Featured Events
Beginner’s Orientation
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesEvent occurs the first Tuesday of every month The Beginner's Orientation introduces mindfulness meditation instructions, provides an orientation to Insight Meditation South Bay, enhances introductory mindfulness meditation instructions and introduces a short dhamma teaching. In addition, an introductory instruction is provided to Vipassana Practice (Insight Meditation). A beginner's session is conducted the first Tuesday of the [...]
Day-long: Mindfulness of Feeling
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation—with Shaila Catherine. This day-long program will explore our relationship to feelings—feelings that are pleasant, unpleasant, worldly or spiritual. Many different kinds of feelings arise in our lives. Without mindfulness we might be swept away by habitual reactions of desire, fear, or hatred. However, with the cultivation of mindfulness regarding feelings, we [...]
Guest talk: Egos Found and Lost with Lisa Benham
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesEgos Found and Lost: The Role of Compassionate Interdependence in a Prison Garden Program with Lisa Benham This talk discusses recognizable patterns of Dharma found in new paths taken, as described through quotes from the inmate participants of the Insight Garden Program at San Quentin. The stories and details shared come directly from Lisa Benham’s recent Environmental Studies thesis research: "From Utility to Significance: [...]
IMSB’s 9-Year Anniversary
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesIMSB's 9-Year Anniversary Celebration with Shaila Catherine On this Tuesday we will celebrate the 9th anniversary of the formation of IMSB as well as the start of the 2015 New Year. There will be snacks and a mini-ritual-celebration along with our meditation and dharma talk. Snack or dessert dishes to share are welcome, but not [...]
Day-long: Mindfulness of Mind
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. This day-long program will explore our relationship to mental states and what is actually occurring within our own minds. Many different thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and mental states arise in our lives. By cultivating mindfulness of the mind, we learn to recognize any emotion, reaction, or state with clarity [...]
Series: Construction Of Identity
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesThe Construction Of Identity And The Five Clinging Aggregates. A Five Week Series with Shaila Catherine. January 13—Focus on Matter January 20—Focus on Feeling January 27—Focus on Perception February 3—Focus on Mental Formations February 10—Focus on Consciousness This Tuesday evening series will explore a classic Buddhist model of identity construction: the five aggregates affected by [...]
Cultivating Mindfulness
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesTHIS COURSE is an introduction to the meditative development of mindfulness through which we refine our ability to focus and bring clear attention to all aspects of experience. We will cultivate mindfulness of breath, sensations, emotions, thoughts and actions. This series includes exercises that enhance mindfulness, support the establishment of a daily meditation practice, and [...]
Daylong: Liberating Mindfulness
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. This day-long event will explore the fourth foundation of mindfulness (Satipatthana), variously referred to as mental objects, dhammas, or phenomena. This fourth foundation extends the awareness of body and mind to include the functions, causes, and interrelationships of states. We become aware of how various mental states condition the mind, how we relate [...]
A Benefit Evening with Ajahn Brahm
St. Timothy's Church, Sanctuary Building 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesAn Evening with Ajahn Brahm a Benefit event for the Buddhist Women’s Monastic Community THIS EVENING will include sitting meditation and teachings by the Venerable Ajahn Brahm, author of several widely acclaimed books including Who Ordered That Truck Load of Dung, Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, and his newest book Don't Worry, Be Grumpy! According to [...]
Effortless Mindfulness – author Lisa Dale Miller
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesEffortless Mindfulness: Genuine Mental Health Through Awakened Presence by Lisa Dale Miller Published by Routledge April 2014 The event will include meditation and the author's talk. 7:30-9:00 Evening Program includes meditation and a talk. 9:00-9:30 Reception with tea and treats. Effortless Mindfulness promotes genuine mental health through the direct experience of awakened presence—an effortlessly embodied, fearless understanding [...]
Developing a Kind Heart
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesDeveloping a Kind Heart – A series that will open the heart and bring balance in relationships. This series will nurture the development of four profound qualities of heart: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. These four qualities express a powerful and immeasurable intention of kindness toward ourselves and all beings. They are traditionally called the Divine [...]
Morning Event: Meditation, Service, and Gardening
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesCompassion for our natural world deepens our awareness of our connection with all living things. This morning program will combine silent meditation with simple gardening tasks as we explore our senses (sight, smell, sound, and touch) while interacting with the plants in the gardens at St. Timothy's Church. This event is IMSB's annual opportunity to [...]
Speaker Series – Eight Great Thoughts
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesEight Great Thoughts: An 8-week speaker series based on Anuruddha Sutta. March 10 — Fewness of Wishes—with Misha Merrill March 17 — Seclusion—with Carla Brennan March 24 — Contentment—with Jason Murphy March 31 — No meeting this evening. St. Timothy's Church community will be having an event in our usual meeting space. We will resume meeting the following [...]
Three Noble Qualities: A Daylong with Sharon Allen
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesThree Noble Qualities: Wisdom, Ethical Conduct, Mental Discipline A Daylong Study, Reflection and Practice Retreat With Sharon Allen The Fourth Noble Truth describes The Noble Eightfold Path, giving us reliable guidelines for freeing ourselves of the causes of suffering. This daylong study, reflection and practice retreat will look through the lens of the three divisions [...]
Speaker Series: Eight Great Thoughts
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesEight Great Thoughts: An 8-week speaker series based on Anuruddha Sutta. March 10 — Fewness of Wishes—with Misha Merrill March 17 — Contentment—with Jason Murphy March 24 — Seclusion—with Carla Brennan March 31 — No meeting this evening. St. Timothy's Church community will be having an event in our usual meeting space. We will resume meeting the following [...]
