Re: Tiika

Dear Nina,

You wrote:
Dear Jim, Here I am again. I am here with the tiika, because I do not want
to shrink back from all the difficulties. Especially the last sentences I
have here. If I do not try now I will never able to read tiika. Amara told
me you have torrents of Email everyday. I understand it if you have no time.
Meanwhile I missed your teaching, so thorough in the grammar and in all
respects. Here it is:

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Jim:
Thank-you for posting your translation of the tika for AN I.49 and welcome
back from your India trip. It may be awhile yet before I have something to
post on your latest translation. There are some earlier ones of yours that I
have yet to go over as well but I think I can work on this one beforehand.
Commentaries can be rather difficult to understand and it's so easy to get
stuck on phrases like 'sabhaavaparisuddha-', 'labbhanakavisesaa',
'bhinnasantaanagataaya', and so on. Before I can check your translation I
have to understand the Pali text first and this can involve many hours of
study and even after that there are still problems to solve. I can only do
so much.

Since early October I have not been spending as much time on Pali as I felt
a need to take a break from it and to spend more time with other activities
and interests that are easier on the eyes. I have recently made contact with
a Chinese acupuncturist in Toronto who might be able to treat my poor
eyesight and hearing and this might mean my going and staying in Toronto for
a period of time in the near future in which case I would be away from my
Pali library and possibly an online connection as well. I will also be
leaving in mid-December for Orillia for two weeks. I'm afraid that my
involvement with Pali online will likely be much reduced for an indefinite
period. I will still try to post the odd contribution every now and again if
possible. And psg members are quite free to use this forum for discussing
Pali among themselves while I'm away.

Best wishes,
Jim


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