Dear Wayne,
Op 20-mrt-2011, om 23:50 heeft Wayne het volgende geschreven:
> When and where does the beginners class start?
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N: Welcome here.
I just copy parts of a letter for beginners from Ria Glas, "Grasje":
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.
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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.
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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.
(end letter Ria)
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Use the home page of this group. [Homepage]
http://www.tipitaka.net
On top is a green line with drop down menues, and put the cursor on
the second part of this line for Pali.
Success with your study. You can always ask questions.
Nina.
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