What’s New At Insight Meditation Center
Sunday, October 24, 10:45am IMC’s Dharma teens present this benefit to support a poor school in Cambodia. Information about the school and other ways of supporting it are at www.cambodiarotaryschool.org
Friday, May 6 to Friday, May 13, 2011 Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 This retreat and wait list are full. We are not accepting any more applications. Flyer Information Application Note: the application link will take you to our new web-based registration form. Please follow the directions from there. If you need a paper application, contact the registrar (contact info on flyer). Gil has practiced Zen and Vipassana since 1975 and has a Ph.D. in…
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Dear IMC Sangha, We’d like to ask for your help at this Sunday’s potluck. We are blessed to have 30+ guests from other insight meditation centers around North America coming to IMC. They will join the regular program and then share the meal, giving us an opportunity to meet them and learn about their centers, teachers, and practices. Would you kindly bring extra food this Sunday so that we have enough for everyone? I hope you’ll come and enjoy this unique…
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Friday, October 29, 7:30 to 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 Buddhist 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…
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Meetings for August and September moved to Stafford Park (corner of Hopkins and King, 9 blocks west of IMC) Dates are changed from the first Sunday: August 15 and September 12 are new dates.
Friday, July 16, 2010, 10am to 2pm This day will be open to those who have sat retreats of one month or longer sometime in the last 3 years. The time will involve meditation and discussion. Please bring lunch.
Tuesday, July 13, 7:30 to 9pm Plans for the Coming of Age Program are now in place, and we will be starting our first groups in the fall. Two separate groups will be formed, one for girls and one for boys; both will be open to 7th and 8th graders. Groups will meet monthly from September, 2010 through May, 2011. You and your children are invited to join the teachers and program organizers for two introductory meetings, during which you…
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Letting go is an important practice in everyday life, as well as on the path of liberation. Daily life provides innumerable small and large occasions for letting go of plans, desires, preferences, and opinions. It can be as simple as when the weather changes, and we abandon plans we had for the day. Or it can be as complex as deciding what to sacrifice, when pulled between the needs of family, friends, career, community, or spiritual practice. Daily life provides…
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The July – September 2010 Newsletter is now available for download.
We are happy to announce an update to the Audio Dharma website. Some of the major features of the new site include: improved search new streaming audio player increased automation that will allow quicker posting of dharma talks
Sunday, December 26, 3:00 pm – Sunday, January 2, 12:00 pm This is a traditional Insight meditation (Vipassana) retreat format with sitting and walking in silence, and time for individual interviews. Teachers give daily dharma talks and systematic meditation instructions. We will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a late evening sitting and simple ceremony. NOTE: This is a lottery retreat. To enter the lottery, download the forms from Spirit Rock website or call (415) 488-0164 x 243 to request a…
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November 11-18 The teachings, practices, and realizations of Emptiness have been important themes in Buddhism from the early days of Theravada on through the development of the Mahayana and Vajrayana schools. In this retreat we will introduce and explore the many meanings and implications of emptiness in Buddhist thought and practice through talks, readings, reflections, guided meditations, and group discussions. To support the study aspect of the retreat, there will be two talks a day, in the morning and evening,…
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Sunday, September12, 11:15am to 12pm Gil would like to take this opportunity to offer his appreciation to the many volunteers at IMC for the generous gift of their time and efforts. It will also be an opportunity for volunteers to become better acquainted with one another.
Sunday, July 18, 11:15 (after a brief snack) to 1 pm Hands-on workshop for locating meditation and Buddhism information online including through IMC’s website. Get technical support for using IMC’s many online sources; learn the uses of our updated website and the flexibility and reach of our Community site. RSVP please. Anne Foster, afoster@rawbw.com, 650/591-1285.
Saturday, August 21, 2010, 9am to 4:30pm Have you noticed that no matter what we eat, how much we weigh or exercise, that feeling of lack, emptiness, the unquenchable thirst for more, eventually takes over? The Buddha observed that the source of suffering comes from craving and the mismanagement of desire. He also observed how to satisfy physical and emotional feelings of hunger and lack that are part of the human condition. This class will explore why the Buddha declared,…
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