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Insight Meditation Society

Buddhist Monastic Orders and Schools
Origin from 1975

The Insight Meditation Society (IMS) is a non-profit organization for the study of Buddhism located in Barre, Massachusetts, founded in 1975 by Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein and Jacqueline Schwartz. Drawing on the Theravada Buddhist tradition, the society centers its teaching on vipassana, or insight, meditation, and opened its first retreat center in an old mansion in Barre on February 14, 1976. IMS today operates two facilities in rural central Massachusetts, the Retreat Center and the Forest Refuge, both offering Buddhist meditation retreats built around insight meditation practice. Its founders also helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in 1990, founded by Goldstein and Salzberg on adjacent land. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Organisation
Ordination
Upasampada Monastic Ordination 2
Classification
Apostolate
Contemplative or Monastic Prayer 2
Apostolate
Teaching and Education 2
Practice
Liturgical Language
Pali 2
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 1
Origins
Origin Period
from 1975 1
Belief
Defining Doctrinal Position
Theravada Orthodoxy 2
Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Buddhism, Religions

Founded By

Mahasi Sayadaw, Historical Figures
Source Insight Meditation Society (Wikipedia)

Originated In

United States, Countries
Source Insight Meditation Society (Wikipedia)

Uses Liturgical Language

Pali, Languages
Sources
1. Insight Meditation Society (Wikipedia)
  • page categories
    Category:1975 establishments in Massachusetts
  • Founded By: Mahasi Sayadaw
  • Originated In: United States, Lead
    located in Barre, Massachusetts
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2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
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