Our Mission
Pariyatti enriches the world by
- Disseminating the words of the Buddha
- Providing sustenance for the seeker's journey
- Illuminating the meditator's path
Pariyatti was founded to bring people into contact with the teachings of the Buddha. We provide resources in the Theravada tradition, and support Pali language studies and Vipassana meditation. We serve meditators, scholars, educators and the public by providing ready access to hard-to-find titles. Donations provide essential financial support for these services. As a supporter you join us in helping people from all walks of life discover the richness within these teachings.
Our unique services include:
- Distributing over 900 titles important and hard-to-find titles imported from the Vipassana Research Institute (India), the Pali Text Society (UK) andthe Buddhist Publication Society (Sri Lanka)
- E-mailing Daily Words of the Buddha for free to more than 10,000 subscribers daily
- Providing meditation resources to Vipassana students in the eminent tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka
- Publishing new works explicating the Noble Eightfold Path for modern readers
- Making available audio archives through podcasts
- Re-publication of classic out-of-print Theravada titles
- Making the entire Buddhist sacred literature (Tipitaka) available free-of-charge to scholars, universities, libraries and temples on CD-ROM and in 140 printed volumes
- Running a retail bookstore with a collection of hard-to-find titles, all available in one location as well as online.