Strengthening Mindfulness
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesStrengthening Mindfulness – A series dedicated to cultivating genuine insight. This series will expand on instructions offered in basic mindfulness courses, offering new depths of understanding, integrating the practice with life situations, and helping students establish a daily meditation practice. Mindfulness training is a practical tool that can support wisdom in any activity, and it [...]
Day-long: Invincible Presence
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesInvincible Presence: A day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. This day-long program will cultivate the capacity to be present in the here and now. Mindfulness meditation techniques enable us to let go of the past, and be free from deluded fantasies for the future. The teachings are inspired by an instruction in the Majjhima Nikaya [...]
Day-long: Spiritual Urgency
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesSpiritual Urgency: Nurturing the Desire to Wake Up. A day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. This day-long program will explore the role of desire in the development of our meditative practice, and consider how spiritual urgency can support awakening. The program will include sitting and walking meditation, instructions, teachings, and opportunities for individual meetings with the teacher. [...]
Wesak Celebration – Community Social Event
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United States7:15 pm - 9:15 pm On this Thursday we will celebrate Wesak, the primary Buddhist holiday that commemorates the Buddha's enlightenment, birth, and death. 7:15 Meditation begins Tonight's program will include meditation, flower offering ceremony, dhamma talk and/or slide presentation. The structured program will end around 9pm, but please plan to stay a few minutes longer [...]
Overcoming Obstacles to Meditation
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesCultivating skills and insight that will transform habits of mind. Meditation practice cultivates inner peace, clarity, concentration and joy. In order to experience these beautiful qualities, we must overcome the obstacles of agitation, dullness, distraction, obsessive thinking, and painful emotions, and we must learn to work skillfully with pain, illness, fear, and a wide range [...]
Daylong: Loving Kindness – with Bhante U Jagara and Shaila Catherine
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United Stateswith Bhante U Jagara and Shaila Catherine There will be a pot-luck community meal offering at 11:15; please bring a food dish to share. Loving kindness (metta) describes a feeling of warmth and acceptance towards oneself and others. Cultivating loving kindness creates a profoundly generous state of mind in which the self disappears. As divisions [...]
Guest Speaker – Venerable U Jagara – Wise Attention 2
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesVenerable U Jagara will be our guest speaker tonight. Topic: Wise Attention (part 2) Insight Meditation South Bay meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk. The principal teacher is Shaila Catherine and guest speakers are featured regularly. See also weekly sitting. IMSB relies upon the generosity of participants to support our teachers and cover organizational expenses. Dana is [...]
Weekly Meditation – Guest Speaker – Misha Merrill
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's guest speaker is Misha Merrill. Insight Meditation South Bay meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk. The principal teacher is Shaila Catherine and guest speakers are featured regularly. See also weekly sitting. IMSB relies upon the generosity of participants to support our teachers and cover organizational expenses. Dana is a word in the ancient Pali language [...]
Fundamental Buddhist Principles
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA series for those curious about what the Buddha taught. Buddhist tradition offers a rich tradition of wisdom teachings, many of which are remembered as lists. This series will focus on the philosophy, principals, practices, and instructions that are fundamental to developing a meditative or Buddhist practice. It is intended as an introduction to Buddhism [...]
Online – Beautiful Mind: Registration opens
OnlineThe Beautiful Mind: Cultivating the Five Faculties July 17 – September 13: Registration period September 18 – November 29: Course includes 6 content modules in approximately ten-day sections, plus welcome and wrap up modules. The cultivation of five faculties – faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom – produce a healthy and beautiful mind. These faculties offer a complete [...]
Daylong in Saratoga: Energy Balance – Meditation and Qigong
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine and Tom Leichardt. This day-long program will include two Qigong sessions (morning and afternoon) along with sitting and walking meditation. The focus will be developing skillful and balanced energy through movement and meditation. Medical Qigong is renowned for using the breath, simple postures and movements to enhance mental focus, calm the energies of mind and body, and achieve greater health, concentration, [...]
Speaker Series: Ethics, Action, and the Five Precepts
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesThis series will explore virtue as the indispensable foundation of Buddhist practice. The series is structured according to the five training precepts. These precepts are not rules to be obediently followed; they serve as guidelines for the intentional development of compassion, mindfulness, and wisdom. These five precepts offer us a joyful method to cultivate the [...]
Fundamental Buddhist Principles with special guest Bob Stahl
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA series for those curious about what the Buddha taught. Buddhist tradition offers a rich tradition of wisdom teachings, many of which are remembered as lists. This series will focus on the philosophy, principals, practices, and instructions that are fundamental to developing a meditative or Buddhist practice. It is intended as an introduction to Buddhism [...]
Day Long in Saratoga: Presence with Sense-Doors—Meditation and Poetry
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesPresence with the Sense Doors: A day of meditation and poetry with Drew Oman and Jennifer Dungan This daylong will include meditation and poetry reading to support contemplation on the conditioned arising of consciousness with seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, smelling and thinking. This day-long program is appropriate for new and experienced meditators. There will be a pot-luck [...]
Speaker Series: Three Jewels
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesThe Three Jewels and Refuges Where the mind rests with trust. What do you turn to when your enthusiasm for practice fades? Taking refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha can focus our intentions and inspire our practice. The potential for awakening, a clear path of training, and ongoing support of the community are three [...]
Author Event with Lama Surya Das
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesDon’t miss this inspirational event with Lama Surya Das, a best selling author and dharma teacher! Lama Surya Das will speak about his latest book Make Me One with Everything: Buddhist Meditations to Awaken from the Illusion of Separation “If you’ve ever felt ‘at one’ with something—your beloved or your child, a forest trail or a favorite song,” [...]
