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 Phone: 413-527-6514 or Email: PBCoombs@comcast.net
Schedule (May – September 2013)
- May 26 = Dharma Talk by Eowyn Ahlstrom
- June 2=Movement Meditation by Jean Esther
- June 9 = Group Dharma Discussion or Additional Meditation
- June 16 = Dharma Talk by Eowyn Ahlstrom
- June 24 – Dharma Talk by Cheryl Wilfong
- June 30 – Group Dharma Discussion or Additional Meditation
- July 7 = Dharma Talk by Kim Weeber
- July 14 = Group Dharma Discussion or Additional Meditation
- July 21 – Dharma Talk by Manny Mansbach
- July 28 – Dharma Talk by Jan Frazier
- August 4 = Gentle Meditative Yoga by Eowyn Ahlstrom
- August 11 = Group Dharma Discussion or Additional Meditation
- August 18 = Dharma Talk by Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
- August 25 = Dharma-Based Activity or Talk by Jean Esther
- September 1 = Group Dharma Discussion or Additional Meditation
- September 8 = Dharma Talk by Kim Weeber
- September 15 = Dharma Talk by Cheryl Wilfong
- September 22 = Dharma Talk by Manny Mansbach
- September 29 = Group Dharma Discussion or Additional Meditation
Paul Coombs – Insight Meditation
For the past 25 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
