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Old Aug 13th, 2006, 22:11   #1
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Question Any Vipassana mediator speak Pali

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Pali being the language the Buddha spoke, other than at Dhamma Giri,does any one know where else it might be taught? I've looked thru IM's but have not found any info,
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Old Aug 13th, 2006, 23:05   #2
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Pali being the language the Buddha spoke, other than at Dhamma Giri,does any one know where else it might be taught? I've looked thru IM's but have not found any info,
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PALI is a dead language. I never heard it being taught anywhere. Try Sanskrit.
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very few scholars

Very few scholars of Pali are available.

Its not a paying line, so nobody wants to learn it.

The few who learn; only learn it to read the original words of the Buddha... such people are not easily found.
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I would think, somewhere in Sri Lanka. But here's a whole list, most of them in your area:
http://db.carla.umn.edu/lctl/FMPro

and try this:
A Guide to learning the Pali language

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