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
CIMC is hiring
CIMC is hiring for the role of Major Fundraising Gifts Consultant. This role will be responsible for ensuring that CIMC’s fundraising initiative, Together for the Future, gets its second year successfully implemented. Click here to read more and apply. Also, please share with friends and family.
2027 Yearlong Practice Group
Join Madeline Klyne and a committed and dedicated community (sangha) for Exploring, Engaging, Embodying the Eightfold Path in Today’s World (online) starting with a workshop on Saturday, January 9 (10:00am – 4:30pm) and continuing on one Friday evening every month (6:00-8:30pm). See the full description and register here.
Pilgrimage to India and Nepal in 2027
Join Narayan Helen Liebenson, Matthew Hepburn, and Dharmacharya Shantum Seth for a transformative two-week journey that will allow you to experience the life of the Buddha through the places he lived and taught. In the Footsteps of the Buddha is an unforgettable opportunity to explore areas that few tourists visit and to see and experience aspects of contemporary Indian life. View a recording of Shantum’s recent presentation at CIMC.
Upcoming Programs
Gladdening the Heart: The Practice of Joy (hybrid)
Week, November 14 – November 22 (ET)
Sandwich Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson and Matthew Hepburn
Finding Balance in Meditation (online)
Mondays, Nov 23 – Dec 14, 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM (ET)
Practice Group with Matthew Hepburn
Gratitude Gathering (online)
Thursday, November 26, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (ET)
Drop-In Event with Madeline Klyne
Inner Light at the Dark of the Year (hybrid)
Saturday, December 19, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM (ET)
Half-Day Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson
New Year’s Eve Practice & Reflections (online)
Thursday, December 31, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM (ET)
Drop-In Event with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Our Drop-ins
No registration is required for these regularly scheduled programs. Please check the calendar to make sure a drop-in is happening and whether the session is in person, online, or hybrid.
• Morning sit: Weekdays, 7:00 – 7:45 AM
• Dharma in Daily Life: Weekdays, 8:45 – 9:00 AM (Zoom link)
• Evening sit: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 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
• Disability & Chronic Illness: one Sunday a month, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
• 35 & Under: two Sundays a month, 6:30 – 7:45 PM