Portland Insight Meditation Center

Portland Insight Meditation Center Welcome to PIMC! Please join us in meditation, community, and the awakening of wisdom. PIMC is based upon the Noble Eightfold Path of the Buddha.

Portland Insight Meditation Center and the PIMC community are an experiment in American Buddhism. While we hold closely to the essential teachings of the Buddha, we are dedicated to evolving beyond the ritualism, sexism, hierarchy and other cultural artifacts that have characterized traditional religion. We welcome everyone: all ages, ethnicities, socio-economic groups, religious backgrounds, abil

ities, sexual orientations and gender identities are invited to join us. Its purpose 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.

๐ŸŒฟ Half Day Retreat with Enrique Collazo ~ This Saturday!Take the morning to slow down, ground and reconnect before movin...
03/26/2026

๐ŸŒฟ Half Day Retreat with Enrique Collazo ~ This Saturday!

Take the morning to slow down, ground and reconnect before moving into the rest of your day.
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Saturday, March 28 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ Portland Insight Meditation Center
More information and registration: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=E9zkds

FINDING OUR WAY HOME: Nothing to fix, everything to loveA Half Day Retreat with Enrique CollazoSaturday, March 289:00 am...
02/13/2026

FINDING OUR WAY HOME: Nothing to fix, everything to love
A Half Day Retreat with Enrique Collazo

Saturday, March 28
9:00 am โ€“ 1:00 pm
HELD IN PERSON & ONLINE via ZOOM

Drawing from the Buddhaโ€™s teaching on dependent origination (the 12 links), weโ€™ll explore how suffering is not a personal failure, but a conditioned process. And how perception leads to emotion, emotion to reaction, and reaction to deeply wired patterns. Rather than using this insight to judge ourselves, weโ€™ll practice meeting these patterns with care through the Brahmavihฤras: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. In this way, insight becomes not a weapon against ourselves, but a doorway to care, forgiveness, and connection.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=E9zkds

01/18/2026

Join us for a daylong retreat with Caverly Morgan at Portland Insight Meditation Center on Saturday, January 24.

One week away! More information and registration in comments.

โœจ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ™Sunday, January 410:00am - 12:00pmOffered In-Person & Online via ZoomBegin the New Year gro...
01/02/2026

โœจ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ™

Sunday, January 4
10:00am - 12:00pm
Offered In-Person & Online via Zoom

Begin the New Year grounded in practice with teacher trainee, Paul LaVigne, offering the Dharma talk this Sunday, January 4 on The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness: Dhammas. In this final section of the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha gives us several strategies to help us develop an expanded perspective regarding the activity of our own minds. As we combine this framing with the truth of impermanence, we develop a better capacity to let go of craving, aversion, and delusion.
https://www.portlandinsight.org/

โœจ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ˆ๐Œ๐‚: ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž โœจWednesday, December 317pm - MidnightOffered In-person & Online via ZoomAs t...
12/31/2025

โœจ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ˆ๐Œ๐‚: ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž โœจ
Wednesday, December 31
7pm - Midnight
Offered In-person & Online via Zoom

As the year draws to a close, we invite you to join us for a special New Yearโ€™s Eve gathering led by Teacher Trainee Paul LaVigne. This reflective evening of meditation, Dharma reflection, and community offers a meaningful way to honor the year that has passed and welcome the year ahead with intention and care.
More details here: https://www.portlandinsight.org/events

Just announced!๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ: ๐€ ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ with Jim Dalton & The Daltones๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ...
12/10/2025

Just announced!
๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ: ๐€ ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 
with Jim Dalton & The Daltones

๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ’:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐ง-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ˆ๐Œ๐‚ & ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ

Start your year by slowing down! Join resident teacher Jim Dalton with the Daltones (Karen and Doug Oโ€™Dell) for a nourishing day of mindful movement, guided meditation, silent sitting and group discussion.

Offered both in-person and online, the Saturday workshop will review several QiGong traditions: the familiar Shibashi routines, plus โ€œThe Eight Pieces of Brocade" โ€“ ancient approaches to healing and rejuvenation.

Using these practices to get in touch with our subtle somatic energy, we will explore both the active and the calming aspects of the Seven Factors of Awakening (mindfulness, energy, investigation, rapture, tranquility, concentration and equanimity). We will experience together which factors are useful for the sluggish mind, which are best suited for the restless mind, and how the Seven Factors teaching can help us enter a space of bare attention and calm abiding.

Bring a sack lunch and a snack to share with other participants if you wish. Please register by Dec. 31, so we can most effectively make arrangements for the group.

More information & registration: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=TZqeMX

Please join us in welcoming guest teacher Alexa Redner back to the teacher's seat this Sunday, December 14 to share a re...
12/08/2025

Please join us in welcoming guest teacher Alexa Redner back to the teacher's seat this Sunday, December 14 to share a reflection on ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž, ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ก.

Sunday, December 14
10am - 12pm
Offered in-person & online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82987870151?pwd=Tm5lNkFaak0ySFJjWlhvVU4xdXlZUT09

All are welcomeโ€”check portlandinsight.org for more info!

๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น โ€” ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ปSaturday, December 6 from 9:30am to 4:30pmThere'...
12/03/2025

๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น โ€” ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป
Saturday, December 6 from 9:30am to 4:30pm

There's still room to join us this Saturday for a gentle, heart-centered retreat guided by Douglas Pullin. Weโ€™ll explore vedanฤ โ€” the subtle โ€œfeeling toneโ€ that colors every moment โ€” learning to welcome each sensation as it is, without needing to fix or change anything.

Through guided and silent sitting and walking meditations, a Dharma talk, and time for reflection and questions, weโ€™ll kindle mindfulness, kindness, and equanimity to carry with us through the season and beyond. All are welcome โ€” in person or online.

Learn more and register here: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=bQNCGo

We have a full and inspiring weekend aheadโ€”guest teacher Kirsten Rudestam on Sunday morning, Song Sangha that evening, a...
11/28/2025

We have a full and inspiring weekend aheadโ€”guest teacher Kirsten Rudestam on Sunday morning, Song Sangha that evening, and our year-end fundraiser underway. Scroll down to see whatโ€™s happening and how you can join in.

This Sunday, November 30:
Guest Teacher Kirsten Rudestam
10:00am - 12:00pm
Held In-Person at PIMC & Online via Zoom

Please join us this Sunday, November 30, as guest teacher Kirsten Rudestam returns to PIMC to share a reflection on The Gift of Belonging: Gratitude and Generosity as Reciprocity. From Kirsten: โ€œThis dharma talk explores gratitude and generosity as living expressions of reciprocity โ€” ways of remembering our interdependence with all that sustains us.โ€

That evening, continue the community spirit by joining Song Sangha with Adhamh Roland, a joyful gathering of music, singing, and meditation designed to open the heart and deepen connection with yourself and the community.

We hope youโ€™ll join us!

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