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CIMC : Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, 331 Broadway, Cambridge, MA (2025)

12/10/2025

Join us IN PERSON this evening for a Dharma talk with Zeenat Potia entitled "Reflection on Generosity":

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

You can also join online through Zoom:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

Zeenat Potia teaches meditation in Buddhist and secular spaces and is an Internal Family Systems practitioner. She integrates mindfulness, 12-step recovery, and IFS in her trauma healing work, and is currently on a path to becoming a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She serves on the board of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. Zeenat has taught at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center since 2014, as well as teaching meditation in organizations and universities throughout the Boston area. Learn more at: https://zeenatpotia.com.

12/03/2025

Join us IN PERSON this evening for a talk with Susan Pollak entitled "What Is Self-Compassion?":

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

You can also join online through Zoom:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

"Self-compassion is one of the most important and proven new ways to help discover your innate capacity to hold yourself, and those around you, with compassion. Tonight’s talk will briefly discuss the research and then teach practices that will help you bring Self Compassion into your life."

Dr. Susan Pollak has been meditating since elementary school, studying Sufism, Vipassana, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, and participating in long retreats since high school. She did graduate work in Comparative Religion and Clinical Psychology at Harvard, and has written and contributed to many books, including “Sitting Together”, “Self Compassion for Parents” and the new (2025) “Grounding Psychotherapy in Self-Compassion”. She also writes for Psychology Today and Ten Percent Happier. Susan was President of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy from 2010 to 2020 and is a co-founder of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School. She loves being a substitute teacher for Daily Dharma in Daily Life.

11/26/2025

Join us ONLINE ONLY this evening for reflections on gratitude and a practice discussion:

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

Zoom information to join:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

Matthew Daniell has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1985. He practiced Zen in Japan, Tibetan Buddhism in India, and Insight Meditation in India, Burma, Thailand, and the United States. His main teaching mentor is Larry Rosenberg. He is the founder of the North Shore Insight Meditation Center in Massachusetts (NorthshoreIMC.org). He is a member of the Religious Services Department at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he leads a meditation group for students.

11/19/2025

Join us IN PERSON this evening for a Dharma talk with Devon Hase entitled "The Sacred Slowness: Pilgrimage as Spiritual Practice":

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

You can also join online through Zoom:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

"Through study of the Meghiya Sutta, we’ll explore why the Buddha insisted that awakening happens in community, not in isolation. Through personal stories of transformation, devon will describe the five essential conditions Buddha outlined for waking up. This talk weaves together ancient wisdom with modern pilgrimage, showing how our most challenging moments can become our greatest sources of strength when we practice accompaniment rather than abandonment. Come explore how the gradual path unfolds like a sacred journey, one step at a time, with fellow travelers by our side."

devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world.

Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026).

Learn more at www.devonandnicohase.com.

11/12/2025

Join us IN PERSON this evening with Narayan Helen Liebenson, who will give a talk about the Refuges & Precepts, followed by a ceremony:

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: talk, Q&A, ceremony

You can also join online through Zoom:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

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.

11/05/2025

Join us IN PERSON this evening for a Dhamma talk with Bhante Buddharakkhita entitled "Meeting our chaotic life with Mindfulness, Equanimity and Wisdom":

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

You can also join online through Zoom:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

"Life is sometimes like a roller coaster. You can choose to scream at the ups and downs or apply a balanced mind and enjoy the ride. How do we stay calm and balanced in the face of happiness and pain?"

Venerable Bhante Buddharakkita was born in Uganda, Africa. He first encountered Buddhism in 1990 while studying and living in India. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk by the late Most Venerable U Silananda in 2002 at the Tathagata Meditation Center in San Jose, California. He then spent eight years under the guidance of Bhante Henepola Gunaratana at the Bhavana Society, West Virginia. He is the founder and Abbot of the Uganda Buddhist Center in Uganda.

Besides spending time at the Uganda Buddhist Center, he is a visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and he holds an Honorary Doctorate in Buddhist Studies from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Thailand. He is long-time member of Global Buddhist Relief’s advisory council in New Jersey.

He has been teaching mindfulness meditation in Africa, the U.S., and worldwide since 2005, and he is a much-loved teacher in many countries. His book, Planting Dhamma Seeds: The Emergence of Buddhism in Africa, tells the story of his religious and spiritual work in the continent of his birth.

11/05/2025

This year-long program offers a precious opportunity to join a committed and dedicated community (sangha) for an extended period of time. Join Madeline Klyne online and others to explore the Buddha’s foundational teachings of kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity— known as the Brahmavihārās, We will begin and end with daylong workshops. In between, we will meet on the second Friday evening of each month, except August.
See more and register at the link in our bio. We hope you join us!

