This Week's EventsTuesday May 27 at 7:00 pm. Meditation: Hybrid meditation. Tuesday May 27 at 7:40 pm. Dharma Program: Mindful Self Compassion. ClassesRetreats |
Welcome to Bellingham InsightBellingham Insight Meditation Society (BIMS) supports meditation and practice in the Buddhist Theravada tradition. We do not have a single guiding teacher. Rather, we are a sangha-led community. We bring in regional and national teachers, including monastics, for residential and non-residential retreats. Our weekly programs are facilitated by senior members in coordination with our Board and Program Committee. Bellingham Insight Meditation Society welcomes visitors. To receive announcements and links to our Zoom meetings, join our list-serve by emailing bellinghaminsight+subscribe@googlegroups.com or by e-mailing the listserv moderator. Insight meditation is a simple and direct practice, the moment-to-moment investigation of the mind/body process through calm and focused awareness. Learning to observe experience from a place of stillness enables one to relate to life with less fear and clinging. Seeing life as a constantly changing process, one begins to accept pleasure, pain, fear, joy and all aspects of life with increasing equanimity and balance. As insight deepens, wisdom and compassion arise. This practice is sometimes called "vipassana", which is a Pali word for insight. We meet at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (BUF): 1207 Ellsworth Street (at the corner of Ellsworth and I Street a few blocks north of downtown). The main entrance faces Ellsworth Street. You can become a member of the Bellingham Insight Meditation Society by completing the Membership form found on the Supporting BIMS page. NewsTuesday May 20th - Orientation at 6, Meditation and Dharma talk 7-8:30Kate Davies, a meditation teacher from Whidbey Island, will be joining us. At 6 PM she will offer an Orientation to Meditation in the library at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship: basic meditation instructions. There will be time to ask questions and to learn the benefits of establishing a regular meditation practice. This will be in-person only (no Zoom for this part of the evening). Our greeters will be at the door from 5:45 - a bit after 6 to let you in.
At 7 PM our meditation will continue in a hybrid format: in-person at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (1207 Ellsworth Street, at the corner of Ellsworth and I Street) and also via Zoom. Our greeters will be at the main entrance of BUF until 6:55pm to let you into the building.
Kate will offer a talk on Engaged Buddhism, in which she will discuss its key characteristics and some of the challenges she encounters with this practice.
6:00 – 6:50 Orientation in the library 7:00 Welcome 7:05 Silent Meditation 7:35 Introductions & Announcements 7:45 Talk “Engaged Buddhism: A Personal Perspective” followed by reflections & questions 8:30 pm – Close
We hope to see you Tuesday
About Kate: In her professional life, Kate has worked on environmental and social issues for her entire career. After leaving Oxford University with a D.Phil. in biochemistry, she moved to Canada and set up the City of Toronto"s Environmental Protection Office – the first local government environmental office in Canada. She has a masters’ degree in cultural anthropology and social transformation and has served as Antioch"s director of its Center for Creative Change. She is currently Senior Fellow at the Whidbey Institute. She has been teaching meditation for 8 years. 5/16/25
Tuesday May 13th - Soup and meditationThis Tuesday from 6-6:50 PM we will be hosting Soup with the Sangha, a simple vegetarian meal of soup and bread - a chance to gather as a community before our meditation. No need to bring anything, though of course you can. We will be eating in the space near the Bellingham Unitarian kitchen which is right off our meditation space.
Our meditation will continue in a hybrid format: in-person at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (1207 Ellsworth Street, at the corner of Ellsworth and I Street) and also via Zoom. Our greeters will be at the main entrance of BUF until 6:55pm to let you into the building.
We will not have a formal program after meditation, but there will be time to connect with sangha members
6:00 Soup with the Sangha 6:45 Zoom room opens 7:00 Silent meditation 7:45 Dedication of Merit, Introductions & Announcements
We hope to see you this Tuesday evening.
To get the Zoom link, if you are not on our email list, write to info@bellinghaminsight.org. 5/8/25
Tuesday May 6th - We celebrate Vesak with Ajahn KoviloOur Tuesday evening meditation continue in a hybrid format: in-person at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (1207 Ellsworth Street, at the corner of Ellsworth and I Street) and also via Zoom. If you are not on the list and wish to attend via Zoom, send an email to info@bellinghaminsight.org Our greeters will be at the main entrance of BUF from 6:30 until 6:55pm to let you into the building.
Ajahn Kovilo from Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle will join us via Zoom to celebrate Vesak.
Title: "Happy Vesakha Puja - Blessed Bodhi Day!" Description: Come to learn about and celebrate Ves?kha P?ja – the full-moon of May, commemorating the Buddha"s birth, attainment of Awakening, and his final passing away (P?ri-Nibb?na). Ajahn Kovilo will describe traditional ways to mark the occasion and will offer reflections about how to bring the whole commemoration home to heart – here and now. Schedule: 6:30 Hall opens 6:45 The Zoom room opens 7:00 Meditation - Ajahn Kovilo 7:30 Introductions and Announcements 7:40 Dharma talk, followed by time for Q & A
Ajahn Kovilo"s Bio: Ajahn Kovilo is an American monk who, having been introduced to meditation through the Goenka tradition, first entered the monastery in 2006. After receiving full ordination from Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro at Abhayagiri Monastery in California in 2010, he spent the next decade training at monasteries in the Ajahn Chah tradition in America and Thailand. In 2020, after a year practicing at a Pa Auk Sayadaw monastery, Ajahn Kovilo enrolled at the Dharma Realm Buddhist University (DRBU) to study Pali and to better understand Mah?y?na practices. Having graduated from DRBU in 2024, Ajahn Kovilo has now joined the Clear Mountain Monastery community in Seattle, Washington in person. 5/4/25
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