Insight Meditation Society

The Insight Meditation Society (IMS) is a non-profit organization for study of Buddhism located in Barre, Massachusetts.

[1] It was founded in 1975 by Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein and Jacqueline Schwartz, and is rooted in the Theravada tradition.

[2][3] Its first retreat center in an old mansion in Barre, Massachusetts was opened on February 14, 1976.

[5][6] From 1996-2006, IMS offered a correspondence course developed by its founders Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg entitled Insight Meditation which consisted of 12 audio cassettes and a workbook.

[7] The course later evolved into Insight Meditation: An In-Depth Correspondence Course, with 24 audio CDs and an 88-page workbook.