Director: Joe Seamans, Elizabeth Seamans
Country: USA
Year: 2023

Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, is one of the foremost meditation retreat centers in the West. In this special documentary feature, join founders Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, and other early day community members as they share heartwarming stories of how IMS came to be, at a time long before “mindfulness” became a household word.  

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As of March 4, 2023, you’ll be able to watch the documentary through IMS Online’s on-demand library at dharma.org/imsonline.

This film will be available to stream until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, March 3, 2023. 

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Joseph Goldstein and Dipa Ma

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Anagarika Munindra

Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Jacqueline Mandell, and Joseph Goldstein

Images courtesy the Insight Meditation Society