Pariyatti Journal

First Course at Dhamma Giri

Within a few months of the purchase of the land in early 1974, two foreign meditators arrived—Geo Poland, a Canadian, and Graham Gambie, an Australian. After thoroughly cleaning one of...

First Course at Dhamma Giri

Within a few months of the purchase of the land in early 1974, two foreign meditators arrived—Geo Poland, a Canadian, and Graham Gambie, an Australian. After thoroughly cleaning one of...

By Narayan Dasarwar

Reflections on the Transformative Impact of the Satipatthana Sutta Course

The Satipatthana Sutta course I attended in May 2024 follows a structured format similar to a ten-day course. The main difference is that the Mahasatipatthana Sutta, a foundational text in...

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Reflections on the Transformative Impact of the Satipatthana Sutta Course

The Satipatthana Sutta course I attended in May 2024 follows a structured format similar to a ten-day course. The main difference is that the Mahasatipatthana Sutta, a foundational text in...

By Aviva Derenowski

Friedgard Lottermoser: A Bridge of Dhamma Between Myanmar and the West

      Friedgard Lottermoser passed away on August 8th, 2024 in Germany, from an aggressive cancer of unknown origin. Dedicating herself to a life that fused Western and Eastern...

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Friedgard Lottermoser: A Bridge of Dhamma Between Myanmar and the West

      Friedgard Lottermoser passed away on August 8th, 2024 in Germany, from an aggressive cancer of unknown origin. Dedicating herself to a life that fused Western and Eastern...

By Joah McGee

A Second Chance

I attended my first Vipassana course in May 2009 at Dhamma Pakasa, Illinois. Exactly 15 years later I went to my second course at Dhamma Siri in Texas. I wish...

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A Second Chance

I attended my first Vipassana course in May 2009 at Dhamma Pakasa, Illinois. Exactly 15 years later I went to my second course at Dhamma Siri in Texas. I wish...

By Padmaja Challakere

What is the Real Sāl Tree?

You can see it in almost any Sri Lankan temple. Its six pastel-pink petals and its strong, almost cloyingly sweet fragrance, are unmistakable. It is of course what Sinhalese people...

What is the Real Sāl Tree?

You can see it in almost any Sri Lankan temple. Its six pastel-pink petals and its strong, almost cloyingly sweet fragrance, are unmistakable. It is of course what Sinhalese people...

By Shravasti Dhammika

Early attempts at tapodana and shramadana (donations of meditation and Dhamma...

A few months after the land for the new Dhamma Giri centre was discovered in December 1973, Geo Poland, a Canadian, arrived, and within a few weeks Graham Gambie, an...

Early attempts at tapodana and shramadana (donations of meditation and Dhamma...

A few months after the land for the new Dhamma Giri centre was discovered in December 1973, Geo Poland, a Canadian, arrived, and within a few weeks Graham Gambie, an...

By Narayan Dasarwar

How Dhamma Giri got its name

In mid March 1974, a Canadian meditator named Geo Poland moved, with Goenkaji's approval, into an old stone bungalow on the newly purchased hilltop property that was to become the...

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How Dhamma Giri got its name

In mid March 1974, a Canadian meditator named Geo Poland moved, with Goenkaji's approval, into an old stone bungalow on the newly purchased hilltop property that was to become the...

By Narayan Dasarwar