Northampton Insight Meditation Community
The Northampton Insight Meditation Community meets weekly to practice Buddhist Vipassana and Metta meditation, and to explore related Buddhist teachings. Regular Meetings are held from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm each Sunday in the Karuna Center for Yoga and Healing Arts. Formal sitting meditation lasts from 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm, followed by a break until 8:00 pm. The program that follows lasts from 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm and consists of the following: a talk and discussion by a visiting teacher, discussion of material from a selected book, or a second session of meditation. Visitors are welcome to attend both or either sections of a meeting.
- Community Contacts: Peter Rakelbusch 413-247-9396
- Program Arrangements: Paul Coombs 413-527-6514
Schedule (December 2011-January 2012)
- Feb. 5: Dharma talk by Winnie Nazarko
- Feb 12: Dharma talk by Jan Frazier
- Feb 19: Book Reading and Discussion
- Feb 26: Book Reading and Discussion
- Mar 4: Dharma Talk by Winnie Nazarko
- Mar 11: Two sessions of Meditation
- Mar 18: Dharma Talk by Rebecca Bradshaw
- Mar 25: Dharma Talk by Adi Bernak
- Apr 1: Dharma Talk by Mark Hart
- Apr 8: Dharma Talk by Manny Mansbach
- Apr 15: Dharma Talk by Chas DiCapua
- Apr 22: Dharma Talk by Winnie Nazarko
- Apr 29: Dharma Talk by Mark Hart
- May 6: Dharma Talk by Jan Frazier
- May 13: Dharma Talk by Kim Weeber
- May 20: Dharma Talk by Manny Mansbach
- May 27: Two sessions of Meditation
Paul Coombs – Insight Meditation
For the past 21 years, the Northampton Insight Meditation Community has greeted one another, has meditated together, and has heard the words of Dhamma from teachers in the Theravada and other Buddhist and Non-dual lineages. For most of those years, Karuna Center has been our home, thanks to the great generosity of Eileen Muir. We continue to gather each Sunday from 7 PM to 9 PM to broaden and deepen both the friendliness and compassion of our hearts and also our understanding of the nature of reality, “the way of things just as they are”. Thousands of people have participated with us over the years, creating “ripples on the pond of life” that may have reached far farther than any of us can imagine. Metta and Blessings to you.
Every Sunday 7-9PM at Karuna
