What exactly do we teach at IMS? Primarily, we offer instruction and guidance in insight (vipassana) and lovingkindness (metta) meditations – practices that help bring genuine happiness to our lives.
What exactly do we teach at IMS? Primarily, we offer instruction and guidance in insight (vipassana) and lovingkindness (metta) meditations – practices that help bring genuine happiness to our lives.
The Retreat Center has offered structured silent meditation courses for new and experienced meditators since 1976. Retreats range in duration from a weekend to three months.
The Forest Refuge is specifically designed to support the practice of more experienced meditators. Its program encourages the exploration of sustained, longer-term personal silent retreats.
IMS retreat fees are on a sliding scale basis that allows participants to pay according to individual means.
At the end of your retreat, there is an opportunity to offer contributions to IMS’s teachers, who are continuing the ancient Buddhist tradition of freely offering the teachings.
What this means is that most Retreat Center teachers receive no compensation for teaching at IMS – course fees go toward the cost of accommodations, meals and other operational expenses only. Instead, teachers rely on the generosity of course participants for a sustainable income.
At the Forest Refuge, where retreatants often stay for long periods, IMS supplements teacher support as needed to provide an adequate offering.
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