Who teaches at IMS?
Each year, IMS hosts over 50 highly trained lay and monastic Buddhist teachers from around the world, offering meditation teachings and guidance at our Retreat Center and Forest Refuge facilities.
Each year, IMS hosts over 50 highly trained lay and monastic Buddhist teachers from around the world, offering meditation teachings and guidance at our Retreat Center and Forest Refuge facilities.
Here in the midst of contemporary Western culture, our teachers are continuing the ancient Buddhist monastic tradition of freely offering the teachings. What this means is that most Retreat Center teachers receive no compensation for teaching at IMS, and instead rely on the generosity of course participants for a sustainable income. At the Forest Refuge, where retreatants often stay for long periods, IMS supplements teacher dana as needed to provide an adequate offering.
At both the Retreat Center and the Forest Refuge, there is an opportunity to offer donations to the teachers at the end of retreats.