The full SIM Constitute is available for download here.

1. To represent insight meditators and teachers in the Sydney region as part of a wider national and international network of insight practitioners and their organisations.

2. To support the practice of insight meditators and teachers by organising retreats and teachings, and supporting local sanghas;

3. To contribute to the consolidation of the wider Buddhist tradition in the Sydney area and elsewhere in Australia, including by way of media contacts and inter-faith forums;

4. To organise teachings and forums to elucidate insight practice and the practice of Buddhism more generally;

5. To co-operate with other organisations to promote the abovenamed purposes regionally, nationally and internationally;

6. To organise events and provide meeting places to promote Dharma practice and study, and encourage a sense of sangha (community) among insight practitioners and Buddhists generally;

7. To take appropriate steps to give effect to these purposes, such as preparing and circulating a newsletter and other communications with members and the wider public; liaising with teachers and teachers’ associations; liaising with other organisations; renting, leasing and otherwise acquiring premises; and entering into insurance and other legal arrangements.