Speaker Series: Three Jewels with special guest Lama Surya Das
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesThe Three Jewels and Refuges Where the mind rests with trust. What do you turn to when your enthusiasm for practice fades? Taking refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha can focus our intentions and inspire our practice. The potential for awakening, a clear path of training, and ongoing support of the community are three [...]
Refuge in the Three Jewels with Laura Lin
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesThis evening Laura Lin will lead a Reflection and Discussion on the topic of Refuge in the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha. Insight Meditation South Bay meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk. The principal teacher is Shaila Catherine and unless otherwise indicated the Tuesday evening program will be lead by Shaila. Guest speakers [...]
Speaker Series: Pillars of Dhamma
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesWhat we can do to improve our lives... Three core practices support growth in Buddhist practice generosity (dana) virtue (sila) mental development (bhavana). These Three Pillars are sometimes called sources of merit because they are actions that lead to beneficial results. Practicing generosity we nurture an open, kind heart; practicing virtue we live happily, free from [...]
Daylong in Los Altos – What is your state of mind?
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. Although meditation is renowned for promoting tranquility and mental calmness, meditation is not passive. Investigative methods play a vital role in the skillful development of liberating insight. Today's program will encourage self-examination and self-reflection to recognize the state of our own minds during meditation and activity. The teaching will [...]
Walking the Path 2015 – Six-month program
Walking the Path 2015 Investigation and Mindfulness A six-month program with Shaila Catherine Saturday, September 19, 2015 - Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Nourish the resolve to deepen your spiritual practice! WALKING THE PATH is a six-month program designed to intensify your personal meditative path and integrate dhamma wisdom in everyday [...]
Ways to Awaken – with Shaila Catherine
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesThis mini two part series will explore the variety of ways that awakening occurred in the days of the Buddha. Reflecting on various approaches to awakening, and inspired by the example of early Buddhists who have awakened, we might value a wider range of practices. There are many ways to liberate the mind and heart! Insight Meditation South Bay meets [...]
Special Event – Voices for a Contemplative Life in Silicon Valley
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesFostering the sacred in a busy life. with Pastor Erik Swanson and Shaila Catherine How can we nurture a sacred and contemplative experience of our lives in the midst of the pressures and demands that are characteristic of Silicon Valley? This evening program will include mindfulness meditation and discussion with two local spiritual leaders who [...]
Ways to Awaken – with Shaila Catherine
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesThis mini two part series will explore the variety of ways that awakening occurred in the days of the Buddha. Reflecting on various approaches to awakening, and inspired by the example of early Buddhists who have awakened, we might value a wider range of practices. There are many ways to liberate the mind and heart! Insight Meditation South Bay meets [...]
Guest speaker – Ron Purser – Exploring Nondual Mindfulness
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesThis week's guest teacher is Ron Purser. His topic is: Exploring Nondual Mindfulness You can find his biography on our guest teacher page. Insight Meditation South Bay meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk. See weekly sitting. Everyone is welcome. Chairs are provided. Bring a cushion and mat if you prefer to sit on the [...]
Speaker Series: Eight-fold Path
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesThe Eight-Fold Path of Awakening Living with clarity and peace This series will explore the Noble Eight-fold Path as a liberating practice. The Eight-fold Path is among the most practical and powerful core teachings of the Buddha. It offers practitioners a comprehensive approach for training the mind in the context of meditation, action, relationship, and [...]
Daylong in Saratoga: Investigating Hindrances
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. Although meditation is renowned for promoting tranquility and mental calmness, meditation is not passive. Investigative methods play a vital role in the skillful development of liberating insight. Today's program will introduce a five-part scheme for investigating the hindrances and understanding their causes. The teaching is inspired by instructions in [...]
Staircase to Liberation – a special event with Bhikkhu Bodhi
St. Timothy's Church, Sanctuary Building 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesStaircase to Liberation with Bhikkhu Bodhi This evening program will consist of meditation and a talk exploring the Buddha's teachings on Transcendental Dependent Arising (Samyutta Nikaya 12:23). You can find his biography on our guest teacher page. Insight Meditation South Bay meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk. The principal teacher is Shaila Catherine [...]
Guest Speaker: Ann Dillon – Protecting Oneself and Others
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's guest speaker is Ann Dillon. Topic: Protecting Oneself and Others Read teacher biographies on our Teacher's Page. Insight Meditation South Bay meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk. The principal teacher is Shaila Catherine and unless otherwise indicated the Tuesday evening program will be lead by Shaila. Guest speakers are featured regularly. See also [...]
Guest speaker – Daniel Bowling – Listening as Spiritual Practice
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTopic: Listening as Spiritual Practice Insight Meditation South Bay offers 2 weekly sitting groups. Every Tuesday evening we meet for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Mountain View, and every Thursday evening we meet for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Saratoga. The principal teacher is Shaila Catherine and unless otherwise indicated the Tuesday evening program will be lead [...]
Series: Concentration
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesA six week series with Shaila Catherine This series will introduce five factors that intensify concentration and support the deeply blissful states of meditative absorption, called jhana. We will examine the powerful role that right concentration plays in the path of awakening, and discover ways to strengthen our capacity to focus attention. November 17 – Cultivating Five Factors that [...]
DayLong in Los Altos: Critical Reflection and the Kalama Sutta
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. Although meditation is renowned for promoting tranquility and mental calmness, meditation is not passive. Investigative methods play a vital role in the skillful development of liberating insight. Today's program will explore two famous discourses, the Kalama Sutta and the Salha Sutta. These teachings are often quoted to encourage critical [...]
