On 10-08-22 09:16 PM, Poe wrote:
>
> Dear Jim,
>
> What's about 'atta~n~nuu' ?
>
> regards,
> Chanida
>
That's brilliant... and led me to find an instance of "attaana.m
jaaneyya" in the tipitaka (AN 7.7.4):
"attaññu- ca katham. hoti? idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atta-nam.
ja-na-ti `ettakomhi saddha-ya si-lena sutena ca-gena pañña-ya
pat.ibha-nena-'ti. no ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu *atta-nam. ja-neyya*
`ettakomhi saddha-ya si-lena sutena ca-gena pañña-ya pat.ibha-nena-'ti,
nayidha `attaññu-'ti vucceyya. yasma- ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atta-nam.
ja-na-ti `ettakomhi saddha-ya si-lena sutena ca-gena pañña-ya
pat.ibha-nena-'ti, tasma- `attaññu-'ti vuccati. iti dhammaññu-,
atthaññu-, attaññu-.
The meaning is optative rather than imperative, but at least it is
canonical :)
>
> --- In palistudy@yahoogroups.com <mailto:palistudy%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Khristos Nizamis <nizamisk@...> wrote:
> >
> > One more that might be of interest or use, from Vin 4.1.11 (PTS MV
> i.23):
> >
> > "taṃ kiṃ maññatha vo, kumārā, katamaṃ
nu kho tumhākaṃ varaṃ yaṃ vā tumhe
> > itthiṃ gaveseyyātha, yaṃ vā attānaṃ gaveseyyāthā"ti?[1]
> <#_ftn1>
> >
> >
> >
> > "etadeva, bhante, amhākaṃ varaṃ yaṃ mayaṃ attānaṃ
> gaveseyyāmā"ti.
> >
> >
> >
> > "tena hi vo, kumārā, nisīdatha, dhammaṃ vo desessāmī"ti.
> >
> >
> > "Now what do you think, young men? Which would be better for you, to
> seek a
> > woman or to seek your selves?"
> >
> > "This would be better for us, Sir: to seek our selves."
> >
> > "Then be seated, young men. I will teach you the Dhamma."
> >
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Kh.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > [1] <#_ftnref1> ‘Gavesati’ [gava + esati]: originally,
> to search after cows
> > (‘gava-’ is the base of the noun ‘go’, bullbull
> or cow, used in compounds);
> > hence, to seek, search for, to wish for, strive after (PED 247.2).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 23 August 2010 06:49, Jim Anderson <jimanderson_on@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks, Phra Yuttadhammo, that's certainly a good one!
> > >
> > > I'll be sending the responses to Sergiy.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Noah Yuttadhammo" <yuttadhammo@... <yuttadhammo%40gmail.com>>
> > > To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:palistudy%40yahoogroups.com> <palistudy%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:53 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [palistudy] Fw: Help me please.
> > >
> > > > The closest I can think of off-hand is "attanova avekkheyya"
> > > > - one should look to oneself (Dhp 50).
> > > >
> > > > yd
> > >
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