Pariyatti
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In Theravada Buddhism pariyatti is the learning of the theory of buddhadharma as contained within the suttas of the Pali canon
. It is contrasted with patipatti which means to put the theory into practice and pativedha which means penetrating it or rather experientially realising the truth of it.
Pariyatti is also the name of a nonprofit organization
focused on Theravada
n tradition in Onalaska, Washington
. It publishes, distributes, sells and donates books and media devoted to the teachings of the Buddha
. It has been called “North America’s leading source of books for students of the Theravada
n tradition” by Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
.
The Pariyatti bookstore (both website and brick & mortar) carries almost 900 print titles.
Pariyatti also provides a number of services for free from its website, including classic texts that are out of print, podcasts, and emailed “Daily Words of the Buddha”.
Pariyatti is the sole distributor in North America of books published by the Sri-Lanka-based Buddhist Publication Society
(BPS) and the sole distributor in the Americas of books published by the London-based Pali Text Society
(PTS), including the Tipitaka, the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition – also known as the Pali Canon
. It also carries titles from other publishers, including hard-to-find publications from the Vipassana Research Institute(VRI) and Motilal Banarsidass
, both based in India.
Pariyatti has published more than 30 titles, including those under its own imprint and reprints of selected titles published by VRI and BPS.
meditator in Northern California in 1984 to enable fellow meditators in the West to buy books that support the practice of Vipassana meditation in the tradition of S. N. Goenka
and Sayagyi U Ba Khin. Independent of that effort, Vipassana Research Publications of America (VRPA) was launched in 1995 by a second meditator, with the encouragement of Goenka, to make publications from VRI available in the West. The two entities were combined in 1996 and eventually became known as Pariyatti, which is a word in the Pali
language roughly meaning the intellectual background or theoretical understanding of the teachings of the Buddha.
Pāli Canon
The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the only completely surviving early Buddhist canon, and one of the first to be written down...
. It is contrasted with patipatti which means to put the theory into practice and pativedha which means penetrating it or rather experientially realising the truth of it.
Pariyatti is also the name of a nonprofit organization
Nonprofit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
focused on Theravada
Theravada
Theravada ; literally, "the Teaching of the Elders" or "the Ancient Teaching", is the oldest surviving Buddhist school. It was founded in India...
n tradition in Onalaska, Washington
Onalaska, Washington
-Use of the name Onalaska in the United States:The name for the community comes from the poem, "The Pleasures of Hope" by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell...
. It publishes, distributes, sells and donates books and media devoted to the teachings of the Buddha
Buddha
In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...
. It has been called “North America’s leading source of books for students of the Theravada
Theravada
Theravada ; literally, "the Teaching of the Elders" or "the Ancient Teaching", is the oldest surviving Buddhist school. It was founded in India...
n tradition” by Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review is an independent, nonsectarian Buddhist quarterly magazine established in 1991 by Helen Tworkov. Published by The Tricycle Foundation out of New York City, most issues have interviews with Buddhist teachers, articles or essays on Buddhism and contemporary issues, book...
.
The Pariyatti bookstore (both website and brick & mortar) carries almost 900 print titles.
Pariyatti also provides a number of services for free from its website, including classic texts that are out of print, podcasts, and emailed “Daily Words of the Buddha”.
Pariyatti is the sole distributor in North America of books published by the Sri-Lanka-based Buddhist Publication Society
Buddhist Publication Society
The Buddhist Publication Society is a charity whose goal is to explain and spread the doctrine of the Buddha. It was founded in Sri Lanka in 1958 by two Sri Lankan Buddhist laymen, A.S. Karunaratna and Richard Abeyasekera, and a European-born Buddhist monk, Nyanaponika Thera...
(BPS) and the sole distributor in the Americas of books published by the London-based Pali Text Society
Pali Text Society
The Pali Text Society was founded in 1881 by T.W. Rhys Davids "to foster and promote the study of Pali texts".Pali is the language in which the texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism is preserved...
(PTS), including the Tipitaka, the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition – also known as the Pali Canon
Pāli Canon
The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the only completely surviving early Buddhist canon, and one of the first to be written down...
. It also carries titles from other publishers, including hard-to-find publications from the Vipassana Research Institute(VRI) and Motilal Banarsidass
Motilal Banarsidass
Motilal Banarsidass is a leading Indian publishing house on Sanskrit and Indology since 1903, located in Delhi, India. It publishes and distributes serials, monographs, and scholarly publications on Asian religion, philosophy, history, culture, arts, architecture, archaeology, language,...
, both based in India.
Pariyatti has published more than 30 titles, including those under its own imprint and reprints of selected titles published by VRI and BPS.
Pariyatti History
Pariyatti’s roots go back to a home-based mail order service established by a VipassanaVipassana
Vipassanā or vipaśyanā in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality. A regular practitioner of Vipassana is known as a Vipassi . Vipassana is one of the world's most ancient techniques of meditation, the inception of which is attributed to Gautama Buddha...
meditator in Northern California in 1984 to enable fellow meditators in the West to buy books that support the practice of Vipassana meditation in the tradition of S. N. Goenka
S. N. Goenka
Satya Narayan Goenka is a leading lay teacher of Vipassanā meditation and a student of U Ba Khin. He has trained more than 800 assistant teachers and each year more than 100,000 people attend Goenka sponsored Vipassana courses....
and Sayagyi U Ba Khin. Independent of that effort, Vipassana Research Publications of America (VRPA) was launched in 1995 by a second meditator, with the encouragement of Goenka, to make publications from VRI available in the West. The two entities were combined in 1996 and eventually became known as Pariyatti, which is a word in the Pali
Páli
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language roughly meaning the intellectual background or theoretical understanding of the teachings of the Buddha.