Pariyatti Journal

Still Meditating in Troubled Times, Part 3 of 3

Positive Psychology: Today there is a burgeoning field of research called positive psychology, defining an optimal life. The most popular course ever taught at Yale University was given by the...

Still Meditating in Troubled Times, Part 3 of 3

Positive Psychology: Today there is a burgeoning field of research called positive psychology, defining an optimal life. The most popular course ever taught at Yale University was given by the...

By Paul R. Fleischman

Musical Jh na

Musical Jh na

By Andrée François

Still Meditating in Troubled Times, Part 2 of 3

Noble Truths: We are always in danger but usually we find ways to keep this unsettling truth at bay. In the legend of the Buddha, he ran away from home...

Still Meditating in Troubled Times, Part 2 of 3

Noble Truths: We are always in danger but usually we find ways to keep this unsettling truth at bay. In the legend of the Buddha, he ran away from home...

By Paul R. Fleischman

Still Meditating in Troubled Times, Part 1 of 3

We are all feeling the pressure bearing down on us due to the war in Europe. A Vipassana talk on any other topic might seem as if we were ignoring...

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Still Meditating in Troubled Times, Part 1 of 3

We are all feeling the pressure bearing down on us due to the war in Europe. A Vipassana talk on any other topic might seem as if we were ignoring...

By Paul R. Fleischman

Parenting and Practicing Vipassana

There are two days in my life that have left a bigger impact on me than any other days: the day I learned Vipassana and the day my son was...

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Parenting and Practicing Vipassana

There are two days in my life that have left a bigger impact on me than any other days: the day I learned Vipassana and the day my son was...

By Jeppe Strandskov

3 haikus

Perfectly present,In sync with a metronome—it’s time to let go. Cause and effect rules:All actions are subject toconcentric circles. A spawn of naturethrusted into existence,hence the momentum.

3 haikus

Perfectly present,In sync with a metronome—it’s time to let go. Cause and effect rules:All actions are subject toconcentric circles. A spawn of naturethrusted into existence,hence the momentum.

By Luz Donis

Therikā’s Meditations on a Ruined Meal

  Consider one of the more obscure disciples of the Buddha described in the Pāli canon and its commentaries. Her name may have been Therikā, but it is impossible to...

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Therikā’s Meditations on a Ruined Meal

  Consider one of the more obscure disciples of the Buddha described in the Pāli canon and its commentaries. Her name may have been Therikā, but it is impossible to...

By Thomas M. Luckett