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:
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- Gullu Singh — “A Calm Abiding in the Here and Now: Finding Ease in the Midst of a World on Fire“, Wednesday, September 11, 6:30 – 8:45 PM (ET). This program will be hybrid (in person and online).
- Gulwinder “Gullu” Singh regularly teaches both secular and Buddhist classes and groups at InsightLA, has taught mindfulness at the University of Southern California and has been a guest lecturer on mindfulness at UCLA Law School. Gullu completed InsightLA’s one-year Mindfulness Facilitator Training Group, Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program, Spirit Rock’s 2016-2020 Teacher Training program, and is authorized to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction by the Center for Mindfulness at U Mass Medical School. Gullu is deeply inspired to share meditation as an antidote to stress, a way to cope more effectively with the challenges of work and life and to inject more sanity, compassion and wisdom into this world.
- Gullu Singh — “A Calm Abiding in the Here and Now: Finding Ease in the Midst of a World on Fire“, Wednesday, September 11, 6:30 – 8:45 PM (ET). This program will be hybrid (in person and online).
- 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.
Wednesday Evening Dharma 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 |
| 9/11/2024 | Gullu Singh — A Calm Abiding in the Here and Now: Finding Ease in the Midst of a World on Fire (online) |
| 9/18/2024 | Mark Nunberg — How the Attitude of Lovingkindness can Support and Deepen Our Insight Practice (online) |
| 9/25/2024 | Matthew Hepburn — Questions on Practice (hybrid) |
| 10/2/2024 | No Dharma talk |
| 10/9/2024 | Leigh Brasington — The Gradual Training: The Buddha’s Step-by-Step Guide for Awakening (online) |
| 10/16/2024 | Narayan Helen Liebenson (online) |
| 10/23/2024 | Chas DiCapua (hybrid) |
| 10/30/2024 | Zeenat Potia (hybrid) |
| 11/6/2024 | Kaira Jewel Lingo (online) |
| 11/13/2024 | Nararayan Helen Liebenson — Refuges & Precepts (hybrid) |
| 11/20/2024 | Tuere Sala (online) |
| 11/27/2024 | Matthew Daniell |
| 12/4/2024 | Greg Scharf (hybrid) |
| 12/11/2024 | Brian Lesage (online) |
| 12/18/2024 | No Dharma talk — CIMC closed for programs |
| 12/25/2024 | No Dharma talk — CIMC closed for programs |
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