The Bozeman Insight Community (BIC) was founded in 1996 to offer resources and support for people seeking to enhance their Insight/Mindfulness (Vipassana) Meditation practice.

Vipassana means “clearly seeing into the truth of” and it’s practices come from the teachings of the historical Buddha. The practices engender insight into mind and experience from a perspective beyond conventions; insight into the impermanent and inter-dependent nature of our experiences; and develop our heart’s capacity to meet our conditions with clarity, compassion and balance.

What is Vipassana Meditation?

Vipassana is a Pali word which is often translated as “insight” or “clear seeing.”  Vipassana is insight into mind and matter from a perspective beyond conventions; insight into the impermanent nature of our experiences; and insight into the nature of our experience as arising from causes and conditions. Vipassana is insight into the truth that no actions or set of conditions will give rise to permanent happiness-thus striving for this leads only to suffering. Seeing and realizing this truth leads to the falling away of all forms of attachment; when this occurs, the mind is in its natural luminous and awakened state. Vispassana is beyond the mundane, beyond concepts like birth and death.

Vipassana Meditation is focused on awareness (mindfulness) of the present moment. The instructions direct us to observe mind and body without judgment or commentary. This meditation technique was discovered by the Buddha over 2500 years ago. It is a system of training (Bhavana) that cultivates wisdom, concentration and ethics/virtue.

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