Pariyatti Journal
Goenkaji's First Public Address in Igatpuri
By 1975, more than a year after Dhamma Giri had been established, meditators in greater numbers were arriving for self-courses, and the task of obtaining permits and other preparations for...
Goenkaji's First Public Address in Igatpuri
By 1975, more than a year after Dhamma Giri had been established, meditators in greater numbers were arriving for self-courses, and the task of obtaining permits and other preparations for...
Serving a Course at a Center: You are as Much a Student as Those Who are Sitting
A couple of years ago, after serving my first Vipassana course, I wrote a piece for this journal to let my fellow meditation practitioners know that not only is serving a course...
Serving a Course at a Center: You are as Much a Student as Those Who are Sitting
A couple of years ago, after serving my first Vipassana course, I wrote a piece for this journal to let my fellow meditation practitioners know that not only is serving a course...
Pilgrimage Notes from Sri Lanka: Colombo, Part 1
Packing for a Dhamma journey is rarely just about clothes and gear. As I prepared for my trip to Sri Lanka, a country I’d never visited but had long felt...
Pilgrimage Notes from Sri Lanka: Colombo, Part 1
Packing for a Dhamma journey is rarely just about clothes and gear. As I prepared for my trip to Sri Lanka, a country I’d never visited but had long felt...
King Asoka’s Sarnath Capital
In 1904 the British engineer Fredrich Oertel was directed to do archaeological explorations at Sarnath, known in ancient times as Isipatana, the place where the Buddha first proclaimed the Dhamma...
King Asoka’s Sarnath Capital
In 1904 the British engineer Fredrich Oertel was directed to do archaeological explorations at Sarnath, known in ancient times as Isipatana, the place where the Buddha first proclaimed the Dhamma...
On the History of Vesak
Vesak is the most universally observed of all Buddhist celebrations or holidays. Traditionally it is believed that the Buddha was born, Awakened and passed into final nibbāna on the same...
On the History of Vesak
Vesak is the most universally observed of all Buddhist celebrations or holidays. Traditionally it is believed that the Buddha was born, Awakened and passed into final nibbāna on the same...
Ten-Day Silent Retreat
Three:All my brothers shuffleas if, off to the gallowsor like they just got off a horseafter a hard, three-day ride.In the sky above, silver-black birdswrestle for dominance. They do notrealize...
Ten-Day Silent Retreat
Three:All my brothers shuffleas if, off to the gallowsor like they just got off a horseafter a hard, three-day ride.In the sky above, silver-black birdswrestle for dominance. They do notrealize...
Bodhi Trees are Planted on the Shanti Pathar
By early 1975 some initial tree-planting had already begun at Dhamma Giri. The level two-hectare property to the west that Goenkaji called the Shanti Pathar (Plateau of Peace) had recently...
Bodhi Trees are Planted on the Shanti Pathar
By early 1975 some initial tree-planting had already begun at Dhamma Giri. The level two-hectare property to the west that Goenkaji called the Shanti Pathar (Plateau of Peace) had recently...