Dear Alan, Nina and friends,

thanks, Alan, for the well-thought introduction. While I cannot say
much for others, I believe your postings on Warder's are very
beneficial on top of John's trilinear postings. At the very least, it
offers new-comers that extra help. My suggestion is that you go slow on
it. The book itself, according to Warder, is designed for three
academic terms, which is roughly 30 weeks (but over 18 months). In a
different mode of delivery (email) and different target group (self-
study students), I think a more realistic and comfortable pace is
weekly posts over 2-3 years.

Like Nina, I am thankful for what you and Ven. Yuttadhammo is offering.
The SN readings will be very beneficial for many Pali students. I hope
that as more people join us in these meaningful discussions, we will be
able to share and highlight issues like methodology, style, and advance
topics in linguistics.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom wrote:

Thank you very much for your introduction. I really appreciate it very
much that you are willing to do this project for us. It will be a great
help for all of us.

> As discussed with Yong Peng, every Saturday for the forseeable future
I will be posting a translation of one or two suttas (depending on
length) from the Sa.myutta Nikaaya.