Daylong in Saratoga: Core Insight Questions
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. Although meditation is renowned for promoting tranquility and mental calmness, meditation is not passive. Investigative methods play a vital role in the skillful development of liberating insight. Today's program will explore the three characteristics (impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not-self) which lie at the heart of insight meditation practices. Our guide [...]
Old Endings – New Beginnings with Sharon Allen
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesOld Endings – New Beginnings with Sharon Allen As the end of the year draws near, we can use the last group practice night together as a way to intentionally let go of past events and experiences and open to the unknown that is yet to come. Through meditation, teachings from the suttas, and reflection, we [...]
Doorways to Insight
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesKnowing liberation through the ordinary. You know everything changes, so why do you suffer when possessions are lost, relationships end, or friends die? Insight meditation is oriented toward seeing three characteristics—the impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and emptiness of experience. In some ways these are ordinary and obvious insights. Every day we experience changing sensory impressions; we cannot [...]
Daylong in Los Altos: Mindful Investigation
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. Although meditation is renowned for promoting tranquility and mental calmness, meditation is not passive. Investigative methods play a vital role in the skillful development of liberating insight. Specific instructions for examining the mind feature prominently in the core teachings of Satipatthana, and many early Buddhist teachings. This day-long program [...]
10-Year Anniversary Celebration
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesTen years of awakening in Silicon Valley - come celebrate with us! For ten years, Insight Meditation South Bay (IMSB) has provided instruction in contemplative practices that develop clarity, joy, and inner peace. Please join us as we celebrate our tenth anniversary on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. The celebration will be held in Edwards Hall [...]
Speaker Series – Recollective Meditations – in Mountain View
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesRecollective Meditations The Buddha taught a broad range of meditation practices—far more extensive than simply observing sensations and breath. Practitioners can use six classic meditation subjects to nurture calmness, focus attention, inspire patient persistence, gain confidence in the efficacy of the path, and contemplate the nature of kamma, action, and mind. The six recollections are: [...]
Balanced Practice
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesDeveloping a balanced practice. The art of Dhamma practice includes engaging skillfully with complementary aspects of practice. Sometimes we are called to actively cultivate qualities, while at other times, letting go is more appropriate. We use both our head and our heart; we engage both inwardly and in the outer world; we need both restraint [...]
Day Long in Saratoga: Investigating the Nature of Mind
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. Although meditation is renowned for promoting tranquility and mental calmness, meditation is not passive. Investigative methods play a vital role in the skillful development of liberating insight. This day-long program will introduce methods for investigating the nature of mind. It is part of a six-month series of day-long events [...]
Introduction to Mindfulness – A Tuesday Morning Class
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesPlease note: Due to low enrollment, the course has been modified to run for only 4 weeks (March 22 has been cancelled). In place of the fifth class session, the teachers will be available for a private follow up session with each participant. Although online registration has closed, drop in participation or late registration can [...]
Daylong in Los Altos – Cultivating The Meditative Path
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! In [...]
Paths of Skillful Action – special guest Jenny Wilks in Saratoga/San Jose
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesLiving an ethical life in the modern world. A three week series with special guest teacher Jenny Wilks. When we think of ethical practice in Buddhism, we often focus on the traditional five precepts. However a longer list of ten paths of skillful action (kusala-kamma-patha) occurs more frequently in the early texts. They overlap with [...]
Special Guest Speaker – Jenny Wilks – Mindfulness
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesMindfulness, Insight, and Compassion ‘Mindfulness’ is becoming such a commonly used term that its depth and liberating potential may be underestimated or misunderstood. The Buddha’s teaching on establishing mindfulness (the Satipatthana Sutta) invites us to cultivate mindfulness both ‘internally’ – a deep awareness of our inner experience, in order to cultivate liberating insight – and [...]
Daylong in Saratoga – Lovingkindness and Qi Gong with Sharon Allen
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesLoving Kindness and Qi Gong - Balance for the Heart, Body, and Mind A day of meditation with Sharon Allen When the emotional center is held with kindness, and the body energy is balanced, the mind is at ease. Today’s practice and teachings will emphasize Loving Kindness which comes from the Metta Sutta. Loving Kindness practice [...]
Speaker Series: Lesser Known Teachings
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesThus Have I Heard: Teachings Inspired by Lesser Known Discourses of the Buddha The Pali Canon includes over 5,000 discourses that document conversations and encounters that occurred during forty years of the Buddha's ministry. Over the centuries, certain teachings have risen to the surface with popularity and come to characterize our impression of what the [...]
Seven Factors of Awakening – in Saratoga/San Jose
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesFor the mind that values freedom. These seven qualities offer an effective framework for cultivating the mind, overcoming the hindrances, and balancing the energetic and calming forces that develop in meditation. When cultivated and balanced, the mind is ripe for awakening. This series will explore each factor to reveal its importance, function, and role in [...]
Daylong in Los Altos – Cultivating The Meditative Path
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! In [...]
Wesak Celebration – Community Social Event
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United States7:30 pm - 9:15 pm This evening IMSB will celebrate Wesak, the primary Buddhist holiday that commemorates the Buddha's enlightenment, birth, and death. Tonight's program will include meditation, dhamma talk, and flower offering ceremony. The structured program will end around 9pm, but please plan to stay a few minutes longer to enjoy refreshments and social time with the [...]
