Twin Cities Vipassana Collective
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective (TCVC), formerly known as the Twin Cities Vipassana Cooperative, is a community of people interested in developing and deepening their meditation practice. We provide opportunities to hear and practice the teachings of vipassana (insight) and metta (lovingkindness) meditation primarily in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
TCVC is a nonprofit organization. All retreats are made possible by volunteers. At the center of the volunteer organization is the coordinating committee, consisting of the Retreat Coordinator, Newsletter Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, Secretary and Treasurer.
The committee is supported by a larger group of volunteers, who fulfill ongoing needs or volunteer as registrars or managers for a single retreat.
TCVC is grateful for the ongoing financial support that has enabled the organization to offer meditation retreats since 1986. Donations to TCVC are allocated to either the Operating Fund or the Scholarship Fund.
Vipassana (Insight) meditation is a simple and direct practice: the moment-to-moment investigation of the mind/body process through calm, open and precise awareness. Learning to observe experience from a place of spacious stillness enables one to relate to life with a balance of wisdom and compassion.
Metta (Lovingkindness) meditation develops our ability to connect and care for ourselves and others in a way that deeply fulfills our wishes to be happy and peaceful. The result of this practice is an ever-deepening peace of mind, from which the truth of life can be recognized more clearly.