Pariyatti Journal

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

No Coincidences

Growing up in the land of superstitions and astrological readings, I have had my share of beliefs ranging from walking through a street crossed by a black cat can bring...

No Coincidences

Growing up in the land of superstitions and astrological readings, I have had my share of beliefs ranging from walking through a street crossed by a black cat can bring...

By Manish Chopra

The Wheel of the Dhamma, Eight Spokes or Many?

  A wheel (cakka) is a flat circular object that turns as it moves and is considered one of the most ground-breaking inventions in the history of technology. The ancient...

The Wheel of the Dhamma, Eight Spokes or Many?

  A wheel (cakka) is a flat circular object that turns as it moves and is considered one of the most ground-breaking inventions in the history of technology. The ancient...

By Shravasti Dhammika

Cultural Sensitivities and Awareness

In March 1974, about the same time that the first foreign meditators came to live at the new Vipassana centre in Igatpuri, Chandra Mohan Jain, calling himself Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh,...

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Cultural Sensitivities and Awareness

In March 1974, about the same time that the first foreign meditators came to live at the new Vipassana centre in Igatpuri, Chandra Mohan Jain, calling himself Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh,...

By Narayan Dasarwar

The Buddha You Never Knew

According to the most ancient sources, several months after the Buddha passed away, 500 monks, all of them Awakened, met together in Rājagaha and held what is usually called the...

The Buddha You Never Knew

According to the most ancient sources, several months after the Buddha passed away, 500 monks, all of them Awakened, met together in Rājagaha and held what is usually called the...

By Shravasti Dhammika

Goenkaji First Steps Foot on the Land

December 16, 1973, was the last day of my first meditation course at the Bhatia Sanatorium, a resort in nearby Deolali. That day, we new students learned that Goenkaji was...

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Goenkaji First Steps Foot on the Land

December 16, 1973, was the last day of my first meditation course at the Bhatia Sanatorium, a resort in nearby Deolali. That day, we new students learned that Goenkaji was...

By Narayan Dasarwar