The Insight Meditation Society (IMS, formerly Insight Meditation Center) is a non-profit organization for study of Buddhism located in Barre, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1975, by Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein, and is rooted in the Theravada tradition. IMS meditation practices are based on the teachings of the late Burmese monk Mahasi Sayadaw. Followers of Mahasi Sayadaw also have an insight meditation center in nearby Shelburne, Massachusetts. Its first retreat center in an old mansion in Barre, Massachusetts was opened on February 14, 1976.
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