Thank you for the suggestion. As a matter of fact the
idea of a diploma course sounds rather attractive.
But a peculiar problem that I have is that the only
day I am free is on Sundays. The Buddhist centres
that I have inquired about do not conduct meditation
classes nor Pali classes on Sunday. Otherwise I would
have enrolled quite some time ago.

I work as a driver in a Sikh-run children's welfare
home in Taman Zooview, Ulu Kelang, Kuala Lumpur, not
too far from the Zoo Negara.

My day starts at 6.45am, sending the morning school
children and the last trip brings the afternoon school
children back at 7.30pm. And officially I am on
stand-by for any emergencies like running any child to
the clinic or if not the GH. But this is just the
worst scenario which happens only sometimes.

Then there is the official home "lights-out" time,
which also includes the entry/exit gates. This makes
it extremely inconvenient for me to contemplate any
evening classes, both Pali and/or meditation on any
weekday or even Saturday, though on Saturdays my
schedule is somtimes lighter.

So this goes for the Diploma class as well.

Thanks for the idea anyway.


--- Govinadsamy Gopalakrishna <gopal1046@...>
wrote:

>
> Welcome to the group. How about joining the Diploma
> Classes in Buddhism where you shall embark on basic
> pali sesssion and explore further. I believe this is
> available in KL.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Sukhdev Singh <sukh2val@...> wrote:
>
>
> Respected members of this forum,
>
> My name is Sukhdev Singh, male aged 44, living in
> Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I learnt about this forum
> through the Theravada-my (yahoo group) forum. I am
> very intersted to learn Pali.
>
> I am new in the Dhamma, about just over three
> months.
> No one introduced it to me. I just happened to come
> across some Buddhist literature while trying to seek
> some facts of life by studying my native religion,
> Sikhism, as well as some western philosophy.
>
> I think that it was the shockingly intelectual and
> empirical nature of the Buddha's methods and
> viewpoints that hooked me.
>
> Mentally, I have already rejected almost everything
> about my native religion, Sikhism. It simply doesn't
> answer all the questions. All it tells you to do is
> to be more obedient and more devoted to the "Guru".
> To do that, you have to stop asking questions and
> put
> more effort into devotion, something I got
> extrememly
> tired of doing.
>
> Just these three months of reading of the Buddha's
> methods and viewpoints has taught me more about life
> than all the Sikhism (or even philosophy) I have
> ever
> studied and all the devotional practices that I have
> ever carried out.
>
> Praise be to The Enlightened One
> Praise be to The Path to Enlightenment
> Praise be to The Community of The Enlightened
>
> Thank you
>
> Sukhdev Singh
> Kuala Lumpur
> Malaysia
>
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