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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What We Offer
Announcements
Wednesday Evening Dharma in Cambridge in November
Join us in-person on Wednesdays this month. Bhante Buddharakkhita will be here on November 5, Narayan will offer the refuges and precepts on November 12, and devon hase will reflect on the practice of spiritual pilgrimage on November 19. Hope to see you there!
GRATITUDE GATHERING
Join Madeline Klyne for an annual community gathering on Thursday, November 27 from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET to reflect on gratitude and the many blessings in our lives.
CIMC’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY
On Sunday, September 28, we held a 40th Anniversary Community Celebration (see videos from the event here). Continue the celebration with an upcoming benefit with Oren Sofer on on Tuesday January 20, 2026, 6:00 – 7:30 PM ET.
RECENT NARAYAN DHARMA TALK
Click here to listen to Narayan’s Dharma Talk from October 22, an introduction to the Way of Council. We will explore this ancient practice further on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
Upcoming Programs
The Practice of Relationship as the Path (hybrid)
Saturday, November 8, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson
The Five Elements: An Exploration of Interbeing (in-person)
Sunday, November 9, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Retreat with Zeenat Potia
Men’s Retreat: Investigation, Transformation, Compassion (in-person)
Sunday, November 16, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Retreat with Chas DiCapua
Dharma in Daily Life Extended Session (online)
Thursday, November 20, 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Drop-In Event with Muna Shaheen and Stephen Fulder
Experienced Practitioners’ Weekend Retreat (in-person)
Saturday & Sunday, Nov 22 & 23, 10:00 AM – 7:00/5:00 PM
Weekend Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Gratitude Gathering (online)
Thursday, November 27, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Drop-In Community Event with Madeline Klyne
Our Drop-ins
Please check the drop-in page or the calendar to make sure a drop-in is happening and if it’s in person, online, or hybrid.
• 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