Pariyatti Journal

Inner Purification Leads to Outer Alignment

The most counter-intuitive and yet brilliantly simple gem emerged in the form of the realization that what’s inside my mind is what manifests in my life outside. Thus, if my...

Inner Purification Leads to Outer Alignment

The most counter-intuitive and yet brilliantly simple gem emerged in the form of the realization that what’s inside my mind is what manifests in my life outside. Thus, if my...

By Manish Chopra

Tripod of Life

Through years and years of near incessant effort in progressing my life journey on the basis of academic and professional achievement, I had come to the simple-minded conclusion that my...

Tripod of Life

Through years and years of near incessant effort in progressing my life journey on the basis of academic and professional achievement, I had come to the simple-minded conclusion that my...

By Manish Chopra

The Quadrants of Life: Learning, Earning, Returning, Renouncing

Let me add a fourth phase to the frequently cited – learning, earning, returning – cycle amongst the entrepreneurial world and also thus connect this analog to a concept popular...

The Quadrants of Life: Learning, Earning, Returning, Renouncing

Let me add a fourth phase to the frequently cited – learning, earning, returning – cycle amongst the entrepreneurial world and also thus connect this analog to a concept popular...

By Manish Chopra

When the student is ready, the teacher appears

Whether one has the kernel of future development on the inner spiritual path of not, let alone future liberation or self-realization, I have become convinced that the journey towards the...

When the student is ready, the teacher appears

Whether one has the kernel of future development on the inner spiritual path of not, let alone future liberation or self-realization, I have become convinced that the journey towards the...

By Manish Chopra

Re-Awakened Reality - Day 11

I handed the instructions for the location over to the chosen driver and we started making our way to the destination. I closed my eyes for a few minutes in...

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Re-Awakened Reality - Day 11

I handed the instructions for the location over to the chosen driver and we started making our way to the destination. I closed my eyes for a few minutes in...

By Manish Chopra

Tearful Liberation - Day 10

The New Year’s Eve party across from our campsite continued well into the early hours of the morning and the sounds of the live band and the revelers were intermingled...

Tearful Liberation - Day 10

The New Year’s Eve party across from our campsite continued well into the early hours of the morning and the sounds of the live band and the revelers were intermingled...

By Manish Chopra

Equanimous Mind - Day 9

At this stage, I was now completely convinced that hard as it may be, I would continue to put in every effort humanly possible to maintain the practice of Vipassana...

Equanimous Mind - Day 9

At this stage, I was now completely convinced that hard as it may be, I would continue to put in every effort humanly possible to maintain the practice of Vipassana...

By Manish Chopra