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Re: Pali word association game

Postby David N. Snyder » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:20 am

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Ben » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:32 am

Sampajañña: clear comprehension
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Re: Pali word association game

Postby David N. Snyder » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:40 am

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Ben » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:49 am

Atapi: ardent
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.

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Re: Pali word association game

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Jechbi » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:54 pm

tanha (desire, craving)
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
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Re: Pali word association game

Postby David N. Snyder » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:36 pm

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Jechbi » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:53 am

Sukha (pleasure)
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
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Re: Pali word association game

Postby David N. Snyder » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:59 am

Jechbi wrote:Sukha (pleasure)


paramasantosa (rapture)

Who says Buddhism is pessimistic? :tongue:
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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Jechbi » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:16 am

santussako (satisfied with little, contented)
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Re: Pali word association game

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Ben » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:17 pm

Añjati:to stretch, pull along, draw out, erect
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Re: Pali word association game

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Ben » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:05 pm

katakaraṇīya one who has done all that could be done, one who is in the state of perfection (an Arahant)
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.

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Re: Pali word association game

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby BlackBird » Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:55 am

Appicchatā: Contentedness with little.

(What a beautiful language Pali is.)
"But, Udāyi, let be the past, let be the future, I shall set you forth the Teaching: When there is this this is, with arising of this this arises; when there is not this this is not, with cessation of this this ceases." - Majjhima ii,32

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby David N. Snyder » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:29 am

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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Ben » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:35 am

Nikkamati: to go out, to go forth; in fig. meaning: to leave behind lust, evil & the world, to get rid of "kāma" (craving), to show right exertion & strength
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Re: Pali word association game

Postby David N. Snyder » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:40 am

pahāna (overcoming, abandoning)
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Re: Pali word association game

Postby Ben » Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:19 am

Pariñña: knowing, recognising, understanding
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