samma (bhante?)Piya Tan
ga.nisaddavado va bhasita.m va attho ka.n.davaakyassaati. Pada.m potthakesu Pali-A"ngaleso saddakoso nama upalabhayati. Si"ngapure viharati? Sama pajaanami?
Dighayuko hotu ca va.d.dhako
Yohana Pruitt
P.S. Ga.nisaddavado I made up. The "statement sound group"?
----- Original Message ----
From: Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...>
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 8:49:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] Re: Pali phrase book?
Aavuso John (vaa Yohana vaa),
Si.mhapure Piyo ti piyo'smi ca si.hapure ajjhaavasati ca attho.
[Not sure what ka.n.dvaakyena means.]
Diighayuko hotu ca va.d.dhako
["Live long and prosper!" I love this one, reminds me of Spock, the Vulcans
and Star Trek :) ]
On Feb 7, 2008 7:34 AM, johnny pruitt <mahasacham@... com> wrote:
> bhava.m atthu samma Piya Tan
> ki.m attha ka.n.davaakyena si.mha,pure Piyoti.
>
> John pruitt
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Piya Tan <dharmafarer@ gmail.com <dharmafarer% 40gmail.com> >
> To: Pali@... com <Pali%40yahoogroups .com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 2, 2008 9:02:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Pali] Re: Pali phrase book?
>
> Sotthi bhavatu,
>
> Tva.m Paali,bhaasa. m jaanasi?
>
> Bhavantaana. m vissaasiko
>
> Hasena ca mittena ca,
>
> Si.mha,pure Piyo
>
> On Feb 3, 2008 9:40 AM, Jon Fernquest <bayinnaung@ yahoo. com> wrote:
>
> > Ven. Piya Tan wrote: "(Anyone still thinking of conversing in Pali :)
>
> >
>
> > But, no, we still could."
>
> >
>
> > First us neophytes need to become familiar with useful phrases.
>
> > And then write some dialogues so that people can gain familiarity.
>
> > Edited and monitored by an experienced Pali reader.
>
> >
>
> > Simple dialogues would be useful for fluency building.
>
> >
>
> > There must be a copy of "Aids to Pali Conversation" somewhere in
>
> > Thailand. I can find it and then start posting to a blog, phrase of
>
> > the day from the book. Someone who is still a beginner in Pali can
>
> > only cite the work of others like this.
>
> >
>
> > There must be dialogues of a more casual sort that can be extracted
>
> > from works such as the Dhammapada Commentary (which i notice has
>
> > always been prominent in Pali exams) and presented, in addition to the
>
> > usual more philosophical abstruse and weighty monologues of the Suttas.
>
> >
>
> > Sincerely,
>
> > Jon Fernquest
>
> >
>
> > --- In Pali@... com <Pali%40yahoogroups .com>, "Piya Tan"
>
>
> > <dharmafarer@ ...> wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > Decades back, as a monk, I remember reading the Pali Bible, and
> feeling
>
> > > deeply
>
> > > joyful at the Pali, but not what is thrusted upon it. It's like
>
> > pasting a
>
> > > copy of Hieronymus
>
> > > Bosch onto a beautiful Chinese nature line-painting, or blowing a
>
> > trumpet in
>
> > > a
>
> > > sensitive rendition of sitar music!
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> > > In a sense, we can say that a language is heavily influenced by the
>
> > message
>
> > > it
>
> > > habitually carries. Pali, being a language specially put together to
>
> > pass on
>
> > > the
>
> > > Dharma, is thoroughly coloured by it.
>
> > >
>
> > > Similarly English is often deeply coloured by Christianity, but since
>
> > > English is a
>
> > > living language, it is constantly evolving. Pali has attained
>
> > nirvana as it
>
> > > were, so
>
> > > it is unlike to undergo much change, if any! (Anyone still thinking of
>
> > > conversing in
>
> > > Pali :) But, no, we still could.
>
> > >
>
> > > The upadhi-struck minds of some Christians never cease to amaze me.
>
> > They are
>
> > > as appropriative as ever. In Singapore, it is not uncommon to see
>
> > permanent
>
> > > banners outside churches, shouting: "Jesus is Lord" and there is a
> "City
>
> > > Harvest
>
> > > Church" promising prosperity to believers. So we are sheep to the
>
> > Shepherd,
>
> > > fishes for the Fisher of men.
>
> > >
>
> > > The Buddha: "let go, and you will be free!"
>
> > >
>
> > > With metta and mudita,
>
> > >
>
> > > Piya Tan
>
> > >
>
> > > On Feb 2, 2008 10:13 PM, Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@ ...> wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > > --- George Bedell <gdbedell@.. . <gdbedell%40yahoo. com>> skrev:
>
> >
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > > > Gunnar,
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > In your Paliforum post of 1/27, you mentioned 'the
>
> > > > > Pali Bible'. After some investigation online, I
>
> > > > > found reference to a New Testament in Burmese script
>
> > > > > attributed to Tolfrey and de Thomas and published in
>
> > > > > Colombo in 1835. Is this the one you were referring
>
> > > > > to? Whether it is or not, do you have any idea how
>
> > > > > to obtain a copy? I would appreciate any
>
> > > > > information.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Actually, I don't know any details; I have heard
>
> > > > several times that either the Bible, or perhaps only
>
> > > > the New Testament, have been translated into Pali to
>
> > > > convert bhikkhus. I have also heard that this
>
> > > > translation have given some knowledgeable bhikkhus a
>
> > > > great joy, but of a quite different kind than the one
>
> > > > intended.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > I have heard similar stories about other Bible
>
> > > > translations (such a choosing the wrong synonym for
>
> > > > "love"...)
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Some Christians tend to boast about how many languages
>
> > > > the Bible has been translated into. I always wished to
>
> > > > know how many of these translations are of an
>
> > > > acceptable quality - but I suppose there's no-one who
>
> > > > could check that.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Gunnar
>
> > > >
>
> > > > http://metrobloggen .se/esperanto
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
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