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Insight Meditation Society

The Insight Meditation Society (IMS) is a non-profit organization for study of Buddhism located in Barre, Massachusetts.[1] It was founded in 1975 by Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein and Jacqueline Schwartz, and is rooted in the Theravada tradition.[2][3] Its first retreat center in an old mansion in Barre, Massachusetts was opened on February 14, 1976.[4]

Insight Meditation Society, in Barre, Massachusetts in the backdrop amidst blossoming trees.
  1. ^ Jayakrishna, Nandini; Ornish, Dean (2009-09-08). "Being young, here, now". The Boston Globe.
  2. ^ Latin, Don (2005-01-23). "Bridging Eastern and Western Buddhism". San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. ^ Fronsdal, Gil (1998). "Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness," Archived 2014-03-27 at the Wayback Machine in C.S. Prebish & K.K. Tanaka (1998), The Faces of Buddhism in America, University of California Press.
  4. ^ "FAQ about IMS". Insight Meditation Society. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

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অন্তর্দৃষ্টি চর্চা সংঘ Bengali/Bangla Insight Meditation Society Finnish 통찰명상협회 Korean ဝိပဿနာတရားအဖွဲ့ MY

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