Welcome to Rocky Mountain Insight

A nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people in the Dharma, the universal truths as taught by the Buddha for the purpose of alleviating suffering. Rocky Mountain Insight offers Instruction in Vipassana meditation, opportunities for Dharma study, ongoing group support and community based selfless service.


* If District 11 schools are closed, regularly scheduled activities and sits will be cancelled.
 

Special Events & Classes at Rocky Mountain Insight


Class and Event Details

Meditation Class
• Karma - Feb 4
The Buddha distinguishes karma into two groups, wholesome and unwholesome. What makes karma wholesome or unwholesome? The intention or motivation behind the action. "…once greed, hatred and delusion have vanished, that action is thus abandoned, cut off at the root, made barren like a palm-tree stump, obliterated so that it is no more subject to arise in the future." AN 24 Learn more about cultivating the wholesome and diminishing the unwholesome. Generate good karma by attending this class.
Instructor: Co-taught by Lucinda Green and Michele Sneath, Dharma teachers, Rocky Mountain Insight
Dates: Saturday February 4, 2012
Time: 9 - 11 am
Registration: Register by January 28th Send fee of $25 made payable to Lucinda Green to PO Box 6386, Colorado Springs, CO 80934-6386. May all beings be happy!
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Map to RMI
 
Meditation Class
• Buddhism: Four Noble Truths - Feb 2
Tired of suffering needlessly? The Buddha discovered a way to live which brings relief to our everyday lives, and results in freedom. This class investigates the teachings of the Buddha and includes meditation. Meditation cushions provided. Text for the class is What the Buddha Taught by Walpole Rahula. Acquire a copy and bring to the first class. Team taught by a slate of RMI teachers: Vic Bradford, Michele Sneath, Beth Chorpenning and Lucinda Green.
Instructor: Team taught by a slate of RMI teachers, Vic Bradford, Michele Sneath, Beth Chorpenning and Lucinda Green.
Dates: Thursdays 6 - 7:30 pm, Feb 2 - 23
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Registration: Mail $65 fee to: payable to Vic Bradford, 817 Panorama Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Map to RMI
 
Special Event
• Therigatha: Poetry of Enlightenment by Buddhism's First Women - Feb 25
As visible as the arts and artistic expression are in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, so too the Theravada tradition includes inspiring poetic expression pointing to the experience of enlightenment.

Join us in discovering the Therigatha, a collection of the first Buddhist women poets. The class will draw on this ancient text dating from contemporaries of the Buddha's to women writers three hundred years after his death.

Come contemplate these beautiful works. Men and women are joyfully invited to share in this experience.
Instructor: Co-taught by Pat Komarow and Lucinda Green, Dharma teachers, Rocky Mountain Insight
Dates: Saturday, February 25, 2011
Time: 9 - 11 AM
Registration: Register by February 18. Send fee of $25 made payable to Lucinda Green, PO Box 6386, Colorodo Springs, CO 80934-6386.
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Map to RMI
 
Special Event
• Therigatha: Poetry of Enlightenment by Buddhism's First Women - Feb 26
As visible as the arts and artistic expression are in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, so too the Theravada tradition includes inspiring poetic expression pointing to the experience of enlightenment. This evening's talk will focus on this ancient text dating from contemporaries of the Buddha's to women writers three hundred years after his death. Join us for an evening of inspiring poetry and contemplation. Author of Pathway to Freedom: Applying the Teachings of the Buddha, it is Lucinda's profound joy to share the Dharma.
Instructor: Lucinda Green Ph.D., Dharma teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight
Dates: February 26, 2012
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Registration: No registration needed.
Location: Insight Community of Colorado, First Unitarian Church (on the corner of 14th and Lafayette Streets) 1400 Lafayette Street, Denver 1400 Lafayette St.
 
Meditation Class
• Anapanasati: Mindfulness of the Breath
The first class will focus on Breathing with the Body and Breathing with Vedana (initial sense impressions). The second class will focus on Breathing with the Mind/Heart (citta) and Breathing with Wisdom. The third class will focus on Breathing with the Way Things Are and Breathing into Silence. This class will draw from Larry Rosenberg's wonderful book Breath by Breath.
Instructor: Pat Komarow, Dharma Teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight
Dates: Tuesdays, March 6 - March 20
Time: 7 to 8:30 PM
Registration: Class fee of $50, registration instructions to follow.
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
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Meditation Class
• Vipassana Meditation: Intro class
Insight (Vipassana) Meditation, from the Buddhist tradition, includes practices to calm and concentrate the mind. Calm and concentration allow insights that lead to clarity and wisdom.
Instructor: Beth Chorpenning, Dharma teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight
Dates: Thursdays, April 12 - May 3
Time: 6:30-8:00
Registration: Please register by April 5th. Make checks payable to Beth Chorpenning. Send fee of $60 with name, address and phone to Beth Chorpenning, 5150 High Ridge Rd., Manitou Springs, CO 80829. For more information call 719-685-5575 or email chorpenning@skybeam.com
Location: Rocky Mountain Insight
2525 W. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Map to RMI
 
Retreat
• Spring 2012 Meditation Retreat
Ease your body and mind with a weekend, silent, retreat at the Franciscan Retreat Center located at Mount St. Francis. If you have never attended a silent meditation retreat before, you are in for a moving experience. A silent retreat is a rare and precious opportunity to focus solely on the most earnest questions of the heart and to spend some days in silence in a beautiful, natural setting.
Instructor: Lucinda Green Ph.D., Dharma teacher, Rocky Mountain Insight
Dates: April 27 through 29
Time: Residential retreat
Registration: Registration due April 10. $80 Deposit due at time of registration. Cost $185 (Includes shared room and meals) Questions? Contact Pat Byme owermum27@yahoo.com 719.687.6081
Location: Franciscan Retreat Center