Re: news update

--- In palistudy@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Anderson" <jimanderson_on@...>
wrote:
> Dear members,
>
> I have been thinking of making some changes pertaining to the scope of
> this mailing list which has been silent these past 3 months largely
> because of my own silence. Much of the activity of studying Pali has
> shifted over to the other much larger Pali list operated by Yong Peng
> with about 250 members in which a few of us have been participating.
> It sort of makes this list somewhat redundant. However, I've been
> thinking that this list could take on a new role in focussing
> primarily on studying the old grammatical texts written in Pali. This
> is an area that has long been of interest to me and some of you as
> well and this might be a good opportunity to take up this kind of
> study together. As some of you may remember, when this list first got
> started more than two years ago we did study a few suttas from the
> Saddaniti.
>
> Everyone here is welcome to stay on, but if any of you find this
> change of focus not to your liking, please feel free to unsubscribe or
> set your account to 'no mail'. Pali grammar can be a really boring
> subject for some. I'm also thinking of posting an invitation to those
> on Yong Peng's list who might be interested in joining us in our
> grammatical studies. I recommend the Pali list for anyone here as it
> has a lot to offer.
>
> I have revised the description on the group's home page as follows:
>
> "The Pali Study Group was founded on February 2, 2001 by Jim Anderson
> for the purpose of studying the Pali language and its texts.
> Currently, the main focus is on the study of a number of grammatical
> texts written in Pali, such as Aggavamsa's Saddaniti, a 12th century
> treatise written in Myanmar. This group is open to all who are
> interested. If you are interested in subscribing or would like more
> information, please contact the list owner."
>
> I think a good approach to start off with would be to jump around
> different grammatical texts and study little bits here and there to
> get the feel of these amazing texts which have a lot of useful
> information about the Pali language that we can all learn from. These
> texts often quote from the Tipitaka and their commentaries so we'll
> still be keeping in touch with them by studying these quotes.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jim


Hi,

I would be grateful for any chance to improve my shallow Pali
knowledge, thank you, Jim,

Amara