Cultivating Mindfulness – in Saratoga/San Jose
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA training for living in the present. This course is an introduction to the meditative development of mindfulness through which we refine our ability to focus and bring clear attention to all aspects of experience. We will cultivate mindfulness of breath, sensations, emotions, thoughts and actions. This series includes exercises that enhance mindfulness, support the establishment [...]
Daylong in Saratoga – Cultivating The Meditative Path
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! In [...]
Guest Speaker: Phil Jones – Windows on the World: Self-View and the Four Noble Truths
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesGuest Speaker: Philip Jones Topic: Windows on the World: Self-View and the Four Noble Truths. Read biographies of our guest speakers on our Teachers Page. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays in Mountain View, and Thursdays in Saratoga. This group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Mountain [...]
Guest Teacher: Margaret Gainer
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesPractice Is Like This: the Similes of Ajahn Chah with guest teacher Margaret Gainer For biographies and photos of our teachers, visit the Teacher Page. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays in Mountain View, and Thursdays in Saratoga. This group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Mountain [...]
Ethics, Action, and the Five Precepts
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesFor a life of harmony and clarity. This series will explore virtue as the indispensable foundation of Buddhist practice. The series will emphasize the five training precepts, and may explore action, ethics, kamma, and cause-effect dynamics. The precepts are not rules to be obediently followed; they serve as guidelines for the intentional development of compassion, [...]
Daylong in Los Altos – Cultivating The Meditative Path
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! In [...]
Service Project: School Supplies Drive for Local Foster Kids
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesIMSB is helping to provide local foster kids with needed school supplies. One IMSB member (Farzaneh) has already purchased 28 backpacks. We now invite you to volunteer to fill one or more of these backpacks. Farzaneh writes: Dear IMSB sangha members: The practice of generosity is a basic way to experience happiness and freedom. Happiness, inner calm [...]
Guest: Jennifer Dungan – Right Action In The Face of Climate Change
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesRight Action In The Face Of Climate Change: Can we practice non-harming? Before he went forth, Siddartha Gautama had a palace for the cold season, one for the hot season, and one for the four months of the rainy season. He lived over two and a half millennia ago during the Holocene epoch. We now [...]
Beautiful Mind – Five Faculties
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesNurturing the best in ourselves. This series will explore the five spiritual faculties and their cultivation in meditation: faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. The Buddha stressed the importance of these controlling faculties and powers, which offer a complete structure for meditative development and culminate with final liberation. They are necessary features of meditative progress [...]
Daylong in Saratoga – Cultivating The Meditative Path
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! In [...]
Guest Speaker – Robert Cusick
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesIMSB is privileged to welcome guest speaker Robert Cusick. He'll be speaking on: TBA Visit our Teachers Page for biographies and photos of our guest speakers. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays in Mountain View, and Thursdays in Saratoga. This group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk in [...]
Special Event in Saratoga with Chade-Meng Tan – Author of Joy on Demand
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesTonight's special author event will feature best selling author Chade-Meng Tan speaking about his newest book, Joy on Demand. Books will be available at the event and signing will occur after the talk. 7:00 Doors Open (please arrive before the meditation begins) 7:15 Meditation Begins 8:00 Meng Speaks 9:00 Book Signing Please notice that the [...]
Beautiful Mind – Five Faculties
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesNurturing the best in ourselves. This series will explore the five spiritual faculties and their cultivation in meditation: faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. The Buddha stressed the importance of these controlling faculties and powers, which offer a complete structure for meditative development and culminate with final liberation. They are necessary features of meditative progress [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
Walking the Path 2016-2017 – six month program
Walking the Path 2017 Perspectives on the Experience of Awakening A six-month program with Shaila Catherine Saturday, September 24, 2016 - Saturday, February 11, 2017 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Nourish the resolve to deepen your spiritual practice! WALKING THE PATH is a six-month program designed to intensify your personal meditative path and integrate dhamma wisdom [...]
Guest Teacher in Mountain View: Thanissaro Bhikkhu
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesIMSB is privileged to host Thanissaro Bhikkhu as our guest teacher tonight. For biography of guest speakers, see our Teachers Page. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays in Mountain View, and Thursdays in Saratoga. This group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Mountain View. The principal teacher [...]
Four Noble Truths
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesWays to realize the end of suffering. No one wants to suffer, and yet we do. The first sermon that the Buddha gave after his awakening addressed the issue of suffering. He articulated four basic tenants that have been remembered as the four noble truths. They include the full understanding of suffering, the abandoning of [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Clubhouse at Peter Coutt's Circle, Stanford, CA Peter Coutts Circle, Stanford, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. PLEASE NOTE: The location for this day long program has changed. It will now take place at the Clubhouse at Peter Coutts Circle in Stanford, CA. Click on the link for the Clubhouse under the Venue heading on the right hand side bar for directions. IMSB offers a day of [...]
Ten Perfections (paramis)
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA series for developing the best of mind and heart. Many powerful wholesome qualities are nurtured in the contemplative life. This series will explore the ten perfections (paramis) that support the path of awakening, and bring joy and harmony into our daily lives. These beautiful qualities are accessible to everyone, at every stage of our [...]
Weekly Meditation Tonight – CANCELLED for Elections
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight’s meditation group meeting is cancelled due to elections. Our regular weekly meditation program will resume next week. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—a drop-in group on Tuesdays in Mountain View, and series classes on Thursdays in Saratoga. This group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Mountain [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
Teachings in Mountain View – In that still, quiet place….time for mindfulness and reflection – with Sharon Allen
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesGuest teacher: Sharon Allen Topic: In that still, quiet place....time for mindfulness and reflection Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays in Mountain View, and Thursdays in Saratoga. This group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Mountain View. The principal teacher is Shaila Catherine and guest speakers are [...]
