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Insight Meditation (West) · Retreat centre
Barre, Massachusetts, United States · Also called BCBS
The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies is a non-profit educational centre founded in 1990 by Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg to combine Buddhist study and meditation practice. It runs residential programs on its campus in Barre, from a weekend to several months long, drawing on several Buddhist traditions, as well as online programs.
Choose a retreat on the centre's own website and register there. IMS takes a deposit on registration and offers sliding-scale rates and scholarships.
The Western insight meditation centres (IMS, Spirit Rock, Gaia House): lay teachers, roots in Mahasi, U Ba Khin and Thai Forest, and fees plus dāna. Read about Insight Meditation (West).
Details checked 24 Sept 2026. Course dates, rules and contacts change: confirm on the centre’s own site.
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