He taught the metta (loving kindness) meditation phrases for which IMS is widely known. Another cherished visitor was the Bengali Dipa Ma (1911-1989) who also taught a retreat in 1984.

He taught the metta (loving kindness) meditation phrases for which IMS is widely known. Another cherished visitor was the Bengali Dipa Ma (1911-1989) who also taught a retreat in 1984.

When asking Joseph Goldstein, one of the three original founding teachers of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, who turned 80 this May, what first launched his commitment to Buddhism, he spoke ...