Dear Ruwan and Lennart,

Ruwan, I think this is like the "chicken or egg" question. Which comes
first?

I say while it is important to build up vocabulary on one hand, it is
equally important to master grammar on the other. The best thing I
would recommend is to select a book to start with. If you can attend a
Pali class at a nearby college or monastery (in some places of the
world, driving an hour to learn Pali is probably reasonable), then you
may not have to worry about choosing the book.

The next thing is to decide the mode of study, ie. without a teacher.
Self-study requires some discipline. You may form a study group if you
can gather a few people with the same interest. Keep the group size
manageable. Most important of all is to complete all the exercises in
the book.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, ruwanr2003 wrote:

I started to study Pali 10 years ago and gave up. After couple of
years later I could not even remember the simpleset grammer. Now I
have started again and hope I will not give up this time. I do not
know how you study but I am staying away from grammer and trieng to
improve my vocabulary. After that, I am planning to concentrate on
grammer.