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Year-End Letter from Gil

Posted December 20, 2025

November/December 2025 Dear Friend, The Buddha taught all who came to him without expecting anything in return. IMC and IRC follow this example by offering teachings and practice opportunities freely. By removing financial barriers, we create an environment where generosity and gratitude flourish naturally—ideal conditions for Dharma learning and inner transformation. This practice of dana—giving freely—provides a unique opportunity for spiritual growth. Practitioners learn to receive teachings as gifts rather than commodities. Teachers discover the joy of sharing their knowledge…

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Thursday Dec 25: Christmas Day Potluck

Posted December 20, 2025

Thursday, December 25, 2026: 12:00 – 2:00 pm In-person at IMC IMC Dharma Friends Event Please join us for a vegetarian potluck at IMC from 12:00p m until 2:00pm. Help setting up and cleaning up afterwards will be needed, with the goal of closing up IMC at 2:30pm. Hosted by Gloria Schulz. Everyone invited, no RSVP needed.

Saturday January 17: Mindfulness Daylong with Instruction with Gil Fronsdal

Posted December 19, 2025 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, January 17: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Gil Fronsdal Practicing mindfulness on retreat is one of the foundations for maturing insight meditation. The simplicity, silence and support of retreats contribute to letting go of many of the distractions that get in the way of clear seeing. Retreats also are a wonderful environment for developing a continuity of awareness for an extended period. The schedule consists of alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation,…

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Saturday Jan 24: Speaking from the Heart Daylong

Posted December 19, 2025 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, January 24, 9:00am – 4:00pm In-person at IMC Offered by: Ying Chen, David Lorey, Diana Clark and Kim Allen Connection grows when our words are wise. In the passages on wise speech in the Pali Canon, the Buddha encourages us to speak from the heart – in ways that support our practice and our engagement with the world. This daylong retreat will include periods of sitting meditation, teachings, small group discussion, and Q&A. This event is intended for people…

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Saturday Jan 31: Mindfulness of Breathing Daylong with Kodo Conlin

Posted December 19, 2025 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, January 31, 9:30am – 4:00pm In-person only at IMC Part of a Series: Foundation in Freedom: Progressive Instruction in Mindfulness Meditation with Kodo Conlin and Ying Chen Offered by Kodo Conlin and Ying Chen Part and parcel of the Buddha’s path to liberation is the cultivation of mindfulness. Our Insight tradition is rich in ways to grow mindfulness in relationship with all aspects of our experience, no part left out. Let’s share in four Saturday daylong retreats for the…

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IMC 2026 Winter Newsletter is available online

Posted December 17, 2025 - IMC Announcements

The IMC Winter 2026 Newsletter is available online. You can read past newsletters in PDF format on the Newsletter page of the Insight Meditation Center website. You can also find the Winter Schedule of Events — called the Jan to Mar Schedule of Events — under the CALENDAR link on the IMC website.

IMC 2025 Fall Newsletter is available online

Posted August 20, 2025 - News

The IMC Fall 2025 Newsletter is available online. You can read past newsletters in PDF format on the Newsletter page of the Insight Meditation Center website. You can also find the Fall Schedule of Events — called the Oct to Dec Schedule of Events — under the CALENDAR link on the IMC website.

IRC Summer-Fall 2025 Newsletter

Posted August 16, 2025 - IMC Announcements

IRC 2025 Summer-Fall Newsletter is available online . You can read past newsletters in both HTML and PDF formats on the Newsletter page of the Insight Retreat Center website.

The success of IMC’s fundraiser for Save the Children

Posted February 4, 2025

We can joyfully celebrate that the $70,000 goal for IMC’s fundraising drive for Save the Children has been achieved! Because some donations where sent through IMC, we actually raised just over $100,000! Surpassing our goal is an even greater joy and further nourishes the care-giving attitude in all of us. Thank you to all who donated! If Save the Children can provide us with information for how they used our gift, we will report this here. Donations can still be…

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Individual Practice Discussions with IMC Teachers/Dharma Leaders

Posted January 25, 2025 - News

Several of IMC’s Dharma Leaders are offering an opportunity for an individual practice discussion each month. The sessions provide a chance to process your sitting and daily life practice, ask questions, and be heard and supported. Please sign up for only one practice discussion per month so that everyone has an opportunity. Here is the link to sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044ba9ad2faaf85-imcpractice Please bookmark the link so that you can sign up for a session in future months. New sessions available are posted every two months towards the…

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YouTube: Sitting and Dharmette with Matthew Brensilver — Weekly starting Wednesday April 3

Posted March 26, 2024 - Events

Wednesdays 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm starting April 3, 2024 Offered by Matthew Brensilver On YouTube YouTube Livestream | IMC Website Livestream William James said the aim of all education is to make one’s nervous system an ally rather than an enemy. Given the sensitivity of our body and mind, given the changingness of all things, given imperfection — what is possible for us? The dharma path is an honest exploration of the human condition and a discovery of the…

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Zoom: Weekly Sunday Sangha Meeting Following the Dharma Talk

Posted October 9, 2021

Weekly on Sunday: 10:45 – 11:30 am on Zoom Build and maintain community by connecting online with other IMC sangha members to discuss the Sunday dharma talk and share about our Buddhist practices. Please join us on Zoom each Sunday following the dharma talk at approximately 10:45 am for about 45 minutes for breakout rooms and/or large group discussions. Facilitated by Jan Messer and Barry Rothman, IMC sangha members. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84009542053?pwd=V09IOXJhOHZ2TnovMGpiK2s3V243Zz09 Meeting ID: 840 0954 2053 Passcode: Sangha…

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IMC Speaks Out Against Anti-Asian Violence

Posted May 7, 2021

This statement is also available in PDF format We are heartbroken by the horrific surge in relentless, unprovoked harassment and violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Since March 2020, the Stop AAPI Hate organization reports nearly 4,000 incidents of anti-Asian hate, of which nearly 44 percent occurred in California—and many more cases go unreported. The Insight Meditation Center (IMC) and its community open our hearts to the pain of anti-Asian hate, bearing witness to the suffering and…

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