IMSB’s 11-Year Anniversary
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesIMSB's 11-Year Anniversary Celebration with Shaila Catherine On this Tuesday we will celebrate the 11th anniversary of the formation of IMSB as well as the start of the 2017 New Year. There will be snacks and a mini-ritual-celebration along with our meditation and dharma talk. Snack or dessert dishes to share are welcome, but not [...]
Four Week Course with Shaila Catherine – Mindfulness in the Buddhist Tradition – (Satipatthana)
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesRegistration has opened for a 4 week course Thursday evenings in Saratoga, CA. The focus is on Mindfulness in the Buddhist Tradition and what is called in the ancient Pali language: "Satipatthana" practice. Visit the Event Page for information and registration details: https://www.imsb.org/event/mindfulness-in-the-buddhist-tradition/2017-01-19/
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
Beginner’s Orientation
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesThe Beginner's Orientation session occurs the first Tuesday of every month just prior to our weekly meditation group 6:30 pm - 7:25 pm Insight Meditation South Bay St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Rd., Mountain View, CA 94040 The Beginner's Orientation introduces mindfulness meditation instructions, and provides an orientation to Insight Meditation South [...]
Speaker Series – Everyday Dhamma – in Mountain View
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesCan busy lay practitioners realize the fruits of the Buddhist path? How can we bring mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion into our family, community, and workplace activities? This speaker series will explore the intersection of the Buddha's teachings with the complex demands of contemporary daily life. Each speaker will explore a theme that highlights social issues [...]
Deepening Practice and Community – Open Drop-In with Jennifer Dungan
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Led by Jennifer Dungan Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these "Deepening Practice and Community" evenings, we will devote more time to guided meditations and experiential mindfulness activities. Newcomers are [...]
Register now! Developing a Mindfulness Meditation Practice – A 6-week skill building class.
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesRegistration has opened for a 6 week Introduction to Mindfulness Course. Visit the Events Page for more information and registration details: https://www.imsb.org/event/course-developing-a-mindfulness-meditation-practice/2017-02-23/
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
Exploring Energy in Practice with Sharon Allen
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesExploring Energy in Practice A day of meditation with Sharon Allen. On the meditative path energy is a key element. Energy is one of the factors of awakening and one of the bases for spiritual powers. We experience energy in our physical body daily. This day long retreat will explore the significance of having a healthy [...]
Deepening Practice and Community – An Evening for Practice – Open Drop-In
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesBetween many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these "Deepening Practice and Community" evenings, we will devote more time to guided meditations and experiential mindfulness activities. Newcomers are always welcome. Chairs are provided. Bring a mat or cushion if [...]
Weekly Meditation Group Cancelled for Tonight
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesTonight’s meditation group meeting is cancelled. The church requires use of our usual meeting room for their events. Our regular weekly meditation program will resume next week.
Register Now! The Art of Happiness: Loving Kindness Course in San Jose/Saratoga
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesRegistration has opened for a 6 week course on cultivating Loving Kindness/Metta Meditation with Shaila Catherine and guest teachers. Course starts April 20. Register now! Visit the Events Page for more information and registration details: https://www.imsb.org/event/course-loving-kindness-metta/2017-04-20/
Dynamic Awareness with Shaila Catherine and Lisa Tromovitch
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation and movement with Shaila Catherine and Lisa Tromovitch. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in [...]
Guest speaker: Bill Kostura in Mountain View
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's guest speaker is Bill Kostura Topic: The Most Important Teaching This evening, we will explore why some teachings are most helpful at certain times in our lives. We will also consider whether one or some teachings really are the most important. View guest teacher biographies and photographs on our Teachers Page. Insight Meditation South Bay offers [...]
Guest Speaker in Mountain View: Margaret Gainer: “Who Suffers, Who Cares?”
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesGuest speaker: Margaret Gainer Topic: "Who Suffers, Who Cares?" View guest teacher biographies and photographs on our Teachers Page. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation programs—Tuesday drop in meditation group in Mountain View, and Thursday Dhamma Classroom in San Jose - Saratoga. Tonight's meditation group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Mountain View. The [...]
Monthly Day for Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. Today's practice theme will be the cultivation of loving kindness (metta) meditation. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate [...]
Wesak Celebration – with special guest Venerable U Jagara
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United States7:30 pm – 9:15 pm This evening IMSB will celebrate Wesak, the primary Buddhist holiday that commemorates the Buddha’s enlightenment, birth, and death. The program will be led by special guest, Venerable U Jagara. Tonight’s program will include meditation, teachings, and a simple offering ceremony. The structured program will end around 9pm, but please plan to stay [...]
Deepening Practice and Community – Open Drop-In with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Led by Shaila Catherine. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice and Community” evenings, we will devote more time to guided meditations and experiential mindfulness activities. Newcomers are welcome. [...]
Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine – change of venue to St. Timothy’s Church in Mountain View
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesThe Monthly Day of Meditation previously scheduled to take place at First Congregational Church in Los Altos, has been moved to St. Timothy's Church in Mountain View. Instead of our usual 5:00pm ending time, we will end slightly earlier at 4:00pm. A day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday [...]
Guest speaker: Renee Burgard will speak on Mindful Self-Compassion
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's guest speaker is Renee Burgard Her topic is Mindful Self-Compassion Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays in Mountain View, and Thursdays in Saratoga. This group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and Dhamma talk in Mountain View. The principal teacher is Shaila Catherine and guest speakers are featured regularly. Thematic [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
Tonight’s program is cancelled for the Independence Day holiday.
