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
KM Group Panel Discussion
Join CIMC community members for a special hybrid event this Saturday morning to learn more about Kalyanna Mitta groups: informal social groups that meet together outside of CIMC to practice and study together. Whether you are looking to learn more or you would like to share your KM experiences with others, we hope to see you this Saturday at the Center or online.
New parking rules on Broadway
Please be advised that there have been substantial changes to street parking near the Center. Click here to learn more. As a result of this recent city project, there are not freely available on-street parking options nearby. Please use alternative forms of transportation if possible.
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
The Way of Awareness: An Introduction to Insight Meditation (in-person)
Thursdays, Sept 24 – Oct 22, 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM
Practice Group with Madeline Klyne
KM Groups Panel Discussion (hybrid)
Saturday, September 26, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET)
Drop-In Community Event
Learning to Be Relational: A Retreat for Men (hybrid)
Sunday, September 27, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (ET)
Retreat with Chas DiCapua
Aging with Compassion and Wisdom (online)
Mondays, Sept 28 – Nov 2, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (ET)
Practice Group with Jim Austin
HONORING OUR LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES: Caring for Ourselves, Each Other and Our Practice (hybrid)
Weekend, Oct 3 & 4, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Retreat with Madeline Klyne
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
• Little Buddhas: one Sunday a month, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
• 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