Online Programs

All regularly scheduled programs are hosted on Zoom.

Wednesday Morning Practice Session

9:45 – 11:00 am PST  led by Linda Rose

Meditation, Dharma Reflections, and Discussion on Zoom

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Insight Dialogue Peer-Led Practice Group

This group is now closed. Stay tuned for openings.

In-Person Programs

First Saturdays of the Month

The first Saturday of every month we will meet in person for member-led meditations and discussion. These sessions will be at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Eugene at 1685 W 13th Ave.

10:30 am-12:00 pm PST

For the safety for all, we follow UUCE’s COVID guidelines.

Third Saturdays of the Month

On the third Saturday of the month, we meet in person just to meditate together. These sessions, hosted by Sangha members, will be at the Buddha Eye Temple, 2190 Garfield St. Eugene, OR 97405.

10:30-11:30 am PST

Sutta Study Group

Our monthly sutta class will have a few openings beginning in March 2024. If interested please email Charles Goldsmith (bendgold@aol.com)

Upcoming Special Events

2024

July 26 and 27: Trina Truong

Trina is part of the Portland Insight Meditation Community.

Dates and Hours: Friday evening July 26, a talk from 6-8pm,  and Saturday July 27, day-long  9:30-4:30 with a one hour lunch break.

Location: Buddha Eye Temple, 2190 Garfield St, Eugene, OR 97405

Please bring your own bag lunch.

Trina combines the teachings of Thay Thich Nhat Hanh with the Insight teachings.  She calls her approach “Thaypassana”.  The above video provides a sense of her personality and approach.

Daylong Retreat Description

Let go to be free
How can we use meditation and mindfulness to shine light on where we are still holding on? Where are we still not yet capable of forgiving ourselves or others? What continues to live out in the mind holds us back from experiencing the depths of freedom that lives in the spaciousness of letting go.
In this daylong retreat, rest back in the body. Stop and see deeply the nature of patterned thinking and beliefs. Find solace in quieting the busy-ness.  Step into freedom with the practice of forgiveness and kind attention. Practice in community to remember that you are not alone on this quest to set yourself free.
Come join Trina on this day of nourishing yourself from within. There will be periods of sitting, walking, a Dharma talk and an opportunity to ask questions to Trina.

About Trina Truong

Trina brings a heartwarming approach to her teachings.  Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she grew up around monastics and spent much of her youth at the local temples and retreats. Trina blends the eastern ceremonial and devotional aspects of the Mahayana tradition with the practical, systematic methods of the Theravada tradition.  For two decades, she studied the teachings of Buddhist monastics Thich Nhat Hanh, Master Sheng Yen and Bhante Guanaratana.  She began practicing in the Theravada tradition in 2013.
Trina is trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and has taught Mindfulness workshops to underserved communities such as prisons, inner cities, and marginalized folks. She provides mindfulness coaching and spiritual guidance to individuals and groups seeking to apply the Buddhist teachings and mindfulness practices into daily life–from life transitions to finding purpose in the daily grind and resolving relational conflict. Trina is passionate about building mindful communities rooted in diversity, equity and inclusion values, and  creating the conditions for people to experience profound insights and awakening to the nature of mind.
She leads a daily morning meditation group, Wake Up Together; a weekly sitting group, Thaypassana Tuesday; and frequently offers Sunday Sangha at the Portland Insight Meditation Community as well as other classes and events.
She can be reached at: mindfulnesswithtrina@gmail.com

Sept. 13 and 14: Anita Bermont

Anita is based in Portland and is part of the Insight Dialogue Community.  She will be offering a Friday evening and Saturday day-long retreat on Insight Dialogue at the Buddha Eye Temple in Eugene. Anita co-taught with Dave Leggatt last September in Eugene.

2025

June 6 and 7: Tuere Sala

Tuere is from the Seattle Insight Meditation Community.  She will be offering a Friday evening and Saturday day-long retreat, location TBA.

Visit Tuere's website

Past Special Events

The Roots of Mindfulness with Kate Savage, CMT-P

A five-week class in mindfulness meditation (March 2024)

This is a course for beginning meditators, those who wish to deepen or reinvigorate their practice, and for those who want to learn about the roots of mindfulness (also known as “vipassana” or insight) meditation.

Each class offers practical, evidence-based approaches to meditation in a course designed to build on concepts covered in previous sessions. Weekly teaching and discussion will be followed by experiential guided meditations, with time for reflection and Q & A. Participants will learn about the science of mindfulness while exploring a range of practices such as mindfulness of breath and body, dealing with stress, walking meditation, mindful eating, befriending and working with our busy minds, and more.

Over the five weeks, students will be encouraged to meditate on their own in order to more fully experience the benefits of regular practice, supported by mid-week recap emails with recorded meditations. The deep history of Buddhist wisdom underlying each of the practices will offer a more complete understanding of the “why and how” of meditation.

About Kate Savage

Kate’s formal meditation study began in 1993 in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh. While she has explored many meditation traditions, finding her way to insight (“vipassana”) meditation in 2013 felt like a homecoming. In 2018, Kate graduated Insight LA’s teacher training with Trudy Goodman-Kornfield, and she became a Certified Mindfulness Teacher-Professional (CMT-P) through the International Mindfulness Teachers Association in 2019. Other study includes Mindful Schools Yearlong teacher training, Eco Sattva, White Awake, UCLA MARC’s trauma-sensitive Meditation Safety Training, Insight LA’s Dedicated to the Dharma, Dharma and Art at Barre Center for Buddhist Study, and Dharma Here and Now training with Dave Smith. Kate leads mindfulness classes and retreats at meditation and wellness centers, schools, businesses, health-care settings and for city employees. See Open Window Mindfulness for more information.

An Introduction to Insight Dialogue with Guest Teacher Dave Leggatt

Weekend Workshop/Retreat (Sept. 2023)

About Insight Dialogue

Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice that rests on three bases, each powerful in its own right: meditative awareness, the wisdom teachings of the Buddhadhamma, and relationship. It has the same purposes and traditional roots as silent meditation: developing mindfulness, compassion and liberating insight.

In this short Introduction to Insight Dialogue we’ll take a journey through the Buddha’s teachings on Kalyanamitta and the Brahma Viharas to explore the power of good friends practicing together. This offering will focus on the embodiment of the practice and practical ways to use these teachings in everyday life.

About Dave Leggatt

Dave Leggatt practiced in the Vipassana tradition for many years. He was introduced to Insight Dialogue in 2011 and joined the Insight Dialogue facilitator program in 2016. Since then Dave has been facilitating and teaching in-person workshops, retreats and online offerings. Aware of the importance of spiritual friendship and the power of Insight Dialogue practiced in daily life, he enjoys expanding the boundaries of practice for himself and others. He founded the annual Kalyanamittata retreat and offers practice in the global Insight Dialogue community. He is active on a number of community teams. Dave lives in Toronto, Canada.