Dear June,

> Is there anyone here studying Pali in the Thai script. I currently
> live in
> Bangkok, Thailand. It's very hard to get information here for some
> reason, I don't know where to go. (It seems it should be easy since
> it is
> a Buddhist country but...)...are there any books good starting
> points. I
> went to the bookstore the other day, bought a bunch of books, but am
> finding it rather difficult to get myself started.

I started learning Pali by myself and got almost nowhere :) then I
went to university and studied intensive Sanskrit for eight months...
that was probably the best thing I could have done, but I could never
have done it alone. If you are ever in the North of Thailand, I would
like to invite you to visit Wat Doi Suthep... we're going to start
teaching basic Pali here in May, and we'll probably have pretty good
resources to do it.

> Does anyone have any tips for starters? Is it better to start with
> the
> grammar, or start with the Pali readings, from your experience.

IMHO, find a teacher and take a structured course. You can learn Thai
by yourself easily, because you're in Thailand. But, apart from going
to Paliland, I can't imagine anyone getting far by themselves in the
Pali language.

Best wishes,

Yuttadhammo