10/22/2025

Join us ONLINE ONLY this evening for a talk with Narayan Helen Liebenson:

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

Zoom information to join:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

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.

10/15/2025

Join us ONLINE ONLY this evening for a talk with Tim Geil entitled "Compassion and the Four Noble Truths":

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

Zoom information to join:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

"The Four Noble Truths offer the fundamental roadmap for our practice. Our daily lives offer countless opportunities to integrate and embody our understanding of the Four Noble Truths. Bringing compassion to the dukkha of our lives helps them transform into wisdom and understanding. In this way, we learn to embody the Four Noble Truths."

Tim Geil began practicing Insight Meditation in 1996 and has taught meditation since 2006 under the guidance of Rodney Smith. In 2016, Tim completed the four-year Residential Retreat Teacher Training through Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Society, and Insight Retreat Center. The core teachers of this intensive program were Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Carol Wilson, Gil Fronsdal, Guy Armstrong, Andrea Fella, Trudy Goodman, and Phillip Moffitt.

Tim emphasizes three expressions of the Dharma: investigation, non-resistance, and compassion. Our daily lives prove a tailor-made spiritual path for each person when we are willing to investigate areas of constriction and resistance. This reveals our personal suffering created by the illusion of a separate self. A deep sense of non-resistance and compassion brings balance to investigation. Relaxing fully into this moment is the essence of non-resistance. Compassion brings sensitivity and kindness as we meet all aspects of ourselves. This allows the heart’s release into stillness.

A Co-Guiding Teacher of Seattle Insight, Tim offers talks, classes, interviews, and retreats. He also works closely with leadership and volunteers at Seattle Insight as a member of the board of directors. Tim has inhabited many roles: husband, father, wilderness ranger, martial artist, hospice volunteer, massage therapist. His relationship with his wife and daughter are a joyful and fundamental part of his dharma practice.

10/08/2025

Join us IN PERSON this evening for a Dhamma talk with Winnie Nazarko entitled "Drawing on the Dharma":

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

You can also join online through Zoom:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

"In 'real life' we often experience challenging circumstances which arouse hindrances. This talk explores the use of intentional reflection on specific dharma perspectives which may support grounding and wisdom."

Winnie Nazarko is an IMS Core Guiding Teacher. Her orientation to practice is rooted in a background of human service work and the desire to relieve human suffering. After years of work with issues of violence, and hunger, it became apparent that the largest single impediment to collective human progress is the level of development of the average human mind.

In 1998, she was asked to teach the Dharma by Joseph Goldstein. She does so to help people open their full potential, in the interest of their own happiness and well-being and for the benefit of others who their lives affect.

Winnie’s teachings are rooted in the Eight-Fold Path taught by the Buddha, with particular emphasis on aligning motivation with the student’s highest and wisest aspiration. Letting go (renunciation) and self-compassion are taught as essential, foundational attitudes supporting practice. Her emphasis is on “skillful means”, understanding that students come to meditation from many different circumstances and experiences.

10/01/2025

Join us ONLINE ONLY this evening for a talk with David Loy entitled "What does Buddhism teach about the natural world?":

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

Zoom information to join:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

David Robert Loy is a professor, writer, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism.

His essays and books have been translated into many languages. His articles regularly appear in the pages of Buddhist magazines, including Tricycle, Lion’s Roar, and Buddhadharma, as well as scholarly journals. David’s most recent book is Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis (Wisdom Publications, 2018).

He teaches nationally and internationally on various topics, focusing primarily on the encounter between Buddhism and modernity: what each can learn from the other. He is especially concerned about social and ecological issues. He is one of the founding members of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center near Boulder, Colorado.

09/24/2025

Join us IN PERSON this evening for a book talk with Madeline Drexler: "The World Exists to Set Us Free"

This talk will celebrate the release of a new book, "The World Exists to Set Us Free: Straight Up Dharma for Living a Life of Awareness" by CIMC founding teacher, Larry Rosenberg and speaker Madeline Drexler.

Copies of Larry's new book will be available for sale at a discount after the event.

6:30 – 7:15 PM ET: meditation
7:30 – 8:45 PM ET: Dharma talk + Q&A

You can also join online through Zoom:
Link: https://cambridgeinsight-org.zoom.us/j/96070852464
Meeting ID: 960 7085 2464
Passcode: cimc

Madeline Drexler is an award-winning Boston-based journalist and author who has studied with Larry Rosenberg since 2000. For 10 years she served as editor of Harvard Public Health magazine. Drexler’s work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Tricycle, Undark, The Nation, The American Prospect, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Saveur, Nieman Reports, and many other publications.

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