Dear Jim,
What's about 'atta~n~nuu' ?
regards,
Chanida
--- In palistudy@yahoogroups.com, Khristos Nizamis <nizamisk@...> wrote:
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> One more that might be of interest or use, from Vin 4.1.11 (PTS MV i.23):
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> "taṃ kiṃ maññatha vo, kumārā, katamaṃ nu kho tumhākaṃ varaṃ yaṃ vā tumhe
> itthiṃ gaveseyyātha, yaṃ vā attānaṃ gaveseyyāthā"ti?[1] <#_ftn1>
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> "etadeva, bhante, amhākaṃ varaṃ yaṃ mayaṃ attānaṃ gaveseyyāmā"ti.
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> "tena hi vo, kumārā, nisīdatha, dhammaṃ vo desessāmī"ti.
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> "Now what do you think, young men? Which would be better for you, to seek a
> woman or to seek your selves?"
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> "This would be better for us, Sir: to seek our selves."
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> "Then be seated, young men. I will teach you the Dhamma."
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> Best wishes,
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> Kh.
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> [1] <#_ftnref1> ‘Gavesati’ [gava + esati]: originally, to search after cows
> (‘gava-’ is the base of the noun ‘go’, bull or cow, used in compounds);
> hence, to seek, search for, to wish for, strive after (PED 247.2).
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> On 23 August 2010 06:49, Jim Anderson <jimanderson_on@...> wrote:
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> > Thanks, Phra Yuttadhammo, that's certainly a good one!
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> > I'll be sending the responses to Sergiy.
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> > Jim
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Noah Yuttadhammo" <yuttadhammo@... <yuttadhammo%40gmail.com>>
> > To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com <palistudy%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [palistudy] Fw: Help me please.
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> > > The closest I can think of off-hand is "attanova avekkheyya"
> > > - one should look to oneself (Dhp 50).
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> > > yd
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