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's meetings, both the weekly sitting group, and the first Tuesday of the month Beginner's Orientation, have been cancelled in honor of the Fourth of July Holidays. Happy Independence Day! Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays in Mountain View, and Thursdays in Saratoga. This group meets every Tuesday evening for a sitting and [...]
Potluck Picnic at Sylvan Park
Sylvan Park 801 Devoto St, Mountain View, CA, United StatesJoin us for an IMSB Potluck! Come out and enjoy a social gathering to meet other members and friends of Insignt Meditation South Bay. Bring a dish or dessert to share, Meditation will follow at: St Timothy's Episcopal Church Edward's Hall 2094 Grant Road Mountain View, CA 94040 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Speaker Series: Living Wisely in the World
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesLiving Wisely in the World: Caring for mind, family, society, and planet A famous verse in the Dhammapada states: "All experience is preceded by mind, led by mind, made by mind. Speak or act with a corrupted mind, and suffering follows, as the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox … Speak or act with a peaceful mind, and [...]
Deepening Practice and Community – Open Drop-In with Sharon Allen
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Led by Sharon Allen. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice and Community” evenings, we will devote more time to guided meditations and experiential mindfulness activities. Newcomers are [...]
Meditation Group is cancelled for tonight
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesOur usual weekly meditation group and Living Wisely in the World speaker series has been cancelled for tonight because the church needs the room for their Vacation Bible Course. Our program will resume next Tuesday evening. Living Wisely in the World: Caring for mind, family, society, and planet A famous verse in the Dhammapada states: "All experience is [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation and Qi Gong with Shaila Catherine and Jason Chan
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation and Qi Gong with Shaila Catherine and Jason Chan. This day long program is designed to enhance mindfulness through a combination of sitting meditation and mindful movement. The practices will include Qi Gong and Tai Chi exercises, along with mindfulness meditation instruction. It is appropriate for beginners and seasoned practitioners. IMSB offers a [...]
Deepening Practice and Community – Open Drop-In with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Led by Shaila Catherine. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice and Community” evenings, we will devote more time to guided meditations and experiential mindfulness activities. Newcomers are welcome. [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
Speaker Series: Great Disciples of the Buddha
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesGreat Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha's Community A six-week lecture series The early Buddhist sangha included some accomplished and intriguing disciples—lay and monastic, male and female. By searching the literature of the Pali Canon, contemporary scholars have been able to compile biographical information, infer personality traits, and gain a vivid sense of the [...]
Social Event: The Buddha: Art and Culture – a private tour of Buddhist Art
Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin IMSB on a private tour of Buddhist art at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. This is a docent led tour providing insight into the life story of the Buddha. We will see how Buddhist ideas were expressed in art at different times in various ways across Asia. The tour will last one [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
De-Stress in December!
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesDe-Stress in December! A 5-week course on mindfulness meditation practices — to create peace in the holiday season and beyond. As the year comes to an end, night falls sooner, and the holidays approach, people sometimes feel increasingly stressed. Mindfulness practice helps us release the inner tensions that keep us entangled in unhealthy or unhappy [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in time for dinner! The [...]
DayLong in Fremont with Shaila Catherine – Concentration and the Focused Mind
Wat Buddhanusorn 36054 Niles Blvd., Fremont, CA, United StatesShaila Catherine will offer a daylong at Wat Buddhanusorn in Fremont, California Concentration and the Focused Mind This day-long program will emphasize the cultivation of concentration by using the breath as the primary meditation subject. The practice will encourage a relaxed, skilled, and calm attention, cultivated through sitting and walking meditation, and applicable to daily [...]
Monthly Day of Meditation with Shaila Catherine
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesA day of meditation with Shaila Catherine. Note: The location of this daylong event changed. It will now be held at Edward's Hall of St. Timothy's Church in Mountain View. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady [...]
Speaker Series: Preparing the Mind for Awakening
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesPreparing The Mind for Awakening: Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening For the mind that values freedom. Seven qualities offer an effective framework for cultivating the mind, overcoming the hindrances, and balancing the energetic and calming forces that develop through meditation. When these seven factors are well developed, the mind is ripe for awakening. This [...]
Drop-In Deepening Practice and Community Evening with Sharon Allen
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Tonight’s session is led by Sharon Allen. For pictures and biographies of our teachers, visit our Teacher Page. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice and Community” evenings, [...]
Weekly Meditation Group CANCELLED for Tonight
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight’s meditation group meeting is cancelled. The church requires use of our usual meeting room for their events. Our regular weekly meditation program will resume next week. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups— a drop in sitting group Tuesdays in Mountain View, and a series of classes Thursdays in Saratoga. This group [...]
Stepping Back: A Day of Meditation with Sharon Allen
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of Mindfulness Meditation with Sharon Allen. Stepping back – so often when we are on the edge of impulsively saying or doing something that we later regret, taking a step back, pausing or remembering what that action leads to can make the difference between perpetuating distress or increasing well-being. This is a discipline that [...]
Drop-In Deepening Practice and Community Evening with Sharon Allen and Bill Kostura
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Tonight's session is led by Sharon Allen and Bill Kostura. For pictures and biographies of our teachers, visit our Teacher Page. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice [...]
Dynamic Awareness: A Day of Mindful Movement & Meditation with Shaila Catherine and Lisa Tromovitch
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA day of meditation and movement with Shaila Catherine and Lisa Tromovitch. IMSB offers a day of meditation one Saturday each month. These monthly day long programs offer a consistent and easy opportunity for meditators to maintain a steady commitment to meditation, deepen their practice, explore various dhamma themes, and cultivate relationships with the community—and still be home in [...]
