Northampton Insight Meditation Community
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June through September 2008

Dharma Talks By


Amita (Amy Schmidt)
- Hawaii-based Buddhist teacher
Arinna Weisman
- Founding teacher, Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley (Dhamma Dena)
Chas DiCapua - Staff dharma teacher, Insight Meditation Society
DaeJa Napier - Buddhist teacher
Jan Frazier - Teacher of Presence and Transformation
Jean Esther - Buddhist teacher and co-founder of NIMC with Judith Abraham
Margo McLoughlin & Doug MacKenzie
- Storyteller of Jataka Tales and Indian Music Accompanist
Mark Hart
- Founding teacher, Bodhisara Dharma Community and psychotherapist
Winnie Nazarko - Buddhist teacher

Schedule

Regular meetings are held from 7 to 9 pm each Sunday in the Karuna Center for Yoga and Healing Arts, The Fitzwilly Building, 25 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Northampton, Massachusetts. Forty-five minutes of formal sitting meditation is followed by a short break until 8 pm and one of the following programs from 8 to 9 pm: a talk and discussion by a visiting teacher; a discussion of material from a selected book; or a second session of meditation. 

June

1   Dharma talk by Mark Hart
8   TBA
15   Reading and book discussion
22   Dharma talk by Winnie Nazarko
29   Storytelling by Margo McLoughlin and Doug MacKenzie

July

6   Dharma talk by Mark Hart
13   Dharma talk by Winnie Nazarko
20   Dharma talk by Chas DiCapua
27   Dharma talk by Amita

August

3   Dharma talk by Jan Frazier
10   TBA
17   Two sessions of meditation
24   TBA
31   Dharma talk by Chas DiCapua

September

7   Dharma talk by Mark Hart
14   Dharma talk by Arinna Weisman
21   Dharma talk by DaeJa Napier
28   TBA

October

5   NIMC's 20th Anniversary Celebration: Dharma talk by Jean Esther

Notice: The teachers would appreciate students not reclining during the dharma talks except for medical reasons. Please do not wear perfumes or other scented products in the meditation hall out of respect for other sangha members who have chemical sensitivities. Metta and thanks!

 

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Last updated May 29, 2008