate further:

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ong Yong Peng wrote:
> 13. Tathaagata.m passitvaa vanditu.m upaasako vihaara.m pavisati.
> The lay devotee enters the monastery to see and pay respect to the
> Buddha.
N: Can it be : After the lay devotee has seen the Buddha, he enters
the monastery to pay respect to him.
Y: I am not sure about this. Here, we are certain that the subject
for 'passitvaa' is 'upaasako'. However, the mystery is
whether 'passitvaa' an action before 'pavisati' -- sees the Buddha
and enters the monastery, or before 'vanditu.m' -- to see the Buddha
and worship (him). I hope someone would provide some guidance here.

I read the sentence as: To see and pay respect to the Buddha, the lay
devotee enters the monastery.

metta,
Yong Peng