Your pathway
What is TWIM?
Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM) is a gentle yet profound path rooted in the earliest Buddhist teachings. It emphasizes loving-kindness, mindfulness, and the gradual cultivation of wisdom through direct experience.
Your pathways
Learn the basics
Free guided instructions and foundational teachings to get started.
Join free weekly Zoom
Practice with a global community and ask questions in real time.
Attend a retreat
Deepen your practice in a structured online or in-person retreat.
Deepen your practice
Continue with advanced programs, teacher guidance, and ongoing support.
Many students experience the joy of entering Jhanas within just a few days, and as the retreat progresses, they dive into the higher Jhanas! Some even achieve remarkable attainments! We proudly utilize a unique sutta-based 6rs approach, taught just as the Buddha intended, to enhance this transformative journey. Begin your journey with Delson Armstrong or Bhante Kusala on a retreat.
Why TWIM
Not Mahasi Vipassana
Not Goenka Style
Sutta Based
Brahmavihāras
Weekly Zoom Sessions-All Invited (free)
Ongoing Zoom Sutta Talk online session with Delson Armstrong & others on Sundays at 10AM CST. MORE
Ongoing guided meditation with sutta discussion online session with Kirsten Jones on Tuesday at 10AM CST. MORE
NEWS
Latest Updates
NEWS RETREATS OPEN!
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9 Day Zoom winter retreats with David Johnson now open
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10 Day 2027 Retreats are open for application today! All retreat fees stay the same. Delson Armstrong and Bhante Kusala (Playlist) will be leading retreats from April to Oct. Apply
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New article - Goenka Vs Mahasi Vs TWIM -What's the deal?
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Metta actually helps you live long - proven scientifically. -video by DSMC monk.
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Listen to our Podcasts Here
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Fun Video made by a senior student about her retreat at Dhamma Sukha. Will make you laugh! Yixue Video
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Tentative 2027 DSMC dates added for Delson April-Aug
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David Johnson joins the Insight Myanmar Podcast and talks about his history and his insights that led to TWIM.
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Listen to Delson's Majjhima Nikāya Series as he goes through each of the 152 suttas. Here
What Is TWIM in Short Videos
Shorts on the basics of Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation
Bhante Vimalaramsi
What is TWIM
Smiling
What are the 6RS
START HERE
There are Two Types of Jhana!
First 1-4 Jhanas
The Higher Jhanas 5-8
& Attainment of Awakening
Short Videos on TWIM
Check our new Information Channel
Bhante Kusala Metta Guided
Dear David
I used the TWIM-Bot for the first time about a week ago... and haven't stopped! I cannot thank you enough! I hardly have the words to convey what an unbelievably rich and helpful resource it is. It has taken my practice to the next level, actually, clarifying so many fine points and particular questions I've had. It has facilitated a new degree of joy and ease in my practice. Most days, I actually find myself able to enter first jhana within a few breaths, and recognise each consecutive jhana after that quite clearly. Meditation has never been quite so enjoyable. A. B.
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