Links to pages with background notes for various posts.
“I am not a man”First sentence
(na vatimāni manussabhūtassa padāni bhavissantī)
“I am not a man” following sentences
(devo no bhavaṃ bhavissatī)
Notes on “No Escape”
(diṭṭheva dhamme upapajje vā apare vā pariyāye)
What is birth? A look at the traditional translation
(“katamā cāvuso, jāti? yā tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jāti sañjāti okkanti abhinibbatti khandhānaṃ pātubhāvo āyatanānaṃ paṭilābho, ayaṃ vuccatāvuso — ‘jāti”’.)
What is birth? An attempt at a fresh translation
(“katamā cāvuso, jāti? yā tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jāti sañjāti okkanti abhinibbatti khandhānaṃ pātubhāvo āyatanānaṃ paṭilābho, ayaṃ vuccatāvuso — ‘jāti”’.)
