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 (June – September 2010)
- June 6, Dharma Talk by Claire Stanley
- June 13, Reading and Book Discussion
- June 20, Dharma Talk by Mark Hart
- June 27, Dharma Talk by Winnie Nazarko
- July 4, Two Sessions of Meditation
- July 11, Dharma Talk by Winnie Nazarko
- July 18, Dharma Talk by Anraku Sensei
- July 25, Dharma Talk by Kim Weeber
- August 1, Dharma Talk by Amita Schmidt
- August 8, Dharma Talk by Jan Frazier
- August 15, Dharma Talk by Rebecca Bradshaw
- August 22, Two Sessions of Meditation
- August 29, Dharma Talk by Chas Dicapua
- September 5, Dharma Talk by Mark Hart
- September 12, Dharma Talk by Winnie Nazarko
- September 19, Dharma Talk by Adi Bemak
- September 26, Dharma Talk by Peggy Gillespie
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
