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IMS is a spiritual refuge for all who seek freedom of mind and heart.

09/18/2026

This weekend, join Cara Lai for The Awakened Householder, an IMS online mini retreat: https://ims.dharma.org/courses/The-Awakened-Householder-2026

🪴 Sunday, September 20
⏱️ 11 am - 3 pm ET
⏯️ Recording link sent to registered participants

What if the busyness and interruptions of everyday life—paying rent, raising children, showing up for work and aging parents, and navigating never-ending group chats—weren’t distractions from our path, but the path itself? Cara will guide us in exploring domestic life as a place to wake up, deepen our practice, and discover freedom right in the midst of ordinary life.

09/17/2026

From our archives: Joseph Goldstein teaching at the 1982 Three-Month Retreat.

More than four decades later, practitioners in this fall’s Two-Month Retreat (beginning in two weeks) will have the opportunity to learn from Joseph as a special guest teacher, offering several dharma talks and Q&A sessions throughout the long retreat.

🌳 Want to join in-person? There are still spaces available to join Part 1 (Sept. 29–Oct. 26) or Part 2 (Oct. 27–Nov. 24) of the residential Two-Month Retreat.

🏠 Want to join online? Joseph’s talks from the meditation hall will be livestreamed and recorded as an opportunity to practice from home, or wherever you are.

Learn more at the links in the comments.

09/13/2026

A rare sight in Barre 🌾🪽

Two bonded sandhill cranes have returned to IMS and the town of Barre this August and September. While sandhill cranes do migrate through New England, it’s unusual for them to linger in Massachusetts—and we’re delighted to welcome them back for a second year.

🏡 Their visit to IMS in 2025 inspired the name of our new third center, Crane Meadow.

Across cultures, cranes are associated with resilience, continuity, and renewal.

09/11/2026

Calling all book lovers! 📚 The IMS Book Club schedule for the rest of 2026 is open to join.

IMS Book Club is a free online offering bringing together authors and readers for a live facilitated discussion, talk, and Q&A on a featured dharma-book-of-the-month. Learn more: https://ims.dharma.org/collections/book-club

📕 Tracing the Untraceable Buddha
With author Uffe Damborg and Joseph Goldstein
Thursday, September 24, 7-8:15 PM ET

📗 With a Single Breath
With author Melvin McLeod
Tuesday, October 13, 7-8:15 PM ET

📘 At Peace, Filled with Joy
With author Cuong Lu
Wednesday, November 18, 3-4:15 PM ET

📙 After Anger
With author Amod Sandhya Lele
Tuesday, December 8, 7-8:15 PM ET

09/09/2026

The full 2027 Retreat Center schedule is available on our website! You can register now for retreats held during the first third of the year (January-April). Learn more: https://myims.dharma.org/s/retreat-center-2027

09/08/2026

The Dharma of Money with Spencer Sherman begins this week: https://ims.dharma.org/courses/the-dharma-of-money-2026

🍀 Wednesdays, September 9 - 30
⏱️ 6:30 - 7:45pm ET
▶️ Sessions are online & recorded

Spencer will guide participants into softening their relationship with money through curious, non-judgmental attention. Weaving together neuroscience, Buddhist psychology, the Four Noble Truths, and the Brahmavihāras, in community.

09/05/2026

⚡️ New Fireside Chats with Sharon Salzberg on-demand: https://ims.dharma.org/courses/fireside-chat-with-sharon-salzberg-on-demand

Two new conversations explore the relationship between contemplative practice, activism, and remaining engaged in challenging times.

🌹 Sharon Salzberg speaks with Kaira Jewel Lingo about equanimity, activism, and responding to harm—sparked by Kaira Jewel’s poem “Love Letter to an ICE Agent,” exploring her path to Thich Nhat Hanh.

🌹 And with Mark Nunberg and Shelly Graf, guiding teachers at Common Ground Meditation Center in Minneapolis, about the role of practice and dharma community amid the January 2026 ICE raids.

Both conversations are now available as part of Sharon’s Fireside Chat on-demand series, alongside the full collection of previously recorded talks with Buddhist teachers and longtime friends.

09/02/2026

This weekend explore the source of peace and freedom in our daily lives—

🗓️ Friday, September 4 - Sunday, September 6
🤍 An online weekend retreat with Joseph Goldstein and Roxanne Dault
🪽 Sessions will be recorded | All are welcome

Joseph and Roxanne will guide participants in gently untangling the patterns of clinging that keep us stuck, opening to the peace and freedom available here and now in the midst of life.

Learn more: https://ims.dharma.org/courses/peace-and-freedom-in-the-midst-of-life
Méditation avec Roxanne Dault

09/01/2026

What does mindfulness really mean? How can it transform our lives, and the lives of those around us, for the better?

IMS and Wisdom Publications are pleased to share this self-paced online course with Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo, The Foundations of Mindfulness—featuring 12 lessons of HD video teachings from Bhikkhu Anālayo, joined by leading voices such as Judson Brewer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Sara Lazar, and more.

Rooted in scholarship, monastic tradition, and the latest cutting-edge science, this course provides a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness in its early Buddhist setting.

Save $120 with the code IMSFOM26 when you enroll before September 15. Learn more here: https://rebrand.ly/2026_FOM_IMS

08/28/2026

This weekend, join Fernmarie Rodriguez and Mario Castillo for Integration and the Ongoing Path, a welcoming half-day online retreat closing our eight-week Essential Dharma Summer Series.

This session explores how the teachings can be carried into the fullness of daily life in relationships, work, difficulty, and joy. A space for reflection, integration, and renewed intention.

🗓️ Sunday, August 30
⏰ 10 am – 1 pm ET
✨ Online | Sliding scale options | Join here: https://ims.dharma.org/courses/integration-and-ongoing-path

This is the eighth and final session in the Essential Dharma Summer Series. Participants who register for the bundle will receive on-demand access to all previous recorded sessions.

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1230 Pleasant Street
Barre, MA
01005

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+19783554378

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