--- Bhante Sujato <sujato@...> skrev::

> Dear Piya, Gunnar, etc.,
>
> and on an even lighter note, did you know that one
> of the most famous
> meditation mantras in the Christian tradition is the
> Aramaic
> phrase: 'maranatha'. I shouldn't have to tell those
> on the list what
> this means: 'Satan is Lord'.

In the 1960:s, a group of Scandinavian Pentecostalists
broke out of their main community under just that name
(actually meaning, I think, "O Lord, Come!" or
something similar); unfortunately, however, they
pronounced it just as it would be with the Pali
meaning, stressing the penultimate. I think the
correct Aramaic pronounciation should stress the last
syllable. (Kåre will remember their late leader Arne
Imsen, no doubt.)

Gunnar

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