What’s New At Insight Meditation Center
Saturday, January 28, 2023, 8:30 – 10:00 am on Zoom January’s meeting will include a brief meditation and an orientation to today’s topic followed by break-room and large-group discussion. Our reflection to start: Do not try to save the whole world or, do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there, patiently until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it. Only…
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led by Andrea Castillo and Dawn Neal Saturday, January 28, 2023, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm In-person at IMC Practicing mindfulness on retreat is a foundation for maturing and integrating insight meditation. This experiential daylong retreat offers instruction in mindfulness practice. Through periods of sitting, walking, guided movement activities, and Q&A, we will explore teachings on the seven factors of awakening. Join us in cultivating these important supports along the path of mindfulness. It is recommended for both beginners and experienced practitioners. Bring lunch. COVID…
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With Anne Roise Five Saturdays: January 28 – February 25, 2023 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific Time On Zoom This five-session series provides a safe and supportive space for Black practitioners to begin, refresh and strengthen their meditation and daily mindfulness practice. The sessions focus on the intersection of Buddhism and Black collective wisdom as the teachings of the Buddha are explored in the context of our unique experiences and expressions. The framework for the series is the Divine…
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con Andrea Castillo y Sandra Sanabria Sábado 11 de febrero, 2023, de 9:30 am a 4:30 pm Dirección: 108 Birch Street, Redwood City, CA 94062 Experimentando los siete factores del despertar. En este día de retiro investigaremos los Siete factores del despertar: atención plena; investigación; energía; alegría; tranquilidad; concentración y ecuanimidad. Nuestra intención será experimentar cada factor de manera directa en nuestro cuerpo, mente y corazón. Lo haremos a través de charlas breves, meditaciones sedentes, caminando y movimiento libre. No…
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Naturalistic Buddhism Dhammadasa Gil Fronsdal Note: This essay is an expanded version of a paper titled “Natural Buddhism” that appeared in the 2014 issue of the Insight Journal. That original paper was first developed from one of 20 presentations made at the BCBS conference on Secular Buddhism held in March of 2013. As a Buddhist teacher, I am often asked to identify the form of Buddhism with which I am associated. While, most broadly, I identify myself with…
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The day will include sitting and walking meditation, instructions, a dharma talk, and an opportunity to ask questions of the teacher. The retreat will take place in our Zoom virtual Meditation Hall. You will receive an email with a link to the online retreat’s website one week before the retreat starts. This website will include all the details you will need, including the schedule for the day and the Zoom link to the Meditation Hall. RETREAT SCHEDULE APPLY ONLINE Questions:…
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Sunday, December 25, 2022: 11:15 am – 1:30 pm LOCATION: in-person in the IMC parking lot Join us Join us for a Vegetarian Potluck in the IMC parking lot on Sunday December 25 after the regular Sunday sit. —Remember to dress warmly and to plan ahead for this event, since most stores will be closed on Christmas Day. Contact Gloria at gbschulz@earthlink.net if you have any questions.
Saturday, December 31, 2022: 7:00 – 10:30 pm LOCATION: In-person only at IMC This event has been CANCELLED due to local flooding! Join us Join us in person on New Year’s Eve for an evening of mindfulness practice in community to mark 2022 ending and 2023 beginning. In past years, we had a lovely tradition of sharing tea and snacks, but due to Covid, we will not be doing so this year. Schedule 7:00 pm — Meet and Greet —…
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led by Tanya Wiser and Dawn Neal Five Thursdays: January 5 – February 2, 2023: 6:30 – 8:00pm In-person and streamed on YouTube led by Tanya Wiser and Dawn Neal Basic instructions in mindfulness meditation are taught sequentially in this 5-week class. The series starts with mindfulness of breathing, followed by mindfulness of the body, emotions, and thinking, and concludes with a discussion on concentration and the application of mindfulness in daily life. Classes will include guided meditation, dharma talks, and…
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The Dharma Sprouts Program is restarting in-person at IMC Sunday, December 4, 2022. Dharma Sprouts Program (K through 2nd Graders and their parents) Led by Hilary Borison and Carla Rayacich In-Person at IMC, First Sunday of the month, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Meditation and mindfulness practice through stories, songs, art, movement, and games. Parents participate with their children. Contact Hilary at IMC.familyprogram@gmail.com or 650-575-2052 for more information and to RSVP. Please come vaccinated, wearing a KN95/KF94 mask. Thank you!
December 10, 2022, Saturday, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm The fullest reach of mindfulness practice is the insight into the Four Noble Truths. This day of meditation practice will place mindfulness within the context of discovering this profound insight. The day will include sitting and walking meditation, instructions, a dharma talk, and an opportunity to ask questions of the teacher. The retreat will take place in our Zoom virtual Meditation Hall. You will receive an email with a link to the online retreat’s…
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Saturdays 12/3 & 12/10 – 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific This series is for Black-identified participants. Please register before the event in order to obtain the meeting link On Zoom: Please register here before the event to obtain the Zoom Link The Black-Identified Mindfulness Circle will come together to meditate in two sessions to reflect on the past year, embrace the present and set intentions for the future. Our collective wisdom will allow us to reconnect, acknowledge and celebrate who we…
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Saturday, October 29, 2022: 8:30 to 10:00 am PDT on Zoom This month’s Earth Care meeting will be an interactive session on electrification of transportation options. The session will include a brief meditation session, a presentation with Adam Borison PhD, and group discussions on mindfully making choices that limit carbon emissions. You can find out about IMC’s Earth Care group HERE. Dr. Adam Borison is a strategy consultant and start-up entrepreneur focused on transportation electrification and renewable energy. His work is aimed specifically…
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October 22, 2022, 1pm – 2:30pm (With an optional 15 minute informal discussion after 2:30) On Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82750751604?pwd=dlZ1V3ZSZitiY2Rwd2QvRjNGQ0l3QT09 Anyone who has experienced a sense of loss and uncertainty over this last year is welcome to join us for a Zoom gathering and community ceremony of recognition, remembrance, and love. We will form a “circle” of witnessing, respecting, and honoring our losses. There will be time to acknowledge the personal, collective, and the unequal nature of recent losses in some communities….
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Vipassana Earth Care week begins October 2nd. Please join us, for an in-person celebration on Sunday October 9, 2022 9:25 – 10:45 AM — at the regular Sunday morning meditation and talk 10:45 – 11:30 AM — at the Community Tea following the meditation and talk Earth care week was launched in 2013 by teachers gathered at the International Vipassana Teachers meeting at Spirit Rock. In proposing the annual observance, the teachers were responding to a request for teachings on…
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