Weekly Groups
Join us for meditation and community
Along with these weekly drop-in groups, PIMC also offers classes and retreats throughout the year.
Weekly Drop-in Groups
10:00am – 12:00pm
PIMC Sunday Program
THIS SUNDAY
11.1.26: Resident Teacher Douglas Pullin
(See our calendar for all upcoming teachers)
Join us Sunday mornings for meditation and mindful movement, followed by either a teacher-led Dharma talk or a peer-led exploration of Dharma themes and mutual support. Stay afterward for social hour at noon with tea, snacks, and community.
Mondays, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Deepening Into Practice
With VIK ANANTHA (he/him)
Join Vik on Monday evenings for a weekly meditation group focused on sustained Vipassanā practice in community.
This drop-in offering provides a steady container for longer periods of silent sitting and walking meditation, supporting practitioners who wish to deepen their insight practice while also remaining accessible to beginners.
Topic for November 2: Renunciation
Last week we explored how pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feeling can condition craving and clinging. This week we turn toward renunciation: what happens when wanting is present, but we do not automatically obey it?
Renunciation can sound austere, as though it means rejecting pleasure or depriving ourselves. In practice, it points toward freedom from compulsion. In MN 19, the Buddha observes that whatever we frequently think about and consider becomes the inclination of the mind. Following sensual desire strengthens one inclination; repeatedly releasing it strengthens another. Renunciation is also named as an aspect of wise intention, but our focus will be its immediate, felt experience.
We’ll bring to mind a manageable desire, feel its promise of future satisfaction, and allow it to remain unfulfilled for a few minutes. Without suppressing the desire, we’ll investigate the sense of deprivation and stop feeding the images and plans that sustain it. What becomes available when we no longer have to serve the wanting—perhaps relief, simplicity, spaciousness, or enoughness?
First Mondays, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Monday Night Guest House
With JIM DALTON (he/him)
Join Jim on the first Monday of each month for a group mindfulness session, including quiet sitting, guided meditation, and time for discussion and questions.
The current theme is Dharmic Reflections on Aging in the 21st Century:
From the moment we are born, we begin to age—an undeniable part of life. While modern views on aging have shifted, the Buddha’s teachings on suffering and impermanence remain constant. Over the coming months, we’ll explore the inner and spiritual dimensions of aging, and how to meet our own fragility and change with compassion.
Tuesdays, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Women's Sangha
All self-identified women and non-binary people are invited to gather in community to explore the dharma, share our wisdom and cultivate a brave and tender space of belonging. Each meeting will include a period of meditation, followed by a brief dharma offering to seed inquiry, and time for small and larger group sharing.
We're currently exploring the Seven Awakening Factors—qualities of mind that support awakening and deepen our meditation practice. Join us as we investigate how these factors can be cultivated and brought into our everyday lives.
Wednesdays, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Heart of Freedom
With DOUGLAS PULLIN (he/him)
The Heart of Freedom weekly meditation class provides instruction and support for the cultivation of mindfulness every Wednesday evening. The overall focus is on the cultivation of compassion, kindness and wisdom through the practice of being fully present for the ever changing joys and sorrows of life. The class includes guided and silent meditation, teaching on the principles of practice, and an opportunity for questions related to practice.
Topic for October 28: Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between: Finding Freedom in Every State of Mind
Buddhist teachings describe six realms of existence, from heavenly pleasure to the suffering of the hell realms. We can also recognize these realms in our everyday experiences of joy, craving, jealousy, anger, and confusion. This week we'll explore how mindfulness helps us recognize these changing states without becoming identified with them, opening the possibility of freedom, wisdom, and compassion in the midst of ordinary life. All levels of experience are welcome.
Peer-led Community Groups
Explore shared interests and deepen connection through peer-led groups organized by members of the PIMC community.
Organized by Sangha Member Michael Midghall
Mondays, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
PIMC Book Circle
The PIMC Book Circle is currently full and has moved to a waitlist. If you’d like to be added to the waitlist or be updated about future openings, please contact Michael at MichaelMidghall@iCloud.com.