Dear All,
 
In the following sites you can listen to Paritta chantings and Dhamma pada chantings by Most Venerable Nauyane Ariyadhamma Thero  from Sri Lanka. (They have the Sri Lankan pronounciation)
 
http://pirithdesana.wordpress.com/
 
http://dammapadaya.wordpress.com/
 
With Metta

--- On Tue, 10/12/10, frank <fcckuan@...> wrote:


From: frank <fcckuan@...>
Subject: Re: Pali Pronunciation {Re: [Pali] audio tipitaka?}
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 2:05 PM


 



Hi Peter,
I'm willing to chip in some money for the budget. I can also
contribute time to help digitize the recorded data if help is needed in
that area. We can put together a wish list of sutta excerpts in order
of priority. I personally would like to see the 16 steps of anapanasati,
the 4 jhanas, their similes, the 4 immaterial attainments, the 6 higher
knowledges and their similes from [DN 2], some excerpts that would
include at least brief mention of 4 noble truths, noble eightfold path,
37 aids to enlightenment, so at least all the important buddhist words
have a correct pali pronunciation covered.

-Frank

On 10/11/2010 7:27 AM, Peter Hauer wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have a contact with the monks from Thotagamuwa Rajamaha Viharaya*
> (they are
> sponsored by our charity organization for tsunami victims,
> www.istuti.org) and
> may ask them if they are ready to assist with creating an audio
> version of
> (parts of) the Pali Canon. I plan to go there in winter and can carry a
> high-quality audio recording device with me. It would be great to know
> who else
> may want to join in this project, and which sections of the Pali Canon
> should be
> given preference. Is there a possibility of funding, partially at least?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Peter E. Hauer
> Vienna, Austria
>
> *)
> http://www.hikkaduwanet.com/most_important_places/thotagamuwa_ancient_buddhist_temple/
>
> ________________________________
> From: Lennart Lopin <novalis78@... <mailto:novalis78%40gmail.com>>
> To: Pali@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 3:02:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Pali Pronunciation {Re: [Pali] audio tipitaka?}
>
> Dear Bhante,
>
> I think the widely available paritta chantings are a bit misleading as
> they
> almost tend to be "artistic"...
>
> I'm not sure about the monks you're referring to, but generally the
> > Sri-lankans pronounces Pali quite accurately (compared to Thais and
> Burmese
> > in general), except for a few oddities. Here are some of them that I can
> > think of now:
> >
> > * Double 'g's are pronounced as a nasal guttural sound. E.g., "maggo is
> > pronounced as "mang-go". (Thais and Burmese don't do this.)
> >
> ? Never heard a Sri Lankan say "mango for maggo" :-)
>
> > * The short 'a' at the end of a word is sounded as a weak "er". E.g.,
> > "kamma" as "kammer". (Thais and Burmese don't do this.)
> >
> yes, the Thai/Burmese pronounce it almost as ā ... (from an Indian
> standpoint).
>
> > * When it comes to chanting, many of them tend to drag to last
> syllable at
> > the end of the line or sentence. (The monks of the forest tradition
> seem to
> > avoid this though. Some Thais do this sometimes, esp. at the end of the
> > chanting.)
> >
> yes, unfortunately, I think esp. the temple chanting was influenced by
> muslim (?) chanting (or some other influence), at least that what it
> sounds
> like (the dragging you mention)... a trend which seems to have crept into
> chanting in the last 50 years... A very interesting alternative is
> Dhammaruwan's
> style of
> chanting.<http://theravadin.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/chanting-in-the-6th-century/>
>
> Also
> forest monks tend to avoid any singing style, an example for which
> would be Bhante
> Silagavesi's
> chanting<http://nissarana.org/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=category&id=14:pali-pirith-chanting&Itemid=57
> <http://nissarana.org/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=category&id=14:pali-pirith-chanting&Itemid=57>>
>
> .
>
> But rather than chanting, just reading the texts gives an even clearer
> pronunciation, IMHO. So Frank's initial idea is not bad. Would be great to
> find someone who would like to do that.
>
> much metta,
>
> Lennart
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]











[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]