This Week's EventsSunday Apr 27 at 9:30 am. Sangha Mamas: . Tuesday Apr 29 at 7:00 pm. Meditation: Hybrid meditation. Tuesday Apr 29 at 7:30 pm. Retreat Discussion: Debrief of the Camp Samish retreat. Sunday May 4 at 10:00 am. Walking Meditation: Walking in the Present Moment - Cornwall Park. ClassesRetreats |
Welcome to Bellingham InsightBellingham Insight Meditation Society (BIMS) supports meditation and practice in the Buddhist Theravada tradition. We do not have a single guiding teacher. Rather, we are a sangha-led community. We bring in regional and national teachers, including monastics, for residential and non-residential retreats. Our weekly programs are facilitated by senior members in coordination with our Board and Program Committee. Bellingham Insight Meditation Society welcomes visitors. To receive announcements and links to our Zoom meetings, join our list-serve by emailing bellinghaminsight+subscribe@googlegroups.com or by e-mailing the listserv moderator. Insight meditation is a simple and direct practice, the moment-to-moment investigation of the mind/body process through calm and focused awareness. Learning to observe experience from a place of stillness enables one to relate to life with less fear and clinging. Seeing life as a constantly changing process, one begins to accept pleasure, pain, fear, joy and all aspects of life with increasing equanimity and balance. As insight deepens, wisdom and compassion arise. This practice is sometimes called "vipassana", which is a Pali word for insight. We meet at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (BUF): 1207 Ellsworth Street (at the corner of Ellsworth and I Street a few blocks north of downtown). The main entrance faces Ellsworth Street. You can become a member of the Bellingham Insight Meditation Society by completing the Membership form found on the Supporting BIMS page. NewsTuesday April 29th, Retreat Debrief and DiscussionOur Tuesday evening meditation will continue in a hybrid format: in-person at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (1207 Ellsworth Street, at the corner of Ellsworth and I Street) and also via Zoom. If you are not on the list and wish to attend via Zoom, send an email to info@bellinghaminsight.org
Our greeters will be at the main entrance of BUF from 6:30 until 6:55pm to let you into the building.
After announcements at 7:45 PM, we will have a chance to debrief, review, and-or discuss the Tuere Sala retreat that just concluded and was attended by many of us.
- What did you find helpful about the dharma talks? - What did you find confusing, or would like to discuss a bit more? - What specific stories or teachings have stayed with you? - What did you hear or learn that you will incorporate into your practice (in whatever practice mode you are currently doing)?
We're confident that whether you attended or not you will find the discussion helpful.
6:30 Hall opens 6:45 Zoom room opens 7:00 Meditation led by Rachel 7:45 Introductions and Announcements 7:55 Retreat debrief and discussion 8:30 Close 4/25/25
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