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The Pariyatti bookstore/warehouse in Onalaska, Washington State, USA saw a fair bit of snow recently.
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Author Talk with Dr. Paul R. Fleischman
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The next event in the 'Pariyatti Presents...' program will take place on Sunday March 7. Former Psychiatrist, Vipassana teacher in the tradition of S.N. Goenka, and author Dr. Paul R. Fleischman will read excerpts from his book Vipassana Meditation and the Scientific Worldview (Second Edition). After the readings Dr. Fleischman will be joined by fellow Vipassana teachers Kathy Henry and Ben Turner for a conversation about the book. The author will also respond to questions from the audience.
Sunday March 7, 2021
8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET/ 9:30 p.m. IST
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Cultivating Inner Peace Podcasts
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Read by the author, Dr. Paul R. Fleischman
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Over the past months we have been releasing separate audio recordings of chapters of Cultivating Inner Peace as read by the author, Dr. Paul R. Fleischman—one by one. Cultivating Inner Peace explores the psychology, wisdom and poetry of Gandhi, Thoreau, the Buddha and others. The last chapter, number 28 with the title We Are Everywhere, has now gone live in the podcast section on our website.
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The Dhammasaṅgaṇī is the first of seven books of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka, the third 'basket' of the Pāli Canon (Tipiṭaka), following the Vinaya Piṭaka and the Sutta Piṭaka.
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The Abhidhamma Piṭaka is a detailed scholastic analysis and summary of the Buddha's teachings in the suttas. The Dhammasaṅgaṇī gives a detailed enumeration of all phenomena (states of mind and material phenomena). The first part of this introduction is a brief introduction to the Abhidhamma Piṭaka as a whole; the second part is specifically about the Dhammasaṅgaṇī.
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The Pāli course Buddhasahassanāmāvali uses the verses that our late teacher S.N. Goenka composed and chanted to express his gratitude towards the Buddha as a basis for learning Pāli. Both the Introduction by Klaus Nothnagel, Pāli teacher and creator of the course, and the Foreword by our late Teacher S.N. Goenka are interesting reads. The former gives a wonderful illustration of Goenkaji composing the verses and how the seed for this course was sown; in the latter Goenkaji details how the verses came to be and which volition we ought to keep in mind should we recite them. Verses 79-84 have been recently added online.
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In collaboration with the External Affairs Ministry, India, Vipassana Research Institute (VRI) has been offering several online courses on Buddha's Teachings and Vipassana meditation for participants from Latin American, African and East Asian Countries. The courses are open for Vipassana meditators as well as non-meditators; they contain theoretical lectures by scholars from VRI along with introduction to Ānāpāna Meditation.
The first two courses in January and February were scheduled to accommodate Latin American and African timezones. Course 3, Buddha's Path of Liberation will be held March 15-19. This five-day course (every day 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. IST) favours East Asian timezones, but is open for registration for participants from all three specified zones.
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Ongoing Weekly Monday Sessions
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Mondays, 8:30 p.m. PST/ 5:30 a.m. CET/ 10 a.m. IST
For copyright reasons reading sessions won't be recorded.
Come and join us live (online)!
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Pariyatti organizes pilgrimages for Vipassana students of S.N. Goenka. Due to the pandemic we had to cancel our entire pilgrimage program in 2020 but are now tentatively planning to restart in November 2021. The itinerary of Along the Path enables meditators to visit and meditate at the four great places related to the Buddha's life, as well as four other inspiring and important locations in India & Nepal.
Along the Path (North India & Nepal)
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In light of the COVID-19 restrictions, the scheduled pilgrimage is tentative. Should it be cancelled before it commences, please rest assured that we will refund 100% of the fees.
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Donations: Either one-time or monthly pledge
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Pariyatti is a charitable, non-profit, educational support system for the Dhamma community. Pariyatti exists because of funds donated by supporters.
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FACT: Did you know that since our Pāli workshop program started in 2012, we have facilitated 26 residential workshops in the USA, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Costa Rica, Chile, Israel, Poland and Spain? Goenkaji emphasized that Pāli workshops are very beneficial; they help meditators develop their inspiration to practice and improve their understanding of the theoretical aspect of Dhamma. Expenses of the workshop program are met by donations to the Pāli Workshop Fund from past students. Another way to give dāna is to serve during a workshop; serving is a wonderful opportunity to develop one's pāramīs, strengthen one's practice, and meet many Dhamma friends. Once the work is done servers can join classes and receive the benefit of learning the direct words of the Buddha.
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Pāli Word
attamano — becomes joyful
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