“If I were asked to recommend just one single meditation practice, I would probably opt for recollection of death. This is because of it transformative power.” ––Bhikkhu Analayo, Satipatthana: A Practice Manual In a March 14, 2018 interview on the “10% Happier Podcast,” Hansa Bergwall talked with Dan Harris about the new cell phone application…

On New Year’s Day 2019, a steady and committed group of us from the VIMS community once again sat together in the barn at 14 Green Street to silently welcome and begin our life in this new year. Staying with our annual tradition, we preceded our meditation with a reading of several different translations of…

A caring awareness leads to life; Heedless avoidance is the path to death. Those who are aware are fully alive. While those who are heedless, Are as if already dead. The wise, being fully alive, Rejoice in a caring awareness And abide delighting In this capacity. Dhammapada vs. 21-22* On January 1, 2018, at the…