Online at 2pm ET on Sunday, September 21
In times marked socially by uncertainty, injustice, polarization, and sometimes overwhelm, in the midst of the typical personal joys and sorrows of our day to day experiences, it can be difficult to know how to act—or even how to keep the heart steady. The Buddha’s teaching on Wise Intention (sammā saṅkappa) offers a compass, a steady orientation of the heart to support a simplification in the foundations of how we might move in this, often complex, world. Join us to explore how this may show up for your practice and life.
October 25 — 10am-5pm ET
Join us at New York Insight Meditation Center in person or online
In a world of ongoing injustice, ecological devastation, polarization, and disconnection, it can be difficult to know how to act—or whether we have anything left to give. Many who are committed to liberation—personally and collectively—find themselves caught between compassion and overwhelm, clarity and confusion, and anger and burnout.
This daylong retreat offers a space to return: to rest in a quiet, slow, intentional space; to clarify your deepest intentions; to return to what we deeply trust.
Together, we will rest in meditative quiet, reflect in community, and reawaken our inner sources that may feel as if they are covered over.
Grounded in classical Theravāda Buddhist teachings on wise view, wise intention, and wise action, we will explore how the path of liberation continues to hold and guide us—even, and especially, in uncertain times. We’ll draw on the living power of refuge, the inner dignity of hiri (self-respect), and the steadying presence of saddhā (faith/confidence) to clarify how we wish to show up in this world—not from pressure or expectation, but from purpose.
Join us for a day to pause and deepen our practice together.
Past Events
Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIAPoC Retreat with Tuere Sala and Peace Twesigye
August 1, 2025 - August 6, 2025
Join us for this residential Insight Dialogue retreat at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in Massachusetts
There is an African Proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Together, we are stronger and more resilient, and we can support one another to go a little bit further on the path towards awakening. This program is about just that: supporting each other to awaken together.
We will integrate the wisdom practice of Insight Dialogue with the Four Noble Truths. We will learn to recognize the presence of suffering as a natural aspect of our interpersonal relationships. We will cultivate the recognition of the cause of suffering and the cessation of suffering through the practice of quieting the mind together. Insight Dialogue is vipassana meditation practiced in relationship. It weaves together the meditative qualities of right view, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration with the wisdom of Dhamma and the voice of another. During this program, we will cultivate embodied presence, inner strength, and the strength of interdependence. We will open to the multilayered, co-created moment, and learn to stand with equanimity in a tumultuous world.
Speaking From the Heart—Dharma Practice in Relationship
Join this in-person course at New York Insight Meditation Center on four Thursdays starting March 6th!
This four-week course will offer a practical and supportive space to explore timely relational questions and feel into a dedicated time to practice relational dharma. Through the teachings and practices of the three refuges, the heart practices of the Brahmaviharas, and wise speech we will practice meeting and navigating everyday relational challenges with presence and care.