--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "flrobert2000" <flrobert2000@...> wrote:

>
> Dear Jim,
>
> Thanks for your attempts to explains this use of vandite. I will ask
> my Pali teachers in Yangon as soon as I get back there and will let
> you know what they think. I will also try to find out how it has
> been translated in Burmese.
> With metta,
>
> Florent

Thanks, Florent, I look forward to hearing what you can find out in
Yangon. It's good that you have a Pali teacher to help you. About a
month ago, I met and spoke with a senior Burmese bhikkhu, also a Pali
teacher, who was visiting a meditation centre just outside of
Montreal and he tells me that one can learn Pali much more quickly
with a good teacher. It takes about two years to teach a student the
Kaccaayanabyaakara.na or one year for a bright student.
Unfortunately, Pali teachers are few and far between outside of South
Asia.

Best wishes,
Jim