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Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

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Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

is a welcoming refuge and teaching center for all who seek inner peace and wise action through the liberating practice of Insight Meditation (vipassana).

CIMC is dedicated to integrating contemplative practice into daily life. We seek to cultivate ethics, tranquility, wisdom, and compassion, and to ease suffering in our communities and in our world.

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CIMC is celebrating 40 years of practicing together!

We will be marking this momentous year through a year-long series of events, including benefits with renowned Dharma teachers, community gatherings, a commemorative video project and more.

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MADELINE MONDAYS RETURN OCTOBER 27

Join Resident Teacher Madeline Klyne for Teatime Dharma from 4:00 – 5:30 PM, a community discussion of the practice. Then stick around or come back for Sitting & Sangha from 6:00 – 7:15 PM to sit together and connect in small groups about what matters most to you in the present moment. You’re welcome to attend either or both, no registration required.

UPCOMING WEEKEND RETREAT WITH NARAYAN

Please join us online or in-person for a two-day retreat on October 18 & 19: Finding Real Refuge. Throughout our days together, we will form a spiritual community that will allow us to delve more deeply into the timeless teachings of the Buddha. Finding refuge within makes it possible to be a true refuge for others. Learn more & register here.

RECENT NARAYAN DHARMA TALK

Click here to listen to Narayan’s April 16 Dharma talk, on contemplation and action in these times.

Upcoming Programs

Finding Real Refuge (hybrid)
Saturday & Sunday, Oct 18 & 19, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Weekend Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson

Loving-Kindness (online)
Mondays, Oct 20 – Nov 24, 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM
Practice Group with Matthew Hepburn

Metta (Loving-Kindness) Retreat (online)
Saturday, October 25, 1:00 – 5:00 PM ET
Half-day Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson

The Freedom of Compassion (online)
Thursdays, Oct 30 – Dec 11, 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM ET
Practice Group with Madeline Klyne

Clearing the Path Weekend Retreat (hybrid)
Saturday & Sunday, Nov 1 & 2, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Weekend Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson

Our Drop-ins

Click here for upcoming drop-ins.

• Dharma in Daily Life: Weekdays, 8:45 – 9:00 AM (Zoom link)
• Evening sit: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 6:00 – 6:45 PM
• Teatime Dharma: Mondays, 4:00 – 5:30 PM
• Sitting & Sangha: Mondays, 6:00 – 7:15 PM
• Beginners Drop-In: Tuesdays, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
• Beginners Drop-In Tea: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 – 7:45 PM
• Wednesday Evening Dharma: 6:30 – 8:45 PM
• Thursday Morning Retreat: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
• Sunday Afternoon Extended Practice: 2:00 – 5:15 PM

Affinity groups:
• Elders: two Tuesdays a month, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Parents: one Thursday a month, 8:00 – 9:15 PM
• POC: one Friday a month, 6:30 – 8:15 PM
• LGBTQIA+: one Friday a month, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
• Chronic Illness & Disability: one Sunday a month, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
• 35 & Under: two Sundays a month, 6:30 – 7:45 PM

Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

331 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Cambridge Insight Meditation Center is a 501(c)(3) organization, federal tax ID #22-2622760.

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