Insight Meditation Community of Charlotte

11/11/2025

Join us Saturday, November 15th for a Daylong Retreat – Walking the Path of Awareness through the Holidays

If you think you’re enlightened, spend time with your Family!

The winter holidays can bring joy—and also stress. Join us for a day of exploring dharma tools to navigate the sometimes tricky terrain of seasonal expectations. Through dharma offerings, sitting, walking, contemplation and experiential exercises (breath work, guided reclining meditation/yoga nidra and insight dialog) we’ll learn together the real meaning of holiday joy and maybe even have some fun!

DATE: November 15, 2025

LOCATION: Park Road Baptist Church, 3900 Park Road Charlotte, NC 28209 / Milford Chapel & Meditation Hall

TIME: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Walking the Path of Awareness through the Holidays If you think you’re enlightened, spend time with your Family! The winter holidays can bring joy—and also stress. Join us for a day of exploring dharma tools to navigate the sometimes tricky terrain of seasonal expectations. Through dharma offeri...

10/29/2025

The Tashi Kyil Monks are here! The Insight Meditation Community of Charlotte invites you to join us for this very special event.

Tibetan Buddhist Monks will create a World Peace Mandala in Charlotte during the week of October 27-31. Insight Meditation Community of Charlotte (IMCC) and Park Road Baptist Church are partnering to host the Tashi Kyil Monks.

On Wednesday evening, Oct. 29th, there will be a special program in the church sanctuary. The Peace Mandala will be on display.
Join us at 6:30PM WED for a Pop-up market with hand-made items.

Then, the Tashi Kyil Monks will lead us in meditation, traditional chanting and a dharma talk in the Sanctuary at PRBC starting at 7:00pm. The doors will open early, and the peace mandala will be on display. All dana collected this evening and during the entire week will go directly to the benefit of the Tashi Kyil monks.

Please share this with those you feel may benefit from this experience.

In gratitude,
IMCC

10/23/2025

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10/06/2025

SAVE THE DATE: Daylong Retreat – Walking the Path of Awareness through the Holidays

If you think you’re enlightened, spend time with your Family!

The winter holidays can bring joy—and also stress. Join us for a day of exploring dharma tools to navigate the sometimes tricky terrain of seasonal expectations. Through dharma offerings, sitting, walking, contemplation and experiential exercises (breath work, guided reclining meditation/yoga nidra and insight dialog) we’ll learn together the real meaning of holiday joy and maybe even have some fun!

DATE: November 15, 2025

LOCATION: Park Road Baptist Church, 3900 Park Road Charlotte, NC 28209 / Milford Chapel & Meditation Hall

TIME: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

10/03/2025

Peace for Our World

Tibetan Buddhist Monks will create a World Peace Mandala in Charlotte during the week of October 27-31. Insight Meditation Community of Charlotte (IMCC) and Park Road Baptist Church are hosting the Tashi Kyil Monks. Following the destruction of Labrang Tashi Kyil monastery in Tibet during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, exiled monks rebuilt the monastery in India in 1967.

Visitors are invited to witness the lengthy, delicate process in the church lobby. (The church is located at 3900 Park Road.) On completion, the Peace Mandala is ceremonially destroyed, symbolizing the impermanent nature of life. The sand is then deposited into a moving body of water to spread its healing energies.

Additionally, join us at 6:30PM Wednesday for a Pop-up market with hand-made items, and then the monks will lead the community in meditation, traditional chanting, and a dharma talk
in the Sanctuary at Park Road Baptist Church starting at 7:00 pm. The doors will open early, and the Peace Mandala will be on display.

The monks have been touring the U.S. to educate the public about the culture and Buddhist practices of Tibet. They are raising much needed funds for their monastery where they educate and care for 120 Tibetan refugee children.

The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says: While it is important to work for material development, it is vital to focus on achieving peace of mind through cultivating a good heart and by being compassionate, not just toward near and dear ones, but toward everyone. Through this, you will contribute to making the world a better place.

May the blessing of Mandala spread Healing and Peace everywhere.

