What we’re about
Insight Meditation South Bay (www.imsb.org) offers mindfulness-based meditation practices to awaken heart and mind, and to support the development of ethical living, meditation, and wisdom. We teach skills for developing mindfulness, loving-kindness and compassion, concentration, practical daily life wisdom, and the deep meditative absorptions called jhanas.
IMSB's ongoing programs include a weekly meditation group Tuesday evenings in Mountain View, courses and drop-in sittings on Thursday evenings in Saratoga (see our alternate Meetup site, www.meetup.com/Insight-Meditation-South-Bay-Saratoga), a beginner's orientation the first Tuesday of each month, a Day-Long Retreat each month, and online courses. We offer a 6-month Walking the Path program, Sutta Study Courses on the Discourses of the Buddha, and residential and non-residential meditation retreats. Please visit www.imsb.org for more information about our ongoing programs and the many special events that IMSB offers.
The heart of Insight Meditation, also known as Vipassana, is the clarity of awakening. We use mindfulness-based meditative approaches for spiritual awakening and require no adherence to religious dogma. Freedom is the essence of this meditation training. Attachment is the problem that meditation is designed to solve. Wisdom, peace and calm awareness pervade the silence of formal meditation and also the business of active daily life. We train our minds through meditation and contemplation and apply that clarity to our complex daily interactions.
IMSB and our teachers are dedicated to the Buddhist practice of Dana and generosity. Our activities rely upon the generosity of our community in donations, gift or effort.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Half-Day Meditation Retreat: Cultivating Full AwarenessFoothills Congregational Church, Los Altos, CA
A meditation program with Shaila Catherine
This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom.
The program will include sitting and walking meditation, and meditation instructions. There may be opportunities for individual meetings with the teacher. This half-day program is appropriate for new and experienced meditators.
For more information and to reserve your seat, visit our website at: https://www.imsb.org/event/2023dec/
The ticketing process will allow you to make a donation online. IMSB will include the billing address entered during the ticketing process on IMSB’s mailing list; you may unsubscribe from our list at any time. If attendees arrive without a reservation, they may be admitted as space permits. Drop-in attendance is welcome.
