Seven, Wisdom Quarterly, Insight Meditation Society (Dharma.org); BCBSdharma.org
Insight Meditation Society (IMS) is a Buddhist meditation center (open to all people of all traditions).
On Valentines Day in 1976 a small group of
young Buddhist meditation teachers (including Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield (West Coast), and Sharon Salzberg, all friends back from Asia) and dedicated staff opened a retreat center outside of Boston.
They found an ideal place in an old, stately mansion in idyllic Barre, Massachusetts. Armed with few
resources and imperfect operational knowledge, but passionate
about the Buddha’s teachings, they set about creating an environment
where the Dharma could flourish and take root in the West.
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| Teachers at IMS like Myoshin Kelly, Sharon Salzberg, and Leigh Brasington (Dharma.org) |
And so began IMS, now a large and successful short-term Retreat Center with a Forest Refuge center for instensives.
Over its history, IMS has become a spiritual
home to thousands of practitioners. It is now regarded as one of
the Western world’s most respected centers for learning and deepening
meditation practice.
The organization operates two meditation retreat facilities and also promotes a growing school, the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Two are set on about 200 secluded acres in the quiet woods of central Massachusetts, and the third is right next door. More
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