What’s New At Insight Meditation Center
Saturday November 5, 1-4pm Within Buddhism, meditation is one element of an integrated approach to living a wise and stress-free life. This retreat will include instruction and practice of meditation, and an introduction to the Four Noble Truths, the heart of the Buddhist teachings. The Four Noble Truths point to a happiness and peace not tied to our experiences in life. Discovering this happiness brings balance through all the changes life can bring. There will be time for peer discussion…
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Friday October 28, 7:30 -9pm Anyone who has lost a family member, friend or other dear person over the last year is welcome to join us for a chance to remember and honor those who have died but who enriched our lives and community. With the practices of mindfulness and compassion, we will have a period of silent sitting and rituals of remembrance, bereavement, and farewell. Bring pictures or mementos for our altar of persons you wish to honor/remember. If you…
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Four Thursday Evenings: Sept 22 – Oct 13 7:30 – 9:00 pm Sept 22 The Dharma of Harry Potter: How the magic of Harry Potter connects to the Buddha’s teachings. For Harry Potter fanatics or neophytes. You will learn spells. Sept 29 The Dharma of Time Travel: What is the past? What is the future? Can you travel through time? Oct 6th The Dharma of Resurrection: What does the Buddha say about life after death…..and should you care? Oct 13th…
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We are pleased to announce that beginning in September, the Sati Institute for Theravada Buddhist Studies, under the auspices of the Sati Center, will offer two courses toward a Master of Buddhist Studies (M.B.S.) degree in collaboration with the Institute of Buddhist Studies. This degree is designed for those interested in a systematic education in Theravada Buddhist Studies for professional or personal purposes. As the program develops, we will add a third year for students who want to earn an…
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Dear All, Please note that we now have two email lists, one for IMC and one for IRC (Insight Retreat Center). If you’d like to receive future IRC updates, please sign up here: http://eepurl.com/dPgP6 . If you’re not sure you’re on it, it’s ok to sign up again as it doesn’t allow duplicates. To see our latest IRC Update, click here: IRC Update. With Metta, Ines Freedman IRC Managing Director
Sept 3, 9 to 5pm, Sept 4, 1 to 5pm, Sept 5, 9:30am to 12:30pm with John Peacock The earliest Buddhist teachings in their historical context. Exploration and conversation with John Peacock on how the Buddha developed a spiritual practice based on ethical activity and internal experience in contrast to the metaphysical thinking of his times. Note: times may change. Please check calendar closer to dates.
Saturday, July 30, 9:30am to 5pm with Donald Rothberg This day combines periods of sitting and walking mediation with talks on four basic themes: the roots, history, nature and challenges of socially engaged buddhism.
Saturday, October 22, 10am to 5pm with Martin Aylward A day to inquire together into some of the most strongly charged areas of our lives, bringing reflection and wisdom to places that we often most struggle, and strongly maintain our sense of identity; areas that a traditional monastic approach deals with by removing them from the lifestyle situation, but which as engaged, lay practitioners are crucial to explore, and deeply revealing as we make them more conscious.
Wednesday, September 7, 7 to 8:30pm with Gil Fronsdal As interest in mindfulness has exploded in recent years, the practice has been applied to many aspects of modern life. It has been shown to bring benefits in such areas as education, parenting, medicine, mental health, business, sports, prisons, and conflict resolution. Gil will share his vision for the important role mindfulness can have in our society and how it an help create a society that benefits and supports all its…
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All of Buddhism flows from the Buddha’s awakening. This is so important that the title “Buddha”, meaning “One Who is Awake”, comes from bodhi, the Buddhist word for awakening. Often, because Buddhism is a path by which others may experience this awakening, this goal is what is emphasized in Buddhist teachings. In practice, however, for many Buddhist practitioners ‘going for refuge’ can involve a change of heart and mind as consequential as awakening itself. There are two modern meanings of…
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The July – September 2011 Newsletter is now available for download.
with Ines Freedman 3 Tuesday Mornings: Sept 6,13,20 9:30-11:00 The kilesas are known as the defilements or torments of the mind –– they are greed, aversion or ill–will, and delusion. They are the primary roots of suffering in our lives, and are the central forces that Buddhist practice is meant to overcome. We will explore how these unconscious roots affect our lives, and how seeing them clearly and developing their opposites can lead to freedom. Ines Freedman’s biography
Saturday September 10, 9:30am to 4pm A daylong exploration of Buddhism and the 12 steps taught by Kevin Griffin and Jennifer Lemas. Kevin Griffin’s biography Jennifer Lemas’s biography
Wednesdays Sep 28, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 19, Oct 26, Nov 2. 7:30pm-9pm Insight Meditation or Vipassana, is a simple technique, beginning with focusing the attention on the breath. The practice concentrates and calms the mind. At the heart of Insight Meditation is the practice of Mindfulness, a practice of moment-to-moment observation which cultivates a clear, stable and non-judgmental awareness. While mindfulness practice can be highly effective in helping bring calm and clarity to the pressures of daily life,…
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Saturday August 27, 9:30am to 4:30pm Taught in the style of U Tejaniya. The simplicity, silence and support of retreats contribute to letting go of many distractions that get in the way of clear seeing and for developing a continuity of awareness. We will explore relaxed open awareness with an emphasis on qualities of mind, and the attitude towards one’s experience. The retreat will alternate periods of sitting & walking with instructions and discussion. The day will be primarily in…
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