JK’s Pāli Beginners Class 2026/27 (G&K) - Session 8

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Zoom link for JK’s Pāli Beginners Class 2026/27 (G&K) - Session 8.

Meeting ID: 829 5896 1475
Passcode: anicca

Note, you will need to remain in the “waiting room” until host lets you in.

Homework preparation for this class:

  1. Study the grammar material in G&K Lesson 4, pp.50-56.
  2. Study the glossary for Lesson 4 first sets of Readings, pp.47-49.
  3. Attempt an translation of the first set of readings from Lesson 4, pp.45-46.
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Hi John. I only just re-connected as a Sutta central Discuss and Discover person. So only just saw this Pali course you are running. Clearly, joining so far into the series is not a pathway to confidence and doing well :slight_smile: But studying Pali more seriously would be something I’d find interesting and helpful if the chance comes up again. Can you make sure I hear about it if theres a new beginners series? Thanks. Susan Wirawan.

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Hi Susan
If you navigate to the Pali course category and find the :bell: icon. From that list, select ‘watching’ then you will be notified of any new post in that category. Unfortunately this will include the rest of this course. However, your patience will be rewarded eventually

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Hello Susan,

Thank you for reaching out about Pāli classes. I’m delighted you are interested in learning it.

Yes, you are right that we are too far into the current course (we’ve had 7 classes so far) and have finished the first 3 chapters of the Gair and Karunatillake book, including all the exercises.

I plan to start another course for beginners (my health and energy permitting) in October this year. But this will not be very suitable for students in the UK or Europe (as the current one is), unless you are a night owl. Whereabouts are you geographically located? The new course starting in October will be at around 9 or 10 am my time (Brisbane, Australia) and early evening East coast US time.

As Ven @Pasanna has suggested to you, just keep an eye on the Pāli thread for further details.

With mettā, John

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Thankyou Venerable.

I have responded to John, but also will take your suggestion. Susan.

with’ Metta.

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Hi John and thankyou for your reply. I live in Melbourne, so the course later in the year could be perfect. We, like Brisbane, are on AEST.

I look forward to the opportunity:)

Susan W.

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Is this book available for download somewhere?

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Yes. Plesase check out this post below. It has a lot of wonderful resources for Pali study.

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Thank you! :folded_hands:

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Thank you to all students in this class for accommodating the earlier start than normal in our class yesterday.

The recording for the class and the PDFs for the Powerpoint slides and the Gair and Karunatillake Chapter 3 exercise solutions have now been posted to the shared drive.