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--- Ong Teng Kee <ongtkee@...> wrote:
>
> I can't see the point about doing all these
> unrelated
> things about pali studies.You guys go as far as
> mahayana sutta.There are countless pali texts left
> undone .
> I am not sure Ven.Sujato is the one from malaysia or
> what but doing a job like editing or translating
> vinaya text like vinayasangaha,kudda/mula sikkha or
> translating small attakatha/tika are more helpful to
> people even though the books have mistakes.
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Piya Tan <libris@...> wrote:
> >
> > Bhante,
> >
> > It would be lovely to have Peter Skilling's work
> on
> > "Maha Sutras" as I have been
> > looking for this work without success so far.
> >
> > Sakkacca.m namakkara.m
> >
> > Piya
> >
> > Bhante Sujato wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks all who have replied so far.
> > >
> > > Re the Chinese tipitaka, i know little, but have
> > heard that the T
> > > Koreana is more primitive technologically than
> the
> > CBETA. Anyway,
> > > the CBETA seems to be the standard (it is
> > excellent to use, far in
> > > advance of the digital Pali canons; it has a
> handy
> > 'copy and cite'
> > > button that saves a lot of time, and allows
> > searching under various
> > > modes, eg page reference, volume number,
> > character, etc).
> > >
> > > For Piya Tan, fantastic - actually we were going
> > to ask you if we
> > > could use your material. There should be plenty
> of
> > space.
> > >
> > > Stephen, that would be fantastic if you could
> > offer us
> > > transcriptions of the Samathadeva quotes,
> starting
> > with those from
> > > DA. When the project is up and running, we would
> > like to approach
> > > PTS and Peter Skilling to see if we could use
> his
> > Maha Sutras
> > > translations when they appear. I don't see that
> > this would conflict
> > > with PTS's interests, as it would be a teaser
> for
> > people to buy the
> > > full three volume critical edition. But we want
> to
> > get the pilot up
> > > first, so that people can easily see exactly
> what
> > we're about.
> > >
> > > Regarding the Arthaviniscaya, yes i have seen
> > Samtani's edition, but
> > > since i know no Devanagari, i was limited to
> > reading Samtani's
> > > notes. If you had a version in Roman, i'd love
> to
> > see it.
> > >
> > > in Dhamma
> > >
> > > Bhante Sujato
> > >
> > > --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Hodge"
> > <s.hodge@...> wrote:
> > > > Dear Bhante,
> > > >
> > > > I'm glad to hear that this excellent project
> is
> > moving forward.
> > > >
> > > > > at least one translation of a Digha Agama
> from
> > Chinese available
> > > online.
> > > > Also, as you will know, there are quite a
> number
> > of "orphan"
> > > translations
> > > > into Chinese of DA sutras, affiliation
> uncertain
> > in most cases,
> > > which should
> > > > be included.
> > > >
> > > > > One of the things we would like to do is to
> > link up with
> > > significant
> > > > > resources [snip] So i'd like to ask the
> group
> > if they've got
> > > any
> > > > > suggestions?
> > > > As far as I know there is nothing from Tibetan
> > sources on-line --
> > > not
> > > > surprising since Tibetan Agama materials is
> very
> > sparse apart from
> > > > Samathadeva's compilation.
> > > >
> > > > > What we are after is the links to:
> > > > > 1. Text, in Pali, Chinese, Sanskrit of any
> > Digha sutta
> > > >
> > > > If the volume is not too excessive, I would
> be
> > happy to
> > > transcribe the DA
> > > > quotes in Shamathadeva that I can indentify as
> > such -- there are a
> > > lot of
> > > > quotes without attribution but I think most of
> > those are actually
> > > SA sutras.
> > > >
> > > > > 3. Maha Satipatthana Sutta
> > > > I have been meaning to ask you -- have you
> > looked at the version
> > > included in
> > > > the Artha-vini'scaya & commentary, available
> in
> > Sanskrit ? If you
> > > do not
> > > > have access to the printed edition, I could
> scan
> > the relevent
> > > pages for you.
> > > > Not sure about the lineage but most likely
> MulSA
> > or SA.
> > > >
> > > > Best wishes,
> > > > Stephen Hodge
> > >
> > >
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