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title: "The Course — Five Parts, One Continuous Training | Vipassana.Life"
description: "Five progressive Parts, 101 days when complete: from Ānāpānasati breath meditation to Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna. Each Part opens when the one before it is completed. Part 1 is available; Parts 2 to 5 are in production."
url: https://vipassana.life/course/
lang: en
author: Ocean DYNN
site: Vipassana.Life
modified: 2026-09-23
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# Five Parts, one continuous training

The course follows the traditional order of training: ethical conduct (sīla), concentration (samādhi), then insight (paññā). Each Part opens when the one before it is completed.

[AvailablePart 1 · Ānāpānasati Essentials5 days · mindfulness of breathing for beginnersLearn the foundation of Vipassana meditation in five days: the five precepts, a practice journal, and two guided sittings a day on the natural breath.](https://vipassana.life/course/part-1-anapanasati-essentials/)
[In productionPart 2 · 25 Days of Ānāpānasati25 days · building concentrationLonger sittings on the breath that steady the mind before insight practice begins.](https://vipassana.life/course/part-2-anapanasati-25-days/)
[In productionPart 3 · 35 Days into Vipassanā35 days · body-scanning insight meditationFrom the breath to sensations throughout the body, observed with equanimity.](https://vipassana.life/course/part-3-into-vipassana/)
[In productionPart 4 · 15 Days of Advanced Vipassanā15 days · impermanence, non-self, loving-kindnessAnicca, anattā and dukkha in direct experience, with mettā and the Four Protections.](https://vipassana.life/course/part-4-advanced-vipassana/)
[In productionPart 5 · 21 Days of Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna21 days · the four foundations of mindfulnessBody, feelings, mind and dhammas, carried into daily life.](https://vipassana.life/course/part-5-mahasatipatthana/)

## Status, honestly

Part 1 is complete and open to everyone. Parts 2 to 5 are written and in production — the guided sittings are being recorded in three languages. The site will never call the course "complete" while a Part is still being made.

## How progress works

Each step opens as you sit it. Each sitting unlocks the next, and each Part unlocks when the last one is done. Read how it works.

[Begin Part 1](https://vipassana.life/) · [How it works](https://vipassana.life/how-it-works/)