…(and recorded) on YouTube. You can access it on the IMC website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/live-video/ Alternatively, you can also access it directly on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/insightmed/live. No registration necessary. Requirement for attendance is fully vaccinated and boosted with COVID vaccine. N95…
…You can access it on the IMC website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/live-video/ Alternatively, you can also access it directly on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/insightmed/live . No registration necessary. Requirement for attendance is fully vaccinated and boosted with COVID vaccine. N95 or KN95 masks…
…might cause suffering and hurt. Without being able to let go of sexual desire, there is no freedom. Spiritual freedom is not to be free to act on our desires; it is being free to choose wisely which desires to…
…pleasure. To be mindful of our sexuality is to begin to unpack all the complexity it comes with. As the different aspects of this complex stew are seen clearly, we can learn where our freedom is found in relationship to…
…through compassion one strives to alleviate their suffering. Through wisdom one destroys all attachments, but because of compassion, one never desists from activity that benefits others. Through wisdom one is free from “I-making” and “mine-making,” through compassion one is free…
…with ardency, clear comprehension, and awareness. If sati is best translated as “awareness,” then sampajañña, the Pali word for “clear comprehension,” is a better fit for the English word “mindfulness.” This is because in contemporary mindfulness teaching “mindfulness” often involves…
…be practiced with ardency, clear comprehension, and awareness. If sati is best translated as “awareness,” then sampajañña, the Pali word for “clear comprehension,” is a better fit for the English word “mindfulness.” This is because in contemporary mindfulness teaching “mindfulness”…
…Erin Treat For more information, see www.dharma.org June 2018 Forest Refuge, Barre, Ma. with Andrea Fella and Carol Wilson An opportunity to practice for a month in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya Details available in April 2017 at www.dharma.org…
…he abides with a mind free from ill will, compassionate for the welfare of all living beings; he purifies his mind from ill will and hatred. – The Buddha (MN 27.18) Compassionate and seeking their welfare, the Teacher teaches…
…compassionate for the welfare of all living beings; he purifies his mind from ill will and hatred. – The Buddha (MN 27.18) Compassionate and seeking their welfare, the Teacher teaches the Dhamma to the disciples out of compassion: ‘This is…
Led by Lauren Silver and Melody Baumgartner Third Sunday of the Month from 11:15 am – 12:45 pm September, 2023 – May, 2024 This year’s theme is Mindful Parenting in the context of the Eightfold Path. Each month we will…
Saturday, January 27, 2024: 8:30 am — 10:00 am on Zoom Facilitated by: Ram Appalaraju As we begin the new year we can come together to care for our dear planet through a deeper understanding of the state-of-the-planet and meaningful…
…for 2025. If you have any questions about the Earth Care group at IMC, please contact us at EarthCare.Dharma@gmail.com Join us on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89645479739?pwd=cG50SmViQ1hpaEFTSzdWNUY0Ky9PZz09 Meeting ID: 896 4547 9739 Passcode: 786010 One tap mobile +16699009128,,89645479739#,,,,*786010# US (San Jose) +16694449171,,89645479739#,,,,*786010# US…
…Eco-Chaplaincy program in 2024, and has been a practitioner at Insight Meditation Center since 2004. Join us on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84009542053?pwd=V09IOXJhOHZ2TnovMGpiK2s3V243Zz09 Meeting Number: 840 0954 2053 Password: Sangha If you have any questions, please contact the Earth Care group at EarthCare.Dharma@gmail.com…
…32: Responding to Tragedy Appendix: Theravada – The Way of Liberation Appendix: The Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula Appendix: Metta Sutta Read or Download This book was written by Gil Fronsdal as a gift to the community. It is…
Video recordings live streamed or uploaded through the YouTube platform since March 8 are available on the IMC website: Regularly scheduled programs are listed at right. Thematic series, compilations of Dharmettes (short talks), and guided meditations extracted from our programs…
…like recovering from an illness; being free from sloth and torpor is like being freed from prison; freedom from anxiety and worry is like freedom from slavery; and passing beyond doubt is like completing a perilous desert crossing. Noticing how…
…of community can help us to be more self-compassionate and less moralistically harsh toward ourselves. All too often the regular use of alcohol and drugs ruptures relationships, and with them our own self-worth; practicing the precepts in a community of…
By Gil Fronsdal Renunciation is one of the most beneficial, empowering, and freeing practices of Buddhism. As its purpose is to heighten the best qualities of our hearts and minds, renunciation is not meant to diminish our lives but rather…
Saturday December 28, 2024: 8:30 – 10:00am on Zoom Elaine Salinger will demonstrate a global climate solutions simulator, En-ROADS Climate Interactive, a website created by MIT and Sloan. This website will compare the effectiveness of global solutions. And Elaine will…
…walking meditations, guided meditation, instructions and opportunities to ask questions of the instructor. The retreat will take place on IRC’s virtual Meditation Hall. After you apply, you will receive an email with a link to the website we use for…
…the deeper teachings of our Buddhist tradition in a community of other committed practitioners. We will discuss core principles and insights important in the Buddha’s teachings, including aspects of liberation and awakening. The program includes required monthly readings and short…
…the bigger contexts of your relationships with family and friends, you might have better clarity for how you want to participate in the communications. It is not just what you want or don’t want in the communication, it is also…
A Talk by Andrea Fella (IMC, September 7, 2010) (Transcribed and lightly edited by N. Willis) http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/2/talk/2018/20100907-Andrea_Fella-IMC-the_container_of_concentration.mp3 Download Audio Andrea: Good morning. I want to continue the conversation on concentration that we started last week. Today mostly I’d like to…
IMC offers a variety of programs from beginners’ classes to retreats for experienced practitioners. Anyone is welcome to come to any of the programs we offer at IMC. No Cost – No Registration Registration is not required except for the…
No Cost – Usually, registration is not required to participate in IMC’s offerings. Although there is no cost for any of our programs, we are grateful for donations to support our activities and teachers. Black Practitioners Meditation and Wisdom Circle…
…aims to bring classical Dharma to a modern context and to encourage lay practitioners in fully living a life of Dharma. Her education includes a PhD in physics and a master’s degree in environmental sustainability, and her website is http://www.uncontrived.org….
…combination of traditional and contemporary Buddhist meditation practices, interactive exercises, lecture, and discussion, the day will explore the ways that Buddhism and the Steps complement each other. The day is open to all those interested. You need not be in…
A Talk by Ines Freedman (IMC, June 28, 2010) (Transcribed and lightly edited by S.C.L. Eiler) http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/57/talk/1954/20100628-Ines_Freedman-IMC-taking_refuge.mp3 Download Audio It’s good to see a lot of old friends. I haven’t been here on a Monday night for quite a while;…
…people to make ourselves safer, or we are always trying to make ourselves as comfortable as possible in every possible situation as we are driven by comfort. There are many very common habits that we have that represent a certain…