Dear Rett, Nina, Charles and friends,

thanks, it is a difficult word. I like to think of 'consume' simply
as "to take in" rather than "to exhaust". Still, I will put up all
the alternatives on the webpage.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, rett wrote:

> In 11, I don't think there's anything wrong with "consume",
> but "drink" seems to be the commoner translation, and I
> think "Drink the Dhamma, monks" is consistent with idiomatic
> English, too.

'Consume' sounds like it gets used up, like it's all gone afterwards.
Another alternative might be 'imbibe'.