Pariyatti Publishing: 28 books
The Life of the Buddha
According to the Pali Canon
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Composed entirely of texts from the Pali canon, this unique biography presents the oldest authentic record of the Buddha’s life and revolutionary philosophy. The ancient texts are rendered here in a language marked by lucidity and dignity, and a framework of narrators and voices connect the canonical...
by Ian McCrorie
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Written with the wisdom, humility, and humor of one who has taken the time to examine themselves and the nature of the human condition, this new collection of story-poems regards concerns of the experienced meditator. The thoughtful and insightful poems serve as both inspiration and motivation to...
The Buddha
The Social-Revolutionary Potential of Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
A warm and stimulating book, this text describes the India into which the Buddha was born, recounts what is known of his life and the development of his teachings, and then follows the course of Buddhism through succeeding centuries in India and Sri Lanka. Far from being a recluse concerned only with...
The Moon Appears When the Water Is Still
Reflections of the Dhamma
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Drawn from the Buddha’s teachings, contemporary literature, and the author’s own life, this collection of stories, anecdotes, and aphorisms provides inspiration and refreshment for practitioners of meditation. A sympathetic, observant, and compassionate voice drives these narratives, offering...
Meditation Now
Inner Peace through Inner Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Celebrated Vipassana meditation teacher S. N. Goenka interprets the Buddha’s teachings in this collection of lectures, essays, and interviews. These writings provide insights into how one of the most influential contemporary Buddhist practitioners defines Vipassana and how he uses it to achieve...
by S. N. Goenka
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
The 11 discourses in this volume provide a broad overview of the teachings of Buddha to help meditators understand what to do and why, so they work in the proper way and achieve the proper results.
by Ledi Sayadaw
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In this treatise, noted Burmese scholar and monk Ledi Sayadaw explains the bodhipakkiya dhamma: the 37 requisites of enlightenment. The requisites are comprised of the four foundations of mindfulness, four right efforts, four bases of success, five controlling faculties, five mental powers, seven...
Vision of Dhamma
Buddhist Writings of Nyanaponika Thera
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Written by a Westerner whose life experience was as a Buddhist monastic, this collection of essays conveys a friendly spirit, in the manner of a wise and practical teacher.
Chronicles of Dhamma
Selected Articles from the Vipassana Newsletter
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
This collection of articles from the Vipassana Newsletter provides unique insights into the history of Vipassana meditation as taught by S. N. Goenka from the time he left Burma in 1969 to go to India until the present. The newsletters also provide a vehicle to present the teachings of the Buddha,...
by John E. Coleman
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
A fascinating, engaging, and unique memoir, this story covers John Coleman’s life after his cover is blown as a CIA agent in Asia in the late 1950s, leading him to embark on a vigorous pursuit of spiritual truth. In his travels through India, Burma, Japan, and Thailand, he encounters luminous teachers...
The Noble Eightfold Path
Way to the End of Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
This book offers a clear, concise account of the Eightfold Path prescribed to uproot and eliminate the deep underlying cause of suffering-ignorance. Each step of the path is believed to cultivate wisdom through mental training, and includes an enlightened and peaceful middle path that avoids extremes....
A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma
The Abhidhammattha Sangaha
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
This modern translation of the Abhidhammattha Sangaha (Manual of Abhidhamma) offers an introduction to Buddhism's fundamental philosophical psychology. Originally written in the 11th or 12th century, the Sangaha has served as the key to wisdom held in the Abhidhamma. Concisely surveyed are Abhidhamma's...
Cultivating Inner Peace
Exploring the Psychology, Wisdom and Poetry of Gandhi, Thoreau, the Buddha, and Others
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
The way to inner peace is illuminated in this accessible guide to tending one's inner landscape. The lives of outstanding figures such as the Buddha, Walt Whitman, and Gandhi are used to connect the ideal of inner peace with how real people cultivate peace in their everyday lives. Peacefulness as...
Letters from the Dhamma Brothers
Meditation Behind Bars
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Through intimate letters, interviews, and stories, this narrative reveals the impact that a life-changing retreat had on a group of inmates at the highest level maximum-security state prison in Alabama. The 38 participants in the first-ever intensive, silent 10-day program inside the walls of a corrections...
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