Programs
Start Your Week Well - Monday Morning Online Sitting
Open Dates
Start your week well by joining the BMIMC online for a regular Monday morning Zoom sitting hosted by Jill Shepherd and others from the BMIMC community.
Dhamma Talk - A Genealogy of Insight (Online)
with Patrick Kearney
September 6, 2023
The practice of insight meditation (vipassana bhavana) is something many meditators in the west take for granted. It is easy to forget or overlook just how revolutionary the modern form of practice developed by the late Mahasi Sayadaw has been, and the importance of the Mahasi lineage in the propagation of Insight practice among lay people. […]
Dhamma Talk - Contemporary Theravāda (Live Stream)
with Patrick Kearney
September 13, 2023
Online
In the modern Burmese insight movement students are trained in classical insight meditation (vipassanā bhāvanā). They attain a level of understanding (ñāṇa) and return to their normal lives. If the students are Burmese Buddhists, they enter the meditation centre from a deep intuitive understanding of their own tradition and return to this tradition, where they can now make sense of what happened to them inside the centre. But what about students from outside the world of Theravāda Buddhism?...
Foundations of Buddhism & Meditation
with Danny Taylor
June 6 - 8, 2025
BMIMC & The Buddhist Library (Camperdown)
This integrated process is for people interested in the foundations of Buddhism and its relationship to meditation & life. It consists of three events, starting with a weekend at BMIMC, and two afternoon (half-day) sessions in Sydney. Meditation will be central but explored in its Buddhist context as a foundation for living. The format will allow us to experiment with integrating meditation into our everyday lives while appreciating the Buddha’s core messages. This process is open to complete beginners and more experienced meditators.
Introduction to the Buddha’s 16 steps of mindfulness of breathing
with Malcolm Huxter
June 13 - 16, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
The practice of loving-kindness (mettā bhāvana) aims at the cultivation of a loving, benevolent attitude towards all living beings. Since the time of the Buddha, this form of meditation has been used as a practice in itself, and as a support for the development and deepening of insight.
Introduction to Metta - Weekend
with Venerable Virañani and Tara Frances
August 1 - 3, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
The practice of loving-kindness (mettā bhāvana) aims at the cultivation of a loving, benevolent attitude towards all living beings. Since the time of the Buddha, this form of meditation has been used as a practice in itself, and as a support for the development and deepening of insight. ***This weekend retreat is ideal for first time meditators***
Two Week Metta Retreat & Introductory weekend
with Venerable Virañani and Tara Frances
August 1 - 17, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
The practice of loving-kindness (mettā bhāvana) aims at the cultivation of a loving, benevolent attitude towards all living beings. Since the time of the Buddha, this form of meditation has been used as a practice in itself, and as a support for the development and deepening of insight.
***This course starts with the introductory weekend and is followed by two weeks of intensive practice. It is ideal for experienced meditators new to metta practice, but is also suitable for yogis with metta experience as well as first time meditators.***
Two Week Metta Retreat
with Venerable Virañani
August 4 - 17, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
The practice of loving-kindness (mettā bhāvana) aims at the cultivation of a loving, benevolent attitude towards all living beings. Since the time of the Buddha, this form of meditation has been used as a practice in itself, and as a support for the development and deepening of insight.
*** This course is ideal for experienced metta practitioners, but is open to people new to metta practice or to meditation generally***
The Way of Insight
with Patrick Kearney
September 12 - 21, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation centre
In this nine-day retreat we will practise mindfulness and explore its application to the discovery of insight. For the Buddha, “insight” means seeing into the three universal characteristics of impermanence or change (anicca), pain or dis-ease (dukkha) and not-self (anattā)...
Long Weekend Retreat
with Tara Frances
October 3 - 6, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
This retreat is an opportunity the to develop an experiential understanding of Insight (Vipassana) and Loving Kindness (Metta) meditation in a supportive environment, and explore how these practices can support you in daily life. The retreat is suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.
Six-day Retreat
with Lesley Lebkowicz and Malcolm McClintock
October 24 - 30, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
This five-day retreat will include both Metta and Vipassana, and focus on the benefit of vipassana practised with a kindly mind. Malcolm was first authorised to teach by the late Mahasi Sayadaw himself. This will be his first, long-awaited formal offering as a teacher.