Entries for November 2008

Need a gift book idea? Here are two, on sale. Karma and Chaos is a collection of essays by psychiatrist, author and meditator Paul R. Fleischman, M.D. that explore the interface between psychiatry, science and the timeless teachings of the Buddha, probing the heart of the Buddha's legacy to humanity: self-correction through meditation.

Cultivating Inner Peace is a poetic, profound and uplifting book, also by Dr Fleischman, who identifies and focuses on the essential qualities of those who are known for manifesting inner peace. And, he shows how these qualities can be cultivated through intention and practice.

Buy them individually and get 20% off, or both to save 30%.  Use order code 1108 when ordering both.

Both books: $22.22
Save: $8.97

Each month Pariyatti volunteers prepare an audio or video podcast for viewing online or downloading to an MP3 player. The podcast this month is a talk entitled "Karma & Chaos" by Dr. Paul Fleischman recorded in Europe in December 2007. It is available as both video & audio. This and previous podcasts can be downloaded here.

The poetic rhyming couplet form known in Hindi and Urdu-speaking regions as the doha has been a vehicle for S.N. Goenka's Dhamma compositions. Hindi poets have explained whole stories and epics in the form of dohas. We now offer MP3 downloads of Goenkaji's Dohas.

Nine new issues of The Light of the Dhamma have been posted on the Pariyatti Treasures website. These issues contains invaluable writings from Burma around the era of the Sixth Buddhist Council, which took place in Yangon for two years. During this time 2,500 learned monks of the Theravada sangha examined the Tipitaka and its allied literature in all scripts, with their differences noted down, the necessary corrections made, and collated.

The Light of the Dhamma was created in celebration of the beginning of the second sasana or 2,500 years of the Buddha's teaching. The new issues are:

• Vol 2 Iss. 2 - April 1954
• Vol 5 Iss. 1 - January 1958
• Vol 5 Iss. 2 - July 1958
• Vol 5 Iss. 4 - October 1958
• Vol 6 Iss. 1 - January 1959
• Vol 6 Iss. 2 - April 1959
• Vol 6 Iss. 3 - July 1959
• Vol 6 Iss. 4 - October 1959
• Vol 7 Iss. 2 - April 1960

Correspondence between Dr. Leon Wright and Sayagyi U Ba Khin from 1958 has been added to the Sayagyi U Ba Khin Treasures page.

Gifts of $5 to $10,000 from 151 donors have come in so far during Pariyatti's ongoing fundraising challenge to raise $77,350 by November 30. Thanks to everyone who has given a donation so far. The goal is within reach! Here's an update:

As of Nov. 14:

• 82 people have pledged $38,675, and 151 donors have matched $26,741.
• 218 donors are giving $25 or more.

If you can help, please join in the challenge and make a donation by November 30. You can contribute online now or by calling 360.978.4998, 9 to 5 Pacific time, Monday-Thursday.

To generate awareness of Pariyatti's services and get more people involved, an additional $2,500 has been offered if 250 supporters donate $25 or more by November 25.

If we meet the challenge to raise $77,350 by November 30, Pariyatti will be able to:

• keep Dhamma books available,
• repay a short-term loan,
• avoid reducing services.

Pariyatti relies on donations to bridge the gap between book sales and the costs of services, including publishing and importing. Many employers will match donations to nonprofit organizations; if yours does, please take advantage of this to double the value of your gift!

Because Pariyatti is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, donations are deductible for US tax purposes. All gifts will be gratefully received and promptly acknowledged.

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Pariyatti's board of directors has just approved a proposal to sponsor a Pali workshop in 2010, to be led by Mr. Satyendra Nath Tandon (Tandonji) of New Dehli, India. Dates are April 14-May 15, with the option of participating for either 15 or 30 days.

It will be held at a scenic and comfortable camp facility in Western Washington, about an hour and a half from Seattle. To get details about costs, requirements, registration and such as they become available, you can send an email to this address: pali-workshop-info-subscribe@pariyatti.org.