Steve Armstrong began practicing the Dharma in 1975 with Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, and Jack Kornfield. He spent five years ordained in Burma, training intensively in vipassanā and mettā with Sayadaws U Pandita and U Lakkhana, among others. A co-founder of the Vipassanā Metta Foundation, he has taught retreats internationally since 1991, including IMS’s three-month retreat for 18 years, and helped publish Mahasi Sayadaw’s Manual of Insight.