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Insight Meditation Society (IMS)

Barre, Massachusetts·Barre·United Statesest. 1975

One of the West's foundational insight-meditation centers, offering retreats and a residential community rhythm that has seeded countless local sitting groups. Alumni often return home and start weekly sanghas in borrowed rooms.

Retreat center as mother-ship: the real scale is the diaspora of local groups it inspires.

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Plum Village Monastery (root sangha)

Thénac · France · 1982

Root monastery of Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village Tradition in southern France. Retreatants practice sitting, walking meditation and shared work; many return home and join or found weekly local sanghas.

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