Dear Patrick,
Op 18-jul-2010, om 16:34 heeft Patrick Cho het volgende geschreven:

> So I endeavored to
> join your group and I would like to know more about the dhamma and
> the Pali
> language.

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Welcome here. Do you find your way at the home page (top left, green
bar, drop down menues) ? A lot of info. Ask questions.
I kept info from Ria Glass for beginners which I find very helpful :
For people who are just starting with pali the "pali primer" (http://
www.pratyeka.org/Silva/) is easier as Narada thera's course. I would
recommend doing them at the same time, with every two lessons of the
primer followed by one lesson of Narada Thera. Especially in the
beginning they have the same subject to study. Doing them both gives
you more opportunity to practice the declensions.

Ria: <As soon as you get the hang of reading (sooner as you think!
Try it at lesson 7 from Narada thera's course) it is very worthwile
to install the pali text reader: http://sourceforge.net/projects/
digitalpali/ Then study the anguttara nikaya. The repeated frases
make it a very good start.

On http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/en/index.htm the Dhammapada is
available in complete (explained) translation and sound files. Klick
Pali lessons (on the left), klick 3, readings in pali text (on the
right). The Dhammapada is poetic. The short sentences are much more
difficult to translate and understand as the long ones from the
Anguttara Nikaya. But this concise summary of the dhamma is very
motivating to study, the translations, explanations and the
soundfiles are very helpful.>

Let us know how you make out,
Nina.



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