Weekly Meditation CANCELLED for tonight
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesTonight’s meditation group meeting is cancelled. The church requires use of our usual meeting room for their events. Our regular weekly meditation program will resume next week. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups— a drop in sitting group Tuesdays in Mountain View, and a series of classes Thursdays in Saratoga.
Weekly meditation group CANCELLED for tonight
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesTonight’s meditation group meeting is cancelled. Classes will resume next week. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups— a drop in sitting group Tuesdays in Mountain View, and a series of classes Thursdays in Saratoga.
Author Event: Janetti Marotta speaks on A Life Affirming Path
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesA Life Affirming Path An author event with Janetti Marotta, celebrating the publication of her new book A Fertile Path: Guiding the Journey with Mindfulness and Compassion When basic life expectations are challenged—to become pregnant when we want; to parent our child into adulthood; to live a long and healthy life—our personal narrative can become [...]
Speaker Series: Goals in Meditation
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesWe invited several local teachers to share both the personal aims that guide their practice and their understanding of the goals of the Buddhist Path. We asked them the following questions: What is the goal of Buddhist practice? What do you personally hope to achieve through your practice? What is a reasonable way to assess [...]
Drop-In Deepening Practice and Community Evening with Sharon Allen
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Tonight’s session is led by Sharon Allen. For pictures and biographies of our teachers, visit our Teacher Page. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice and Community” evenings, [...]
Aging, Dying and Awakening: A Day of Meditation with Anna Douglas
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesA day of meditation with special guest teacher Anna Douglas. “Aging, illness and death are treasures for those who understand them. They are Noble Truths, Noble Treasures. If they were people, I’d bow down to their feet every day.” — Ajahn Lee, Thai Forest Master This sentiment is not our culture’s usual attitude, so this statement [...]
Wesak Celebration – Community Social Event
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesA Community Social Event —led by Sharon Allen and Laura Lin This evening IMSB will celebrate Wesak, the primary Buddhist holiday that commemorates the Buddha’s enlightenment, birth, and death. Tonight’s program will include meditation, teachings or discussion, and flower offering ceremony. The structured program will end around 9pm, but please plan to stay a few minutes longer [...]
Author Event with James Coleman: The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesThe Buddha’s Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness, and Awakened Nature An evening author event with James William Coleman James William Coleman’s new book, The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness, and Awakened Nature, guides us through the profound wisdom of the classic sutras that lay the foundations for all of the different Buddhist traditions. In [...]
Drop-In Deepening Practice and Community Evening with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Tonight’s session is led by Shaila Catherine. For pictures and biographies of our teachers, visit our Teacher Page. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice and Community” evenings, [...]
Guest speaker – Aishin Leonard
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's guest speaker is Aishin Leonard Topic: Finding Freedom from Pain Aishin Leonard is a passionate Buddhist practitioner, mindfulness facilitator and consultant. Her doorway to practice opened in 2009 when she developed a chronic pain condition that left her bedridden and wheelchair bound. After many years of intensive retreat practice primarily in the Theravada tradition, including a year at [...]
Drop-In Deepening Practice and Community Evening with Shaila Catherine
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Tonight’s session is led by Shaila Catherine For pictures and biographies of our teachers, visit our Teacher Page. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice and Community” evenings, [...]
Guest speaker: Ayya Santussika
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's guest speaker is Ayya Santussika The topic is Inspiration from the Thai Forest Masters We will explore key themes taught by Thai Forest masters and reflect on how we can apply them in our daily practice. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays evenings we offer an open drop-in sitting group in [...]
Weekly Meditation and Teaching – Generosity and The Joy of Giving
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight’s topic for discussion will be Generosity and the Joy of Giving. Facilitated by Sharon Allen. IMSB invited members to explore the practice of generosity by using $50 to support a charitable project of their choosing. Some will report back to IMSB through tonight’s panel discussion and share their reflections and experiences from participating in [...]
Guest Speaker: Thanissaro Bhikkhu on Refuge
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's topic: Refuge Thanissaro Bhikkhu will be our special guest speaker tonight. Visit our Teachers Page for biographies and photos of our guests. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays evenings we offer an open drop-in sitting group in Mountain View, and Thursdays we offer structured courses in Saratoga. The Tuesday sitting group [...]
Mindfulness & Meditation – A Drop-In Class
Westhope Presbyterian Church 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, United StatesAn Evening for Meditation Practice Mindfulness Meditation: A drop-in evening for meditation practice. Drop-in practice evenings are an opportunity for meditators to practice under the guidance of experienced mindfulness instructors. These sessions allow curious newcomers to gain a first-hand experience of mindfulness meditation. Experienced practitioners will enjoy the opportunity to deepen their practice with an evening [...]
Weekly Meditation and Teachings: Panel Discussion on Joy of Giving
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesTonight's topic for discussion will be Joy of Giving. IMSB invited members to explore the practice of generosity by using $50 to support a charitable project of their choosing. They will report back to IMSB through tonight's panel discussion and share their reflections and experiences from participating in the Joy of Giving Program. Insight Meditation [...]
Introduction to Insight Dialogue led by Bhikkhu Sukhacitto
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United StatesAwakening Together: Insight Dialogue Practice Tonight will be a special extended event—a 2 hour workshop on Insight Dialog led by Bhikkhu Sukhacitto. The meditation will begin at 7:15, and the evening program will end around 9:15. Please try to attend the full program. Evening Schedule Overview (approximate times) 7:15 Brief silent meditation and announcements 7:30 [...]