Just be your normal polite and friendly self (or non-self).

My Norwegian translation of Suttanipata is available online:

http://dhamma.priv.no/sunip.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Recommended suttas:

For meditation: Satipatthanasutta, MN 10
For your life outside meditation: Sallekhasutta, MN 8

Metta,
Kåre

It seems everybody here understand practice as meditation. And meditation is of course an important aspect of practice. But there are also other aspects. Friendlyness is an important part of practice. And you do not need a teacher in order to practice friendlyness and good friendship. Anyone can sta...

Ah! The second triangle. Found it. Thanks!

mikenz66 wrote:If you go to
Sutta ->MN
https://suttacentral.net/mn
and click on the triangle towards the right hand side it will show you all the available translations.


Mike

I tried that, but I still can not see any link to my translation. Strange ...

Sounds great Kare, I see your work is also on Sutta Central, e.g.: https://suttacentral.net/no/mn1 :anjali: Mike Thank you, Mike. I found the sutta following your link. But when I go to Sutta Central and look for it, I can not find it. So how did you navigate to find my translation at the Sutta Cen...

I have just finished translating the Itivuttaka. So now my complete translations Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Dhammapada, Suttanipata, Udana and Itivuttaka are published at my web site, with excerpts also from the other Nikayas. I suppose the Samyutta Nikaya is next in line, but that will probably...

Hi and welcome! If I were you, however, I would do something with the Devanagari font at the "Evam me sutam" site. As it stands now, it says: "Shavaakhahaa.tao bahaaghaavaa.tao dhahaamamao". I do not really believe that this what you meant to write.

In his commentaries, Buddhaghosa gave several suggestions for analyzing the word "Tathāgata". The most relevant are these three: 1. Tathāgata = tathā + āgata = thus come 2. Tathāgata = tathā + gata = thus gone 3. Tathāgata = tatha + āgata = (to) the truth (reality) come (arrived) It is a ...

In his commentaries, Buddhaghosa gave several suggestions for analyzing the word "Tathāgata". The most relevant are these three: 1. Tathāgata = tathā + āgata = thus come 2. Tathāgata = tathā + gata = thus gone 3. Tathāgata = tatha + āgata = (to) the truth (reality) come (arrived) It is a v...

Looks interesting. I ordered the book, and I am looking forward to reading it.

I once had a conversation with a Western monk in Bangkok. He said that in his view the Mahasatipatthanasutta and the Mulapariyayasutta were the two most important suttas in the Tipitaka. The Mahasatipatthanasutta describes the method, the practice. The Mulapariayasutta describes the result. I tend t...

The best method is to get familiar with Pali grammar. Then you will easily recognize sandhi combinations and grammatical forms, so that you can use a standard dictionary.