Re: introducing a new member
From: rett
Message: 743
Date: 2004-01-21
Dear Group,
I'm very happy to hear this good news. I would like to join in
wishing Bhante a warm welcome to this group, thanking him for his
generosity in joining, and hoping that our studies contribute to the
spreading of Dhamma.
anjali
/Rett
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>I'm pleased to announce that Bhikkhu Pandita has joined our group. The
>first time I heard about him was when he introduced himself to YP's
>Pali group late last November and I really don't know much about him.
>He has told me that he is a native and citizen of Myanmar who is
>currently residing at a Chinese Mahayana temple in Zhong He city,
>Taiwan where he is teaching Kaccayana to three Taiwanese students. He
>was formerly a teacher of Pali at the International Theravada Buddhist
>Missionary University (ITBMU) in Yangon. He also has some experience
>in teaching Moggallana to foreign students. Pali teachers are rather
>few and far between and even more so with those who teach the
>classical grammars. I think we should all pay very close attention to
>what he says.