On most Wednesday evenings throughout the year, a CIMC or visiting teacher offers a Dharma talk. Registration is not required; this is a drop-in program. We invite attendees to offer financial support for our visiting teachers through the practice of dana (generosity). All are welcome regardless of ability to pay.
Please see below which dates will be hybrid (in person and online) and which will be online-only. If you arrive early, please preserve the silence until the teacher arrives.
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Upcoming talk:
- Matthew Hepburn, Wednesday, January 22, 6:30 – 8:45 PM (ET). This program will be hybrid (you can attend in person or online).
Matthew Hepburn, a Guiding Teacher at CIMC, is a teacher of the Dhamma with extensive training and a passion for getting real about what it means to live well. He began offering meditation instruction in 2012 in schools, in prisons and at CIMC where he was a Core Teacher for many years. Matthew teaches mindfulness, early Buddhist wisdom, and secular contemplative practices at meditation centers in New England and across North America. This includes teaching at silent retreat centers such as the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and developing content for broad audiences at Ten Percent Happier. Matthew is a graduate of the 2017-’21 IMS Teacher Training program.
- Click here to join online via Zoom (download here) and enter the passcode: cimc. Alternatively, you can dial +1 (646) 876-9923 and enter the Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464.
Schedule:
- 6:30 – 7:15: Evening Sit
- 7:15 – 7:30: Mindful Break
- 7:30 – 8:45: Dharma Talk
You are welcome to attend just the sit, just the talk, or both. Please note that the doors to the meditation hall will be closed at 6:40 for the Evening Sit and at 7:40 for the Dharma talk.
Upcoming Wednesday Evening Dharma programs are listed below.
| Date | Program |
| 1/22/2025 | Matthew Hepburn (hybrid) |
| 1/29/2025 | Chris Willard — Buddhist Ethics for the 21st Century (hybrid) |
| 2/5/2025 | Zeenat Potia — The Dharma of Service (hybrid) |
| 2/12/2025 | Lila Kate Wheeler — Fierce Tenderness (hybrid) |
| 2/19/2025 | Jessica Morey — Freedom Through Connection: Dharma Perspectives on Attachment Theory (hybrid) |
| 2/26/2025 | Narayan Helen Liebenson — Reflections on Pilgrimage (online) |
| 3/5/2025 | Rebecca Bradshaw — Book talk: Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart (hybrid) |
| 3/12/2025 | Andrew Olendzki — Classical Buddhist Practice (hybrid) |
| 3/19/2025 | Matthew Daniell (hybrid) |
| 3/26/2025 | TBD |
| 4/2/2025 | Chris Crotty (hybrid) |
| 4/9/2025 | TBD |
| 4/16/2025 | Narayan Helen Liebenson (online) |
| 4/23/2025 | Susan Pollak (hybrid) |
| 4/30/2025 | TBD |
| 5/7/2025 | Anu Gupta (online) |
Click here for 2025’s program recordings.
Click here for 2024’s program recordings.
Click here for 2023’s program recordings.
Click here for 2022’s program recordings.
Click here for 2021’s program recordings.
Click here for 2020’s program recordings.
Click here for 2019’s program recordings.
Click here for 2018’s program recordings.
For older recordings, please visit our page on Dharma Seed.