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.
Featured Programs & Announcements
THIS SUNDAY, October 5 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Alexis Santos, Guest Teacher
Held In-Person & Online via Zoom
Join us this Sunday, October 5, as Alexis Santos offers a Dharma talk on Wise Attention in a World Overwhelmed. Alexis has been practicing and teaching in the field of mindfulness since 2001. After graduating from Harvard and beginning medical school, he left his chosen career path to explore meditation, first encountering insight practice while traveling in India.
Since then, Alexis has practiced in a wide range of traditions, including with Sayadaw U Tejaniya, the Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Sumedho, the Tibetan teachings of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and within the Western insight community. Read more about Alexis here.
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Coming Up...
October 4: Qigong & Mindful Movement Daylong Retreat
October 5: Alexis Santos, Guest Teacher
October 9: The Wings of Awakening Class Begins
October 12: Vik Anantha, Teacher Trainee
October 18: Karma Yoga Work Party
October 19: Alexa Redner, Guest Teacher
October 26: Betsy Toll, Guest Teacher
October 26: Song Sangha
October 26: Carole Melkonian, Guest Teacher
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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.