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Saturday, November 1 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm US Pacific Time In-Person at the Insight Meditation Center and Online via Zoom Sati Center Event. More info at sati.org This is a very special opportunity to meet one of the most senior Western Insight Teacher who was a guiding teacher for both IMS and Spirit Rock.  He will share his deep knowledge and love for the Asian roots of the Western Insight movement. Insight meditation (vipassana) has been taught widely in the US…

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2025 – 2026 Eightfold Path Program (Zoom-only this year) Taught by  Liz Powell, David Lorey, Chris Clifford, and others One Sunday a month 1:00 to 3:30 pm with a concluding Saturday daylong in June, 2026 The Buddha’s most explicit path of practice is the Eightfold Path—a set of eight practical approaches to bring Buddhist practice into the width and depth of our lives. The Eightfold Path Program is an introduction to each of the Eightfold factors so participants will discover…

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Offered by IMC online on Zoom Fridays, 8:30 AM TO 3:30 PM: Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 12, Jan 16, Feb 13, Mar 20, Apr 10, and May 8 In Buddhism, ethics and awakening are inseparable. The Buddha’s path to awakening is ethical, awakening itself is ethical, and the awakened life is ethical. This eight-month program, starting in October 2025 and ending in May 2026, allows experienced practitioners to delve into important ethical teachings of our Buddhist tradition within a…

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IMC’s 2025 SummerNewsletter is available online .

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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Registration is now open for the 2024 – 2025 Eightfold Path Program (In-Person and Zoom) Taught by  Tanya Wiser, Liz Powell, Chris Clifford, and others One Sunday a month, beginning Sept 2024, 1:00 to 3:30 pm with a concluding Saturday daylong in June, 2025 **Here is the link for more information and registration**  

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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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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