Hi, regarding pronunciation, this online dictionary has details for each letter on the title page.

I just realized I've been pronouncing citta and cetasika wrong all these years - it should be pronounced chitta and chetasika

Also, I think Velthius Scheme might be useful since we'll be typing a lot without diacritics. http://www.bps.lk/images/vs.gif And the explanation from BPS : This scheme was originally developed in 1991 by Frans Velthuis for use with his "devnag" Devanagari font, designed for the TEX typese...

Hi all, If anyone's having difficulties with online version, I found a downloadable pdf version here . It also has a vocabulary with added burmese and khmer scripts, if there's anyone here from those parts of the world. The only difference I've noticed so far is that it uses Unicode, so 2 romanised ...

Hi Chris,

That sounds good - Pronunciation chapter this week, Lesson 1 on Sunday.

Was wondering, perhaps we should start a dedicated thread for Pali Primer only, because later on we might go on to another book, so it'll be easier to track the topic for us and others later?

Best wishes

Hi Chris, I'll be glad to join

How do we go about it? One lesson a week sounds good?

Best wishes

Scanned versions of Dhammasangani, Vibhanga and Patthana Vol1 – translations from early 19-hundreds by Rhys Davids on http://openlibrary.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; are here The latest editions of Nina Van Gorkom’s books like Abhidhamma in daily life, Cetasikas, etc,...

Hi Branko, If not English, perhaps some of your members can read Russian? There’s a very good Russian website www.dhamma.ru with translated and original works for all levels. I think that website was put together by Dmytro, whom you probably know from this and other Theravada boards. Also, good old ...

Currently, openlibrary.org seems to be the only place online that also has a few books from the abhidhamma basket in English (dhammasangani, vibhanga and part of patthana). Even though these are only scans and the translations are quite old (1900-1906), it’s really great finally having access to sou...

Hi all, I was real glad to find full CMA by Bhikkhu Bodhi available online for free on google books here .
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Hi, regarding non-action and kamma, I came across this in Nina Van Gorkom's ADL chpt 17 that seems relevant: Vyapada or ill-will is the cetasika which is dosa... Vyapada prevents us from kusala. When there is vyapada we cannot have lovingkindness and compassion for other people. Thina and middha [sl...