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
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. She will be offering a Friday evening and Saturday day-long retreat at the Buddha Eye Temple in Eugene.
Trina combines the teachings of Thay Thich Nhat Hanh with the Insight teachings. She has named her approach “Thaypassana”. There are links to videos of her teaching on the Portland Insight website. The following video provides a sense of her personality and approach.
Sept. 14: Anita Bermont
Trina is based in Portland and is part of the Insight Dialogue Community. She will be offering a 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.
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.