South Bay Insight LA
Calendar
September Contemplation
“Change is the focal point for Buddhist insight—a fact so well known that it has spawned a familiar sound bite: ‘Isn’t change what Buddhism is all about?’ What’s less well known is that this focus has a frame, that change is neither where insight begins nor where it ends. Insight begins with a question that evaluates change in light of the desire for true happiness. It ends with a happiness that lies beyond change…We’ve imprisoned ourselves with our obsession for producing and consuming changeable pleasures and changeable selves, and yet there’s the possibility of using change to escape from this prison to the freedom of a happiness transcending time and space…With every moment we’re supplied with raw materials—some of them attractive, some of them not. Instead of embracing them in delight or throwing them away in disgust, we can learn how to use them to produce the keys that will unlock our prison doors…There’s nothing further we have to do; our sense of “my” and “mine” is discarded; and even the “long-term,” which implies time, is erased by the timeless. The happiness remaining lies radically beyond the range of our time- and space-bound conceptions of happiness. Totally independent of mind-objects, it’s unadulterated and unalterable, unlimited and pure…And that’s what Buddhist practice is all about.”
Thanissaro Bhikkhu in All About Change
Meditation Schedule
Our online and on location meeting information can be found below.
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September 2026
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
September 1, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Teacher: Peggy Kersulis
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
September 3, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: Mindfulness Meditation
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
September 8, 7:30 - 9:00
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
September 10, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: Mindfulness Meditation
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
September 15, 7:30 - 9:00
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
September 17, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: "Mindfulness Meditation"
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
September 22, 7:30 - 9:00
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
September 24, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: "Mindfulness Meditation"
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
September 29, 7:30 - 9:00
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/