Insight Meditation Society (Barre, Massachusetts)
The Insight Meditation Society is a Theravāda-rooted retreat centre in Barre, Massachusetts, USA. It was founded in 1975 by Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield and Jacqueline Schwartz, opening its retreat centre in 1976, and became a central institution in the transmission of vipassanā (insight) meditation to the West.
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Works composed here
- 1976
The Experience of Insight
- 1995
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
- 2010
Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
- 2013
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
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Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Insight Meditation Society (Barre, Massachusetts). Click any to trace the idea across time and place.