Dear Yong Peng,

Thanks for clarifying to everyone what you are going for with these
projects.

As far as switching days goes, I think this would be better left up to
those who are following the two projects. For me, it makes no
difference whether I post on Saturday or Sunday. However, since you
would like more to be posted on Saturdays than on Sundays, it might
matter to some people which days we post respectively, etc. I will keep
posting on Saturdays, however, unless I hear that people want it
otherwise, and then we can work things out. As I mentioned, I am simply
wanting people to get the most out of this project possible, and if I am
posting more than people can keep up with, then it is a waste in a
number of different ways, and regardless of being on time, is
problematic. I hope that this isn't the case, though I have my
reservations based on those two responses. Of course, I understand that
others may be following along as well who are perfectly happy, but I
haven't heard from them and so can't know for sure.

As for Ven. Pandita, I'm sorry for my ignorance, but who is he, and what
translations is he doing?

Metta,

Alan



Ong Yong Peng wrote:

>Dear Alan, Nina, John and friends,
>
>thanks for the discussion. Alan, you are right about my intention. If
>we spread out the translation too much, we may run out of gas very soon.
>
>However, if you recall our off-list discussion, it is not the number of
>suttas that I decide on what to post, but the amount of materials. I
>suggested to do more than the first sutta because it is rather short.
>
>I understand very well the amount of time and effort involved, and for
>this week, please just do Vibha`nga Sutta (Sutta 2). And Vipassii Sutta
>(Sutta 4) can be done over 2 weeks.
>
>The plan is to cover a minimum amount of the text each week. So, the
>plan fails if we do less. However, it is also not recommended that we
>do more, as that will overload the group's (and individual member's)
>activity. Besides, I believe rushing through it is not going to produce
>any quality translation. I also recommend a break at the end of each
>Samyutta, at least.
>
>Another option would be I take over the Saturday thread for AN, and you
>take the Sunday thread, since we are suppose to do more on Saturday
>than Sunday. Please let me know if you need further help in planning.
>
>Also, hopefully Ven. Pandita can join in the discussion if there is any
>questions raised, since he is the person doing the translation.
>
>
>metta,
>Yong Peng.
>
>
>
>--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Alan McClure wrote:
>
>I know that you are in favor of not spreading out the SN translations
>too much, but it seems to me like it might be better to do one sutta
>per Saturday based on feedback from Nina and John. What do you think
>about this? This Saturday will only be one sutta at any rate because
>it is quite long, but would you be opposed to reducing the load to one
>single sutta each Saturday?
>
>
>
>
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