San Francisco Insight

Special Sunday: Randy Fernando speaking on the wise use of technology Sunday, July 28 at 7PM

Explore how we, as practitioners, can use mindfulness to preserve a most precious resource: our attention.

The Love of Dharma and the Dharma of Love, a five-week class series with Eugene Cash

Five Thursdays starting September 26. Love is one of the most important components of human life. Join Eugene for this special opportunity to explore and investigate our relationship to love.

Meditation and Dharma Talks Every Sunday and Wednesday Night

Get Intimate with San Francisco Insight

The San Francisco Insight Meditation Community is dedicated to offering the teachings of the Buddha as they develop in the West. Our orientation is toward intensive lay practice. We offer classes, meditation retreats and other events as a community (sangha) devoted to the embodiment of awakening in our lives.

Where and When We Meet

We meet every Sunday evening from 7pm to 9pm in the Chapel, and every Wednesday evening from 7pm to 9pm in the Fireside Room of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco, located at 1187 Franklin Street at the corner of Geary Blvd. Get directions, find parking, or view map. Our meetings begin with a 40–minute meditation, followed by a talk and discussion.

Classes and Retreats

We regularly offer a variety of beginning meditation courses providing basic Buddhist meditation instructions, Buddhist teachings, and practical suggestions for applying these teachings to our daily lives. We also offer daylong meditation retreats to deepen and mature our practice. Community members are encouraged to engage in intensive meditation retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County with Eugene or other Spirit Rock teachers.