Hi Jim
>
> No I don't mind at all. I'd have to say that my interest in studying
> Pali has a lot to do with keeping me interested in Buddhism.
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It always seemed to me that you´ve read a lot of Books on
Pali... I keep with me the Duroseille´s and Narada Thera´s pali
couse. But how to find time to keep my reading schedule on ?
Sometimes I think that If I had a deep interest on the subject I
could find a way to get more time for reading... but keeping my
efforts on the present track suits me well too.
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> I started to learn more about Buddhism in 1972 while boarding with a
> Canadian Buddhist family who had a number of interesting books on
> Buddhism in their bookcase. Before that, I had been interested in
> Oriental religions from my readings of Thoreau, Alan Watts, and
doing
> some Yoga exercises. I bought my first Buddhist book, a translation
of
> the Dhammapada, during a stay in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1973.
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^_^ A very prosaic begining! I am an Yoga practitioner too!
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> I thought you were Thai but wondered where you lived. Thanks for
> telling me. I've never been to Asia but was fortunate to meet a
large
> group of visiting Thai Buddhists (many from Bangkok) in 2002 in
> Niagara Falls. I'm a Canadian of British ancestry and live in a
small
> cottage on a wooded lot in rural Ontario about a half hour's drive
> from where I was born and an hour and a half drive north of Toronto.
> I've been living here since 1988. I took an early retirement in 1979
> at age 32 so I would have more time to study Pali and Buddhism and
to
> meditate.
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Are you formally initiated on Buddhism - taking the five precepts
and so on ? You seems to be a kind of Lone Ranger of Dhamma, the
solitaire Dhamma Reader of Northern Canada, where the marigolds
blossom up!
Mettaya, Ícaro