Dear Ven Dhammanando,

I think when discussing the Dhamma or Buddhism, this group offers something different and more than what the other 2236 (or more) of them do. Here we refer to the scriptures and quote the text in Pali. I don't know of any other groups doing that.

Even if there are, I'm quite happy with this one, despite the recent mild heat wave. At least so far so good.

keeping cool

kb


At 12:53 AM 15-06-05, Dhammanando Bhikkhu wrote:

>Ven. Sujato:
>> The topics of discussion on this list have, by and large, in
>> fact been concerned with issues and subjects to do with Pali
>> and Buddhism;
>
>Which nobody has disputed. The subject of this thread,
>bhante, is whether it would be better to keep the
>Pali-list's primary focus on Pali, rather than on "issues
>and subjects to do with Buddhism".
>
>> the problem is not the content, but the manner of the
>> discussion.
>
>In practice the content is a major determinant of the manner
>in which the discussion is likely to proceed. The
>discussions on linguistics lists are as a rule fairly cool
>and sober. Those on religious or political lists are seldom
>so, even on the better ones.
>
>> We come to this list for interesting discussions on dhamma,
>> pali, and related issues,
>
>I would have to exclude myself from your "we". I came to the
>Pali list to discuss Pali. For Dhamma I read e-mail lists on
>Dhamma.
>
>> and many of us know how difficult it is to find a community
>> of people who understand and care about these issues.
>
>That is not the case, bhante. It is only the issue of Pali
>for which it is difficult to find a community of interested
>people. Dhamma communities are ten a penny. As I have noted
>already, there are 2236 of them on Yahoo alone. And that was
>last week; by now there are probably a dozen more either
>born or in gestation.