INSIGHT MEDITATION SOUTH BAY
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Mission Statement
Insight Meditation South Bay was created in 2006 to promote the liberating teachings of the Buddha as expressed through the development of virtue (sila), meditation (samadhi), and wisdom (panna). Its mission is to encourage spiritual awakening by providing instruction, guidance and opportunities to practice meditation; by studying and contemplating the teachings of the Buddha (Dharma); by reflecting upon community and individual choices in the light of Buddhist values; and in other ways. We offer weekly meditation sittings, introductory and advanced courses in meditation techniques and awareness based practices, study groups that read and discuss translations of the ancient Pali Canon, Buddhist doctrine and literature, as well as contemporary expressions of spiritual enlightenment; private and group consultations with the Teacher; organizing retreats, programs, and workshops.
About This Cause
Insight Meditation South Bay (IMSB) offers mindfulness-based meditation practices to awaken heart and mind, and to support the development of ethical living (sila), meditation (samadhi), and wisdom (panna). We teach skills for developing mindfulness, loving-kindness and compassion, concentration, practical daily life wisdom, and the deep meditative absorptions called jhanas. 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 where we rest in profound happiness, or extract the seeds of suffering. IMSB's ongoing programs include a weekly meditation group Tuesday evenings in Mountain View, a beginner's orientation the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30, and a Day-Long Retreat each month. We offer a monthly Study Course on the Discourses of the Buddha, periodic individual consultations with our Principal Teacher, Shaila Catherine, and residential and non-residential meditation retreats.