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title: "About Vipassana.Life — What It Is, Who Teaches It, Why It Is Donation-based"
description: "Vipassana.life is a donation-based, self-paced online course in Vipassana meditation in the Theravāda tradition, created by Ocean DYNN, founder of toUnknown. Independent of dhamma.org and Pa-Auk."
url: https://vipassana.life/about/
lang: en
author: Ocean DYNN
site: Vipassana.Life
modified: 2026-09-23
---

# About Vipassana.Life

Vipassana.life is a donation-based, self-paced online course in Vipassana meditation in the Theravāda tradition.

## In one paragraph

Five progressive Parts take you from mindful breathing (Ānāpānasati) to the four foundations of mindfulness (Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna), with two guided sittings a day, ethical precepts and a practice journal. Created by Ocean DYNN, founder of toUnknown.

## What this is

Vipassana.life is an independent course. It is based on practice in the traditions of S. N. Goenka and Pa-Auk Sayadaw and has been adapted so that it can be followed at home. It is good preparation for a residential retreat with a teacher, and a good way to keep up the practice afterwards.

## Vipassana.life and toUnknown

Vipassana.life is the specialist Vipassana course by Ocean DYNN, founder of toUnknown — a meditation and self-development platform offering guided meditations and structured courses based on ancient contemplative traditions. The two are deliberately different: toUnknown is a membership platform; Vipassana.life remains donation-based.

## Contact

Email smile@vipassana.life, or join the community on Telegram (@sanghalife).

- [The teacher](https://vipassana.life/about/teacher/)
- [The tradition](https://vipassana.life/about/tradition/)
- [Methodology](https://vipassana.life/about/methodology/)
- [Donations](https://vipassana.life/about/donations/)
- [toUnknown](https://vipassana.life/about/tounknown/)
- [Roadmap](https://vipassana.life/about/roadmap/)

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