Portland Insight Meditation Center

08/26/2026

Make space for a day of retreat with Kate Davies

Saturday, September 19 | 9:30am–4:30pm
Held In person at PIMC + online via Zoom

Join us for a day of meditation, reflection, and practice with Dharma teacher Kate Davies. A chance to step out of the rush of daily life and make space for stillness, curiosity, and connection.

Registration is open:

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08/25/2026

🪷 Sunday Morning at PIMC | In Person + Zoom
📅 Sunday, August 30 | 10:00 AM

Please join us this Sunday, August 30 for our Peer-led program—an opportunity for Sangha members to support one another in practice, explore Dharma themes together, and cultivate a sense of connection in a relaxed and inclusive setting.

The gathering is facilitated by a Sangha member, and includes a lightly guided or silent meditation period followed by discussion and time for personal reflection or group sharing. No registration is required—everyone is welcome to join in person or online via Zoom.

Whether you're new to practice or have been practicing for years, all are welcome.
Learn more: portlandinsight.org

08/19/2026

🪷 Sunday Morning at PIMC | In Person + Zoom
📅 Sunday, August 23 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join us this Sunday for guided meditation and teaching from teacher trainee Paul LaVigne. The Dharma reflection period will be offered as an open Q&A. Come with your questions about meditation practice and wider Buddhist teachings, and Paul will offer answers based on his own Dharma experience.

🧘 Guided + silent meditation
💬 Dharma talk + inquiry
🤝 Community sharing

Whether you're new to practice or have been practicing for years, all are welcome.
Learn more: portlandinsight.org

08/12/2026

This Saturday: Exploring the Path of Joy and Well-Being with Alexa Redner

What if joy and a sense of uplift could be part of our practice—not something separate from the Buddhist path?

Join Alexa Redner this Saturday, August 15, for a daylong retreat exploring the cultivation of wisdom and joy through meditation, inquiry, reflection, and connection.

Saturday, August 15
9:30 am–4:30 pm
Held In Person + Online via Zoom

Learn More & Register:

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08/04/2026

Ofosu Jones-Quartey: Guest Teacher at PIMC
🪷 Sunday Morning Program | In Person + Online via Zoom
📅 Sunday, August 9 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

This Sunday, August 9, we’re pleased to welcome guest teacher Ofosu Jones-Quartey (Born I) to PIMC. Ofosu is a meditation teacher, author, and hip-hop artist whose work lives at the intersection of mindfulness, creativity, and liberation. With over two decades of practice and teaching, he offers a contemporary expression of the Dharma that draws from the Insight Meditation tradition, Buddhist practice, and the lived realities of modern life.

Whether you're new to practice or have been practicing for years, all are welcome.
Learn more: portlandinsight.org

07/28/2026

🪷 Sunday Morning at PIMC | In Person + Zoom
📅 Sunday, August | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Please join us this Sunday, August 2 for our Peer-led program—an opportunity for Sangha members to support one another in practice, explore Dharma themes together, and cultivate a sense of connection in a relaxed and inclusive setting.

The gathering is facilitated by a Sangha member, and includes a lightly guided or silent meditation period followed by discussion and time for personal reflection or group sharing. No registration is required—everyone is welcome to join in person or online via Zoom.

Whether you're new to practice or have been practicing for years, all are welcome.
Learn more: portlandinsight.org

07/25/2026

🪷 New Monday Evening Meditation Group Begins July 27 🪷

📅 Mondays, 7:00–8:30pm beginning July 27
📍 Offered in person & online via Zoom

Looking for a steady weekly practice? Join Vik Anantha on Monday evenings from 7:00–8:30pm PDT for Deepening Into Practice, a drop-in meditation group focused on sustained Vipassanā practice in community.

Each evening includes longer periods of silent sitting and walking meditation, creating a supportive container for cultivating mindfulness and insight. Whether you're an experienced practitioner looking to deepen your practice or you're newer to meditation and ready to explore longer sits, you're warmly welcome.

Come practice together. No registration required.
https://www.portlandinsight.org/weeklygroups

07/23/2026

Q&A With Born I -- What Came First for You? Dharma or Hip Hop?

In this Q&A, Born I shares reflections on music, mindfulness, and the connection between creativity and practice.

Watch the full conversation and other interviews on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nHSRoJK1xj8?si=NRnHoESO0rYgT7Bo

Register here for Born I’s Hip-Hop Soundbath at PIMC on August 7: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=fFJg4g

07/22/2026

Douglas Pullin: Resident Teacher
🪷 Sunday Morning at PIMC | In Person + Zoom 🪷
📅 Sunday, July 26 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join resident teacher Douglas Pullin this Sunday, July 26 as he explores the Third Noble Truth and the possibility of genuine liberation from suffering.

The Buddha's teachings begin with the reality of suffering, but they ultimately point toward something far more hopeful: the possibility of genuine freedom. What kind of freedom was the Buddha describing, and what does it look like in an ordinary human life? Together we'll explore the Third Noble Truth—not simply as the end of suffering, but as the unfolding of a life lived with greater wisdom, compassion, authenticity, and joy. As clinging softens, we may discover that freedom and human flourishing naturally arise together. Through Dharma reflection, personal stories, and shared inquiry, we'll explore how the Buddha's teachings invite us to discover a freedom that is not something we acquire, but something revealed as clinging begins to soften.

The morning will include guided and silent meditation, a Dharma talk, and time for discussion and community practice. All are welcome, whether new to meditation or experienced practitioners.

Learn more: portlandinsight.org

07/08/2026

Slow down. Drop in. Reconnect with the present moment.
🗓 Saturday, July 11 | 10am–3pm
📍 In person at PIMC & online via Zoom

Join PIMC’s Jim Dalton for a daylong mindful movement retreat exploring the Buddha’s Four Domains of Mindfulness through QiGong, seated meditation, walking meditation, and discussion. Together, we’ll create space to deepen our practice, settle into awareness, and experience the support of community.

All are welcome. Registration is available on a sliding scale, and scholarships are available. Learn more and register:

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