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Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

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Narayan Helen Liebenson

Narayan Helen Liebenson is a guiding teacher at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center where she has been teaching since it opened its doors in 1985. She is an Emeritus Guiding Teacher at IMS (the Insight Meditation Society) in Barre, Massachusetts, after serving as a guiding teacher there for twenty years. Narayan is the author of a small book entitled Life as Meditation, and The Magnanimous Heart; Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation.

Her training includes over 45 years in the Theravada tradition as well as ten years in the Chan tradition with the late Master Sheng-yen. She finds it a joy and a privilege to share the Buddha’s teachings with all who are interested.

  • Find recordings of Narayan here.

Upcoming Programs

  • Experienced Practitioners: Cultivating Equanimity, Balancing the Heart (online)

    Practice Groups
    Online
    Oct 7, 2025 @6:30 pm
  • Experienced Practitioners’ Weekend Retreat (in-person)

    Retreats
    In Person
    Nov 22, 2025 @10:00 am
  • Finding Real Refuge (hybrid)

    Retreats
    Hybrid
    Oct 18, 2025 @10:00 am
  • Inner Light at the Dark of the Year (hybrid)

    Retreats
    Hybrid
    Dec 13, 2025 @1:00 pm
  • Metta (Loving-Kindness) Retreat (online)

    Retreats
    Online
    Oct 25, 2025 @1:00 pm
  • New Year’s Eve Practice & Reflections (online)

    Special Events
    Online
    Dec 31, 2025 @9:00 pm
  • Relating to all Things with Compassion and Wisdom (hybrid)

    Retreats
    Hybrid
    Jul 12, 2025 @10:00 am
  • Relaxing the Grasping, Freeing Our Hearts (hybrid)

    Retreats
    Hybrid
    May 17, 2025 @10:00 am
  • Silent Day of Practice in Community (hybrid)

    Retreats
    Hybrid
    May 31, 2025 @10:00 am
  • The Five Recollections: Reflection and Practice (hybrid)

    Retreats
    Hybrid
    Aug 2, 2025 @10:00 am
  • The Practice of Relationship as the Path (hybrid)

    Retreats
    Hybrid
    Nov 8, 2025 @10:00 am
  • Working with Difficult Emotions (online)

    Practice Groups
    Online
    Jul 8, 2025 @6:30 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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