The Art Of Dying

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