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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: UT,SLC-CA,-Bay Area
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namaste,
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, Gregor
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: New Jersey, USA
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PALI is a dead language. I never heard it being taught anywhere. Try Sanskrit. |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: body in Mumbai, head in Himalaya
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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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Eeny meeny mango
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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 Tejaswi navadhitamastu!
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