Pāli Level 3
£79.00
This is the advanced Pāli course of the OCBS Pāli course series.
Description
This course is the third and last step to your mastery of Pāli! It requires intermediate knowledge of Pāli. For more information about our courses, see the description of our beginner course.
Access to a Pāli dictionary is helpful throughout the course – luckily, one of the best complete dictionaries is available for free online, as a searchable database: The Pāli Text Society’s Pāli English Dictionary
A few facts about this Pāli course:
Content: 24 Lectures, amounting to 3.5 hours + 24 Factsheets + 24 Vocabulary Lists + more than 200 Exercises
Duration: 4-5 weeks based on 3-4 hours of self-study per week
Difficulty: Advanced (previous knowledge, equal to the content of Pāli Level 1 and Pāli Level 2, is required)
Note that once bought, your access to the course does not expire. When we update the course – for example by adding material or exercises – you will automatically have access to the new version.
This course is the third Level of our 3-Level Pāli instruction. Level 1 and Level 2 are already available.
Learning Objectives for Pāli Level 3:
- Understanding further applications of the pronominal system:
– indefinite, interrogative and relative pronouns
– the relative pronoun yad, and the deictic pronoun idaṃ - Understanding the verbal system in greater detail, including:
– the causative formation, the future tense and the infinitive - Understanding more complicated types of compounds:
– adverbial & bahubbīhi compounds - Understanding noun stems in –ar and –an
- Understanding more complicated Pāli idioms:
– seyyathāpi, yatra hi nāma, na cirassa, uttari manussadhammā - The grammar of some important Pāli chants:
– the pañca- and aṭṭha-sīla
– the iti pi so gāthā - Readings from three important discourses of the Buddha:
– The Great Discourse on the Destruction of Craving (Mahā-taṇhā-saṅkhaya Sutta, MN 38)
– The Discourse on the Advice given to Puṇṇa (Puṇṇovāda Sutta, MN 145)
– The Discourse on the Characteristics of Not-self (Anatta-lakkhaṇa Sutta, SN 22.59)
5 reviews for Pāli Level 3
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Sarana Bhikkhu –
Excellent course, very interesting, enjoyable, with (sometimes humbling) test(s) accompanying each and every lesson. Although very simple in its making, graphics, sound, etc., this course is more than enough for an ardent student to learn and progress toward a higher level of Pali language proficiency. In the last lesson, I heard Alex mention that there will be Level 4. Hopefully, it is coming soon! 💖
If I can suggest a little improvement, I think Alex (or whoever will teach in Lesson 4) may appreciate a higher quality microphone. Or not! Please, don’t change anything. Magnificent! Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu! 💖
Varanyani –
Thank you again for offering all these well-planned lessons on the advanced Pali grammar. I have enjoyed learning them all and especially found lessons on bahubbīhi compounds, the causative, and idioms 2 very helpful. After taking a Pali basic grammar course at VRI in India in 2012, I always felt the needs to fill the gap between the basic grammar and the sutta readings that require the advanced knowledge of Pali grammar and syntax. I feel that both level two and level three have fulfilled my needs, so I thank you for offering these courses sincerely. In order to be able to completely understand most Suttas, I am going to review what has been learnt over and over while applying the knowledge learnt to what I read. I also wish to be able to take level 4 that Dr. Alex is going to teach in the near future. Please, keep me updated about the new course via email. May all of you involved in providing this Pali course be well and happy by the power of Dhamma! With sincere thanks and mettā……
Rahul Ravi Rao –
Fabulous Course and advance in Level 3, couple of Suttas gives insights to understand each verse with the help of Grammar, Pali Language is essential in depth to understand the Buddha Vacchana, I am obliged to complete all level it was helpful after pursuing MA and M.Phil. in Pali and gave more insight as how to learn comprehensive Pali grammar in an easy way, Audio and examples, Vocabulary Fact sheets extremely helpful and gives a flow to know and reconsider there meaning in each context or verses.. This complete package of learning online opens up a door with broader perspective in learning the original Pali terms from directly into the Tipitaka.. May Dhamma bless everyone who have dedicated their time, finance, energy and gratitude towards the learning of Dhamma…
fennyfelina02 –
I find the course very supportive, handy and enjoyable. The materials are profound and lots of grammartical aspects being well explained. Nobody chasing like common face to face course and can study according to our schedule and length of freetime, can repeatedly watch till we really get it.
Enjoying the well prepared sutta teachings and for me, it really opened up my view, understanding from the detailed grammar expounded, esp the First and second sermon discussed. So far, this pali course are the most complete series in expounding suttas I’ve seen.
My deep gratitude to everybody who have work this courses out and being so helpful with random Q&A during my course. Very detailed and well prepared feedback.
Looking forward to the next course and sutta discussion.
Buddhasāsanaṃ ciraṃ tiṭṭhatu
Keith Hill –
A very enjoyable and extremely well-structured course. The presentation by Dr Wynne was also excellent. I intend taking level 4, but will have to reinforce my knowledge and understanding through further reading and revision first. I would also like to record my gratitude to all those involved in providing this new opportunity to learn Pāli. Thank you.