Pariyatti Journal
Go See for Yourself
No one pressured me to go to my first 10-day vipassana course. In fact, the people closest to me tried to persuade me not to go. After reading William Hart’s “The Art of Living:...
Go See for Yourself
No one pressured me to go to my first 10-day vipassana course. In fact, the people closest to me tried to persuade me not to go. After reading William Hart’s “The Art of Living:...
Conversation with a Squirrel
At the beginning of this past winter, I signed up for my annual Vipassana meditation retreat. It’s something I return to each year, not because I expect to “fix” myself,...
Conversation with a Squirrel
At the beginning of this past winter, I signed up for my annual Vipassana meditation retreat. It’s something I return to each year, not because I expect to “fix” myself,...
In Search of Bhaṅga
Bhaṅga ñāṇa, or the knowledge of dissolution, is a stage where the apparent solidity of the body-mind structure begins to break down, revealing a flow of vibrations. Goenkaji introduces it...
In Search of Bhaṅga
Bhaṅga ñāṇa, or the knowledge of dissolution, is a stage where the apparent solidity of the body-mind structure begins to break down, revealing a flow of vibrations. Goenkaji introduces it...
The First Years of Vipassana in California
In the early 1970s, when the first of Goenkaji’s American students came back from India, there wasn’t any organization in North America to provide information about Vipassana meditation. Vipassana meditators...
The First Years of Vipassana in California
In the early 1970s, when the first of Goenkaji’s American students came back from India, there wasn’t any organization in North America to provide information about Vipassana meditation. Vipassana meditators...
Dhamma Dharā—Land of Dhamma
Dhamma Dharā from the air, 2016. In June 1981, Goenkaji made his first teaching visit to the northeastern United States, conducting a large course at a rental facility in Goshen,...
Dhamma Dharā—Land of Dhamma
Dhamma Dharā from the air, 2016. In June 1981, Goenkaji made his first teaching visit to the northeastern United States, conducting a large course at a rental facility in Goshen,...
I've Been Surrounded by Noise My Whole Life. Could I Handle 10 Days of Silence?
On a hot August Wednesday, I approach the 600-acre Dhamma Suttama silent-retreat center in Montebello, Quebec, a ninety-minute ride from Montreal, where I’m spending the summer. My driver, a Cameroonian...
I've Been Surrounded by Noise My Whole Life. Could I Handle 10 Days of Silence?
On a hot August Wednesday, I approach the 600-acre Dhamma Suttama silent-retreat center in Montebello, Quebec, a ninety-minute ride from Montreal, where I’m spending the summer. My driver, a Cameroonian...