06/05/2025

June is NourishUp ALL month at IMC Charlotte!
Bring healthy, high quality food items on Wednesday evenings 7pm - 9pm for folks who are food compromised and need some help. Canned meats, low sodium veggies especially needed. IMCCharlotte.org inside Park Road Baptist Church-Milford Chapel and Meditation Hall
3900 Park Road Charlotte NC 28209

07/08/2024

We've added a new meditation time: 7:30 am on Thursdays! ZOOM only. 20 minute sit followed by conversation or comments if you want... Out the door by 8! See IMCCharlotte.org homepage

01/17/2024

INSIGHT MEDITATION WORKSHOP
In this training, we'll review the fundamentals of Insight (Vipassana) meditation and explore how to cultivate mindfulness in our daily lives.
Our time will include: •An overview of Insight meditation and mindfulness practices •Meditation instructions – intention, posture, concentration •Meditation sessions •Working with physical pain, emotions, thoughts, and other obstacles while meditating •Guidelines for your home practice •Ample time for Q&A
This is an in-person class
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024
Time: 9am – 12:30pm
Location: Park Road Baptist Church, 3900 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209
Bring: Water bottle, note pad
Registration:$15 Dana (donation) suggested for the Leader, $7.50 Students with ID
Register: Ihttps://www.imccharlotte.org/events/vipassana-workshop-021024/
Board and Dharma Leader discounts apply
For additional information, contact Clyde at caofnc@yahoo.com
Advance registration is encouraged.

11/19/2023

DayLong Retreat - January 6, 2024 9am-4pm Milford Chapel / Meditation Hall, Park Road Baptist Church 3900 Park Road 28209 When asked to describe the BuddhaDharma in a few words, Zen master Suzuki Roshi simply said “everything changes”. Anicca - a word from the Pali language, the language that most closely approximates the language spoken by the Buddha - points to the idea that all physical and mental existence is in a state of flux and therefore cannot be permanent. Anicca means “unstable,” “impermanent” and“changing.” As this year changes, please join IMCC Dharma Leader Thia Powers for IMPERMANENCE & the PRESENT MOMENT, a day of Noble Silence, using the teachings of the Buddha and our own present moment experience to explore one of the essential tenets of Buddhism. This retreat will offer Dharma teachings, sitting & walking meditation, and an optional time of gentle movement. A lunch break and opportunities for small groups will be included. Retreat materials provided upon registration.For more information contact: ThiaPowersAmen@gmail.com REGISTRATION NOW OPEN .org

09/30/2023

The monks were with us for a week, visiting a school to make a sand mandala for World Peace Day, joining us for meals, teaching, chanting and performing a ceremonial dance for the sangha. We welcome the Tashi Kyil monks and their uplifting, gentle energy for a visit anytime!

08/28/2023

Tashi Kyil Tibetan Refugee Buddhist Monks



Monks from Labrang Tashikyil Monastery in Dehra Dun, India are touring the United States to teach the Dharma, educate the public about the culture and religion of Tibet, and to raise much needed funds for their monastery.
Following the destruction of the original Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Tibet, exiled monks rebuilt their monastery in Dehra Dun, India in 1967. To the present day, the chanting styles, rituals, practices, and self initiations are preserved just as they were in Tibet. The Labrang Tashi Kyil monks are a part of the Tibetan Buddhist Gelug Sect, the sect of His Holiness the Dali Lama.
The Tashi Kyil Monk are visiting Charlotte!

Sponsored by Insight Meditation Community of Charlotte: Join us to learn chants and meditation from the Tibetan tradition. Many articles made by Tibetan refugees living in India will be on hand to purchase: bowls, scarves, prayer flags, jewelry and more. Proceeds will benefit the monastery.
Date: Wednesday, Sept 20
Time: Doors open 6:30pm . Handmade items for sale will then be available.
Program: 7p – 9p (The 7p instruction session will not be held that night.)
Location: Park Road Baptist Church, Milford Chapel, 3900 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209
Cost: Free. Donations for monks’ monastery encouraged.

Insight Meditation Charlotte is dedicated to the practice of Insight (Vipassana) Meditation