Dear Nina and friends,

first of all, Tipitaka Network now has a nicer look.
http://www.tipitaka.net/

I have rewrote the introduction message (Yahoo! limits it to a
maximum of 2000 characters) to new members. Please see if it is fine:
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Welcome to Tipitaka Network: Pali Mailing List. Our main areas of
discussion include the following:
1. Tipitaka and sutta study;
2. Pali language and literature;
3. Theravada Buddhism;
4. Samatha and Vipassana meditation;
5. Sutta study tools and methodology;
6. Tipitaka translation theory and practice.

Our ongoing activities include Pali study and sutta
translation/discussion. Previous messages are either archived or have
been organised for better viewing.

The message archive in chronological order is found here
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/messages

Archived material organised by category can be found from these pages:
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/palidd/
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/paliww/
http://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/strans/

Presently, we are going through
(a) Pali Primer by Lily de Silva
(b) A New Course in Reading Pali by Gair and Karunatillake
(c) Introduction to Pali by A. K. Warder
[ Book information and archived materials:
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/palidd/ ]
(d) Translation and commentary of MN62 Maharahulovada Sutta
[ Related information and archive:
http://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/strans/ ]
(e) Selected study from Digha Nikaya weekly.
[ Related information and archive:
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/paliww/ ]

You may also find our links and files pages useful for your study.
1. Links pages:
-- Tipitaka Network: http://www.tipitaka.net/links/
-- Yahoo! Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/links
2. Files page:
-- Yahoo! Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/files
[ For Yahoo! Groups pages, you need to be a Yahoo! member to access. ]

For a start, you may want to introduce yourself to the group.

Please send your message to Pali@yahoogroups.com
To unsubscribe anytime, send a blank message to Pali-
unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

We wish you the very best in your dhamma studies.

Please keep this message for your future reference.

With metta,
The Pali Group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali
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Thanks to Eric Van Horn for the MS Word Macro and the Verdana Pali
fonts, I have prepared a Language Guide for Pali Primer. In 10 pages,
it contains all grammar and vocabulary discussed in the book. It will
serve as a very useful guide to students working through the book, on
top of the solutions provided. Currently, it only covers up to Lesson
24, and I will probably update it again next week. The file is in
Adobe PDF format and is 107KB in size. So, if you can wait for the
next update, please do not download. Otherwise, you can get it here:
http://www.tipitaka.net/paliprimerguide.pdf

As for my exams results, it was out some time back, and I managed to
clear all subjects with distinctions. I will be graduating with a
First Class Honours in February, and will proceed to undertake the
Masters programme.


metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ong Yong Peng wrote:
thanks. I will certainly post the info. here for once.
--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom wrote:
Since lately several newcomers entered here already, it might be
useful to give this info also for once here on E mail.
> I am about to rewrite the Welcome Message all
> new members receive, but have no idea what to write. Now, I will
> include information on the main activities on the list, as well as
> online and others related resources.