Dear PG,

What you seek is found here:

http://dighanikaya.googlepages.com/D16_Mahaparinibbana_S_sd9.pdf

See page 13-14 (section 6).

With metta,

Piya Tan

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:38 PM, pgd2507 <pgd2507@...> wrote:
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> Dear learned dhamma and pali scholars,
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> So karohi diipam attano
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> I have seen this line translated in 2 ways:
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> Make an island unto yourself.
> Make a lamp unto yourself.
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> which of these did the Buddha intend?
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> the sanskrit words are distinct:
> dviipa = island
> diipa = lamp
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> but in pali both these words seem to converge to "diipa".
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> is there some help either contextual or from another part of the
> canon that can resolve this...
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> metta,
> PG
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