Great list!

William Lawes: Harp Consort Pavan in G Major

The third species are the Denisovians. But there are vague indications that there may be even more, from our African past. The Neanderthals is a fascinating subject. We should forget all the old caricatures and cartoons, and try to see them as they really were - very close to us, or as some sutra sa...

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One solution is this: If you wish to offer food, go out in the street and give the food to someone who needs it and can eat it. Afterwards you can go back and bow to the Buddha.

If you would like translations into Norwegian, please feel free to use these:

http://dhamma.priv.no/index.htm

My view on Visuddhimagga comes very close to what Mike wrote. When first I read it, I read the English translation, and I found it heavy and unclear. But years later, after having got some experience reading Pali, I got hold of the Pali version of the book, and I was surprised to see how clear and b...

Of course it is technically possible. See what happened to hebraic/ivrit. But you need a really strong motivation for many people in order to create the critical mass of language users necessary for making it a living language. Somehow I am not sure that motivation exists.

If you are planning to stay in Thailand for a while, I strongly recommend learning Thai. It is a very beautiful language, and since there are no declinations or conjugations to learn, it is very easy to learn some basic Thai.

Jack Kornfield: Living Buddhist Masters http://www.amazon.com/Living-Buddhist-Masters-Jack-Kornfield/dp/0913300047/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1400527966&sr=8-3&keywords=living+buddhist+masters There is a newer edition: Living Dharma: Teachings and Meditation Instructions from Twelve Theravad...

... he is called an arahant (i.e. ari "enemy"+ hant "destroyer"). Arihant is a jain title, and you give the correct etymology for that word. The buddhist title is arahant, and it has a different etymology: Arahant (adj.-- n.) [Vedic arhant, ppr. of arhati (see arahati), meaning ...

Kwaingo wrote:Is arhat really an arhat? Anyhow what about Prakrit, is that perhaps the spoken lanugage of everyday life in Buddha's time?

It's just a nickname, nothing more. You can safely disregard his pet theories.

Are there any resources for learning "spoken" Pali, i.e. conversation as it may have been used in everyday conversation? There is one book that I know: A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, "Aids to Pali Conversation and Translation", Printed and published by The Colombo Apothecaries, Co....

Q: Why are you never going to starve in a desert?

A: Because of all the sand which is there.

Lance Cousins writes: "The standard epigraphical language used in the Gangetic plain and beyond in the last centuries B.C. and a little after was a form of Middle Indian rather close to Pali. We have no reason to believe that any other written language existed in that area at that time. Like P...