Author: Dhamma Nanda

Facing Death Head – on In 2002, Terrell Jones died from cancer at his home in Copper Hill, Virginia. Eight

Questions to Goenkaji III Ethical Questions in the Age of Modern Medicine Suppose, as death approaches, someone refuses food or

Ambapālī ’s Verses At the time of the Buddha, Ambapālī was an exquisitely beautiful and famous courtesan. She had a

Hiding from the Wisdom of Anicca For centuries, humans have devised countless products in an attempt to improve the appearance

Work Out Your Own Salvation As we practice daily, morning and evening, Vipassana stays alive within us. The awareness of

Undying Gratitude In 1989, when John Wolford was 18, his father Carl gave him the gift of Dhamma. What he

An Invaluable Gift After her son died unexpectedly, a mother wrote to Goenkaji expressing her gratitude for the extraordinary gift

The Deaths of Our Children It doesn’t matter how old one’s children are, losing a child to death is incomprehensible

The Flood of Tears Incalculable is the beginning, brethren, of this faring on. The earliest point is not revealed of

Equanimity in the Face of Terminal Illness The following article first appeared in the September 1990 Vipassana Newsletter. About 10

A Life and Death in Dhamma This story appeared in the September 1988 Vipassana Newsletter. The Vipassana International Meditation Centre,

Questions to Goenkaji          Preparing for Our Own Deaths Student: Can any lessons be learned from the

Smiling All the Way to Death Rodney Bernier was born in 1944 in eastern Canada. His parents’ relationship collapsed when

Kamma – the Real Inheritance Experiential wisdom that comes from meditation practice confirms that we alone are solely responsible for

Only the Present Moment Susan Babbitt has been a professor at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada since 1990. She

Questions to Goenkaji  – Supporting Loved Ones at the Time of Death Student: It seems that mettā works, for it is

An Exemplary Death  The following article first appeared in the Vipassana Newsletter, Dhamma Giri edition in April 1997. Dr. Tara

Paṭicca  Samuppāda The  Law of Dependent Origination According to the Buddha, our present is the fruit of our past thoughts,

What Happens at Death This essay by Goenkaji originally appeared in the Sayagyi U Ba Khin Journal, Vipassana Research Institute,