Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies is a mission-driven and community-supported 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization in the rural town of Barre, Massachusetts. Founded in 1990 by renowned meditation teachers Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg to integrate Buddhist study and practice, BCBS offers programs that support beginners through experienced practitioners in cultivating wisdom, deepening practice, and building community.

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The Work of Diversity: Getting Messy, Getting Uncomfortable

Practicing Your Way Out of Doubt, Synthesizing Styles, and the Underground Abhidhamma

Truths with Consequences

Urban Hermit: A Different Way of Being in the World

Jhānas, Lucid Dreaming, and Letting There Be Just Seeing in the Seeing

Mettā: What It Is, What It Isn’t

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Made With Metta: Red Beans and Rice

Cooking is an act of love and care for our chefs, who stay on the...

Staff Spotlight: Ora McKenna

The BCBS staff love their jobs, and Ora pours her heart into everything she does!...

Working Guest Spotlight: Wilder Geier

The BCBS Working Guest program enables volunteers to practice and study the dharma while living...

Made With Metta: Lentil Loaf with Red Pepper Sauce

Cooking is an act of love and care for our chefs, and this lentil loaf...

Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIPOC Retreat

BCBS hosted the Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIPOC Retreat, led by Tuere Sala and...

Working Guest Spotlight – Nikhil Mandalaparthy

The BCBS Working Guest program enables volunteers to practice and study the dharma while living...

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