About
Rupert Marques teaches in the Buddhist tradition and is affiliated with the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He co-leads retreats that integrate Buddhist Dharma with environmental ethics and contemplative practice. His teaching addresses the intersection of Buddhist practice and ecological concerns.
Teaching focus
Rupert Marques's teaching focus sits inside the Burmese vipassana revival as transmitted to the West, with insight meditation (vipassana) as the working ground. Vipassana practice as taught here works with direct observation of body, feeling-tone, mind-state, and dhammas, the four foundations of mindfulness as they appear in the Satipatthana Sutta. The instruction keeps coming back to what's actually arising rather than what should be. The teaching is shaped by the silent-retreat container, with the long arcs and the sustained quiet that container makes possible. Across the body of work, the consistent thread in Rupert Marques's teaching is the refusal to let practice become abstract. The instruction asks for direct contact with what's actually arising, and the framing supports practitioners in giving it that. Recurring questions in the teaching include how to keep practice honest across years, how to hold difficulty without bypassing it, and how the dharma actually shows up in ordinary life rather than only on the cushion. Recurring questions in the teaching include how to keep practice honest across years, how to hold difficulty without bypassing it, and how the dharma actually shows up in ordinary life rather than only on the cushion. Recurring questions in the teaching include how to keep practice honest across years, how to hold difficulty without bypassing it, and how the dharma actually shows up in ordinary life rather than only on the cushion.
Background
Rupert Marques teaches in the Buddhist tradition and is affiliated with the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He co-leads retreats that integrate Buddhist Dharma with environmental ethics and contemplative practice. His teaching addresses the intersection of Buddhist practice and ecological concerns. This retreat weaves Dharma, Earth-care, and deep listening to help us root in love, resilience, and a story of mutual flourishing. RESIDENTIAL July 3, 2026, July 8, 2026 Rupert Marques, Dawn Scott Embodying Ecodharma: Kinship Amidst the Great Unravelling Gather in community to meet the heartbreak and hope of our times. This retreat weaves Dharma, Earth-care, and deep listening to help us root in love, resilience, and a story of mutual flourishing. Gather in community to meet the heartbreak and hope of our times. This retreat weaves Dharma, Earth-care, and deep listening to help us root in love, resilience, and a story of mutual flourishing. Filter by: - Metta - Metta Sorry, we couldn’t find any results. Rupert Marques's teaching is anchored at Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in central Massachusetts, the scholarly partner to IMS. The teaching draws from the Burmese vipassana revival as transmitted to the West, with insight meditation (vipassana) as the working ground. Areas of particular focus include retreat. In Rupert Marques's talks the emphasis lands on direct observation. What the breath actually does, what mood actually feels like in the body, what arises and passes when nothing is being added. The practice is asked to deliver its own evidence. Practitioners drawn to Rupert Marques's teaching tend to be people who've already noticed that practice is a long arc, not a quick fix, and who want a teacher who treats it that way. Practitioners drawn to Rupert Marques's teaching tend to be people who've already noticed that practice is a long arc, not a quick fix, and who want a teacher who treats it that way. Practitioners drawn to Rupert Marques's teaching tend to be people who've already noticed that practice is a long arc, not a quick fix, and who want a teacher who treats it that way. Practitioners drawn to Rupert Marques's teaching tend to be people who've already noticed that practice is a long arc, not a quick fix, and who want a teacher who treats it that way. Practitioners drawn to Rupert Marques's teaching tend to be people who've already noticed that practice is a long arc, not a quick fix, and who want a teacher who treats it that way.
Lineage
Rupert Marques teaches within the Burmese vipassana revival as transmitted to the West. Classes July 3, 2026, July 8, 2026 Rupert Marques, Dawn Scott Embodying Ecodharma: Kinship Amidst the Great Unravelling Gather in community to meet the heartbreak and hope of our times. This retreat weaves Dharma, Earth-care, and deep listening to help us root in love, resilience, and a story of mutual flourishing. RESIDENTIAL July 3, 2026, July 8, 2026 Rupert Marques, Dawn Scott Embodying Ecodharma: Kinship Amidst the Great Unravelling Gather in community to meet the heartbreak and hope of our times. Current affiliation runs through Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in central Massachusetts, the scholarly partner to IMS. Rupert Marques teaches as a lay practitioner rather than from a monastic role.
What to expect
On retreat with Rupert Marques you'll get long sits, walking practice, and dharma talks that build on each other across days. The container is silent or near-silent, which gives the teaching room to land in a way that single classes can't quite reach. Sittings are conventional, mindfulness of breath and body, with metta and inquiry into difficult mind-states woven through. There's space for questions, and the answers don't get rushed. The atmosphere is grounded rather than performative, and practitioners tend to leave with practical ground to keep working from on their own. The atmosphere is grounded rather than performative, and practitioners tend to leave with practical ground to keep working from on their own.
