Vipassana Hawai'i is chartered with this vision:

A. To promote the Dhamma (Teachings of the Buddha) as preserved in the Pali Canon of the Theravada Buddhist tradition, aiming at the happiness of total peace through mindful presence with life as it is, with no part left out.

Our teaching lineage is inspired by the late venerable Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma, and his senior students. Because of his formative influence on our founders and senior teachers, U Pandita is named as the primary spiritual friend and guide (kalyanamitta) to Vipassana Hawai'i.

We strive to preserve these classical teachings through applying them in our modern lives. We transmit these practices to others by developing empathic relationships and responding to the particular conditions of each student.

Taking the attunement to present conditions as a core value, we commit to applying the Buddha's teachings in accord with values that are healthy and important for our modern time and place. In particular, we commit Vipassana Hawai'i as an organization to an ethic of living in accord with the limits of our natural ecosystems, drawing on our basis in the islands and culture of Hawai'i.

We strive to pass to the next generation these values and this work through guidance, training, and personal realization. We hold a vision of the impact of this work over the next seven generations, and charge each new generation to act with a vision of the next seven generations.

B.To organize, conduct, and maintain programs and centers as may be necessary to make available the practices of Satipatthana Vipassana (Establishment of Mindfulness), as well as Samatha (Concentration), and the Brahmaviharas (Divine Abodes). This latter practice includes the meditative cultivation as well as the active manifestation of unconditional love (metta), compassion (karuna), empathetic joy (mudita), and equanimity (upekkha). As such, our practice of these Brahmaviharas includes raising awareness, funds, and volunteer action to alleviate the suffering of any and all living beings.

C.To gather and disburse funds for the establishment of programs for research, instruction, and dissemination of Buddhist philosophy, texts, and pedagogic methods in accord with the Theravada Buddhist tradition.