Dear Nina, Charles and friends,

thanks. I have altered "evil state" to be "evil states" following the
answer guide. I read the sentence as:

As long as we understand the truths, so long we will not be born in
evil states.
Yaava maya.m saccaani bujjheyyaama taava maya.m duggatiisu na
uppajjeyyaama.

Please correct me if I am wrong.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, caball01 wrote:

I agree with Nina that the English needs to be amended in 11: it
seems doubtful anyone would imply that after understanding any truths
we would be rewarded by birth in an evil state.

Also, while I had "duggatiisu" for a long time, the English has "evil
state" (sing.), so I believe "duggatiyaa" or "duggatiya.m" would be
more accurate.


> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:
> yaava: as far as, so long as.
> I try , but it is difficult:
> We would not be born in an unhappy plane if we would understand the
truths.
>
> > 11. We should not be born in evil state until we should
> > understand the truths.
> > maya.m / na uppajjeyyaama / duggatiisu / yaava…taava /
> > maya.m / bujjheyyaama / saccaani
> > Maya.m yaava maya.m saccaani bujjheyyaama taava duggatiisu
> > na uppajjeyyaama.