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1 2012 InterSangha mee/ng Kim Allen, BIN President

2 Topics Soil: The Insight Medita/on Movement Lay Insight teachers Retreats Community teachers, centers, and sanghas Prac//oners Cul/va/ng the Seed: Further Development of Teachers, Leaders, and Prac//oners Training and academic programs Integra/on a full life The Buddhist Insight Network Reflec/on Ques/ons

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4 Pioneering teachers: Joseph Goldstein Jack Kornfield Sharon Salzberg Chris9na Feldman Christopher Titmuss Ruth Denison Source: Inquiring Mind et al

5 Lay Insight teachers in the West Total ac9ve teachers Who can lead residen/al retreats Total ac/ve teachers

6 Growth in lay Insight teachers Defined as those teachers who can lead residen/al Insight/ vipassana retreats Timeline: 1960s: Ruth Denison, Robert Hover, John Coleman 1974, Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein 1995: 2012: About 70 in the United States Inquiring Mind lists 48 of these leading residen/al retreats worldwide About 111 in the United States About 138 total in the West IM lists about 100 leading residen/al retreats in the US

7 These teachers include: Pioneering teachers who established the first retreat centers Retreat teachers trained by these + Other Insight teachers trained elsewhere

8 Growth in number of residen9al Retreat Centers US Centers (Year of acquiring the property/building) IMS 1976 Dhamma Dena 1977 Spirit Rock 1987 Forest Refuge 2003 IRC 2011

9 Growth in number of residen9al Retreat Centers European Centers (Year of acquiring the property/building) Gaia House 1983 Assoc. of Mind. Med Buddha Haus 1989 Beatenberg 2000 Le Moulin 2005

10 Number of retreats 250 Lay insight teacher retreats More teachers trained + growing interest in retreats + new centers opening Source: Inquiring Mind. (Best single source available; not comprehensive in some areas)

11 In addi9on to 138 retreat teachers, there are about 300 trained CDL teachers CDL 4 Cohort, May 2012

12 Growth in number of residen9al and community Insight Centers US Centers (Year of acquiring the property/building) IMS 1976 Dhamma Dena 1977 CIMC 1985 Spirit Rock 1987 Common Ground 1993 Forest Refuge 2003 New York Insight 2003 IMC 2001 PIMC 2004 Insight Santa Cruz 2006 EBMC 2007 Against the Stream 2008 Mountain Stream and Flowering Lotus 2010 IRC 2011

13 Signg Groups (North America) SiVng Groups in North America Source: Inquiring Mind Notes: Early data may include some Zen groups Large growth in past decade not captured in IM?

14 Insight medita/on prac//oners Informa/on from IMC Community Survey 2009* 322 respondents 242 in person akendees 80 online only through AudioDharma, etc. Included ques/ons spiritual prac/ce and views * Not necessarily representa/ve, but is the largest, most recent survey of the Insight community

15 Significant number of mature students

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17 Spiritual/religious iden/ty About 2/3 claim to be Buddhist

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19 Trainings and academic degree programs by Insight centers/organiza/ons Spirit Rock Teacher training program (with IMS) 1985 Community Dharma Leader program 1997 Dedicated Prac//oner Program 2000 Yoga and Medita/on teacher training 2007 Path of Engagement 2007 Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Going Forth Program Integrated Study and Prac/ce Program Cer/ficate Program in Mindfulness for Educators Bhavana Program Buddhist Psychology Program Sa/ Center Buddhist Chaplaincy training program 2003 Sa/ Ins/tute for Theravada Studies 2011 [Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA] Cer/ficate in Mindfulness Facilita/on 2011

20 Integra/on (generosity, compassion, service, right livelihood): How can I help? Dharma teaching MBSR Other secular mindfulness teaching Hospice Chaplaincy Engaged Buddhism Psychology Coaching Academics Social work..

21 Addi/onal training/development: How can we provide for Ongoing development of retreat teachers, community teachers, mindfulness instructors, chaplains, sangha leaders? Training for community teachers in how to set up and administer an Insight center? Regular teacher mee/ngs, now that there are so many more teachers? Deeper study in sukas, Buddhism, Pali? Rich op/ons for mature students to integrate prac/ce into livelihood?

22 Shaping the flow of the Insight Medita9on movement

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24 Pathway to BIN Possibly the idea first surfaced around 2000 among CDL : Spirit Rock: Insight Community development ini/a/ve (Evan Kavanaugh, Richard Heckler) : Group of teachers: TIMBA / BIN 2011: Buddhist Insight Network (BIN) incorporated Born from discussion at 2010 InterSangha mee/ng Ini/al focus on leaders of Insight groups: Community teachers, board members, other leaders So far, groups are those who self iden/fy with what BIN is doing, including some spiritual connec/on to Jack, Joseph, Sharon, etc.

25 Venues: Retreats Sanghas/ Community Special programs / Other mee9ngs People: Retreat teachers Community teachers Other sangha leaders + chaplains Prac//oners / yogis InterSangha BIN s ini9al range BIN Website and overall Insight Community

26 BIN can support the Insight movement Facilitate sharing of informa/on and support between centers and signg groups Provide support for Insight teachers, teacher trainees, community leaders, and diverse popula/on of prac//oners Be available to give guidance in organiza/onal development, governance, and ethics & reconcilia/on Create an Internet archive of informa/on useful to the Insight movement Keep people connected through BIN newsleker, website, directory, and retreat schedules Help with financial, legal, technology, and insurance issues

27 Current ac/ons and opportuni/es Website: hkp:// Resources for teachers and groups (more coming!) Informa/onal report on race/ethnicity related diversity programs Curriculum on Five Hindrances Volunteer needs: **Graphic designer (website) Requirements manager (website) Others Thanks to Steve Swartz of Dharma Zephyr for website development

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29 Reflec/ons What ideas and visions do you have for the growth of the Insight movement? What provides coherence and mutual iden/ty for the diverse par/cipants of the Insight movement? What resources would be helpful to develop for the Insight movement? How can future teachers, leaders, and prac//oners of the Insight movement best be developed?

30 A happy thing is concord in the Sangha! One who assists in making harmony, loving concord and righteousness, does not fall away from freedom. It 12

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