Jessica Mui
Jessica Mui worked in the Canadian telecom industry for many years, having had an undergraduate background in computer science. In 2002, she left her job to pursue spiritual development. Since then, Jessica visits Myanmar often to intensively practice insight (vipassana) meditation and lovingkindness (metta) meditation. She also goes to Myanmar to study the teachings of the Buddha, with different meditation masters for several months each year. Jessica graduated with an MA degree in Buddhist Studies from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. In 2006, she helped to found the Hong Kong Insight Meditation Society (www.hkims.org)to share Dhamma and meditation. Currently, Jessica teaches and organises meditation activities within Hong Kong and Greater China, and provides translation for the Burmese meditation masters.
Since 2018, Jessica has been actively engaged with Insight Dialogue practice, integrating it into retreats and sharing the practice within the Greater China region.
Events with Jessica Mui
Open Dates
This online drop-in group meets weekly on Wednesday evenings from 8:00-9:30 pm Chinese standard time (8:00-9:30 AM Americas Eastern Time). Practice is conducted in Mandarin and Cantonese. The group is facilitated by Jessica Mui and Wang Qing Qing. Prerequisites: Experience in a mindfulness practice and familiarity with Insight Dialogue through reading or practice. https://www.hkims.org/wed-insight-dialogue
Saturday, third: Dhamma ContemplationOpen Dates
The practice of Dharma Contemplation provides would-be readers of the suttas with an embodied, accessible doorway into this rich vein of wisdom. Although it can be practiced individually, Dharma Contemplation, like Insight Dialogue, was developed as a relational meditation practice. These drop-in sessions will begin with silent practice, followed by contemplating a short excerpt from the Buddha’s teachings. The facilitators will guide participants through the five distinct phases of dhamma contemplation practice. We will engage with the text and one another, speaking the truth and listening deeply. Participants move from engagements with just the words of the text, then to…
14th Annual Cascadia Insight Dialogue RetreatJune 1 - 7, 2026
Growing Resilience and Relational Capacity Through careful and skillful practice, with the support of the Insight Dialogue guidelines, we will expand our relational capacities as awareness meets awareness. This is an empowering response to the alienation, cruelty, and disempowerment saturating our societies. In our fractured world, greater relational capacity offers us greater resilience and balance. This, along with silence, time in nature, and shared meditative inquiry, resource us to participate in the world as it is with enhanced compassion, equanimity, and radical relatedness.