Orlando Insight Meditation Group

LifeArt Meditation: 2nd, 3rd, 4th Mondays at 6:30pm ET

One hour guided meditation/talk/q&a sesssion 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Mondays 6:30pm (ONLINE ONLY) In addition to our weekly Sangha, we invite you to join the monthly LifeArt Meditation Group, offered on the second, third, and fourth Monday of every month online only....

Wednesday Night Meetings

Sangha meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7pm to 9pm and can be attended in person or via zoom. The in person meetings are held at Peter Carlson's home at 1818 Carrigan Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789. For those who haven’t been to the site, the house is the...

Meditation + Dharma Talk Every Wednesday Night, 7pm-9pm ET

Upcoming Schedule at a glance:

We begin at 7pm with a 45 minute silent meditation (sometimes there will be a guided one) and at around 7:50pm we will begin a dharma talk. Usually there is time for Q&A at the end.

All levels of practitioners, including absolute beginners, are welcome to attend. Support is available if you have questions. This weekly sangha gathering is hybrid with both online and in-person attendance available. Please see the logistics info below the schedule.

March 11— Ask Me Anything with Peter Carlson. Ask questions about your practice or the dharma in general and application to your everyday life. Beginning and advanced questions welcome.
March 18— Mindfulness of Mental Phenomena: Five Hindrances: Sense Desire talk by Susan Baxter
March 25— Mindfulness of Mental Phenomena: Five Hindrances: Aversion/Ill-Will talk by Allie Vaknin
April 1— Mindfulness of Mental Phenomena: Five Hindrances: Sloth/Torpor talk by April Koester
April 8— Mindfulness of Mental Phenomena: Five Hindrances: Restlessness/Worry talk by Lezlie Laws
April 15— Peter’s Self-Retreat report
April 22— Mindfulness of Mental Phenomena: Five Hindrances: Skeptical Doubt talk by Peter Carlson
April 29 — Mindfulness of the Five Aggregates talk by Allie Vaknin
May 6 — Mindfulness of the Six Sense-Spheres (Also reviewing the fetters) talk by April Koester
May 13 — Mindfulness of the Seven Awakening Factors: (first three: Mindfulness, Investigation, Energy) talk by Peter Carlson
May 20 — Mindfulness of the Seven Awakening Factors: Joy/Tranquility talk by Susan Baxter
May 27 — Mindfulness of the Seven Awakening Factors: Concentration/Equanimity talk by Lezlie Laws
June 3 — The Brahamaviharas: Overview of the four qualities and Metta/Lovingkindness talk by April Koester
June 10 — Compassion talk by Allie Vaknin
June 17 — Sympathetic Joy talk by Susan Baxter
June 24 — Equanimity talk by Lezlie Laws
July 1— Ask Me Anything Meditation Q&A with Peter Carlson

In-person Location: In the meditation hall behind Peter Carlson’s house.
1818 Carrigan Ave., Winter Park FL 32789
For more information call Peter at 407-339-5444

Click here to join Zoom Meeting.

Meeting ID: 847 1472 3882

Passcode: 620329

We hope you can join us, and we wish you well.

Latest Dharma Talk:
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Knowing The Mind

This talk, provided by Lezlie Laws, continues reviewing elements of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse, focusing in the Third Foundation, Mindfulness of the Mind. Lezlie uses a Zen question to foster internal understanding of how the mind creates a self: “What Is This?” The question is not intended to be abstract and intellectual, but rather to invite direct subjective knowledge of how the mind is created in and ongoing way.

During the talk, Lezlie refers to a YouTube interview involving Ezra Klein and Stephen Batchelor, a well-respected Buddhist teacher and author who suggests the value of this question. Here is a URL recording that conversation: https://secularbuddhistnetwork.org/ezra-klein-interviews-stephen-batchelor-on-what-is-this/