cankama

Hi Jim,

I have a quick question regarding the meaning of a term Cankama.  I talked
with Kom over the weekend, as usual he quizzed me by what does it really mean
when in Thai we say, "walking cankama". Does it mean just regular walking, a
form of walking with smadhi or regular walking with sati ??

I check in my Thai, Pali-Thai  dict. They said cankama means walking back and
forth or in circular manner. I looked up R.Davids dict., it said :walking up
and down and also a place where one is walking esp. a terraced walk,
cloister. In my Pali-Thai dict. Also mentioned cankura which means an oxen
cart.

I checked on Thai pitaka online, cankama was mentioned ay numerous places, to
me sound like it does not really means regular walking.  In Sutta mentioned
Ven. Sona who did cankama until his cankama place stained with blood from his
bleeding feet. In anguttara nikaya also mentioned 5 benefits of cankama
1.able to stand walking long distance. 2.able to stand development of viriya.
3. less sick 4.facilitate food digestion and  5.able to prolong smadhi.

Alright, I better stopped here. My orthopedic doctor put my hand on a soft
cast. I tore my ligament from playing tennis. It's not easy to type or do a
lot of things while my fingers tied.

Regards,

Num