Pariyatti enriches the world by disseminating the words of the Buddha,
providing sustenance for the seeker's journey
and illuminating the meditator's path.

Our Mission

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, and in this way our supporters help people from all walks of life discover the richness within these teachings.

Our Unique Services

• Distributing more than 1,000 exceptional and hard-to-find titles imported from the Vipassana Research Institute (India), the Pali Text Society (UK), and the Buddhist Publication Society (Sri Lanka)
• Publishing new works explicating the Noble Eightfold Path for modern readers
• Republishing classic out-of-print Theravada titles
• Providing meditation resources to Vipassana students in the eminent tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka
• Offering archived audio material through podcasts
• E-mailing Daily Words of the Buddha to more than 5,000 subscribers
• Making the entire Buddhist sacred literature (Tipitaka), in 140 printed volumes, available free of charge to scholars, universities, libraries and temples
• Operating a retail bookstore with a collection of both essential and seldom-seen titles, all available in one location as well as online.