Welcome to Portland Insight Meditation Center
Join us on the path to greater clarity and peace.
PIMC offers a variety of opportunities for practice in the insight (vipassanā) meditation tradition, both in-person and online. Our offerings support beginners, experienced practitioners, and everyone in between.
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Upcoming Teachers at PIMC
Guest Teacher, Betsy Toll
Practice and Patience Under Pressure
Sunday, June 8 | 10am - 12pm
Please join us in welcoming Betsy Toll back to the teacher's seat this Sunday, June 8. Betsy's Dharma talk will focus on the theme of Practice and Patience Under Pressure: The treasures of meditations and contemplative practices provide refuge from the pressures and responsibilities of daily life, a place and time to soften the constructs of our attention and habitual realities. But often the respite is brief, and a sense of urgency awaits not long after we rise from the cushion. This talk will consider the question of integrating the depth and heart of refuge with daily life in a fast and unstable time.
June 8 / Betsy Toll / Guest Teacher
June 15 / Carol Melkonian / Guest Teacher
June 22 / Alexa Redner / Guest Teacher
June 29 / Kirsten Rudestam / Guest Teacher
Sunday Program
Sunday Program
Sunday Program
Sunday Program
Based in Portland, Oregon, the Portland Insight Meditation Community is an experiment in American Buddhism. We welcome people of all faiths, orientations, genders, abilities, ages, and racial/cultural backgrounds. The purpose of PIMC is to improve the lives of participants, their families and the greater community through meditative practice and a lifestyle that supports liberation from suffering, the awakening of wisdom, and the manifestation of compassion.
Rooted in the essential teachings of the Buddha, we are dedicated to awakening beyond the ritualism, sexism, hierarchy and other cultural artifacts that have characterized traditional religion. We value diversity and welcome anyone who is interested in investigating the inner life.