Our courses and study groups offer members an opportunity to deepen their level of familiarity with various aspects of the dharma and meditation. Each Course or Study Group has a specific topic of focus. Some have a limited duration of study and some are ongoing, always welcoming new participants.
Active Groups
- Main Sitting Group – ongoing weekly Thursdays.
- Beginning Meditation course – a 6-week course offered once or twice a year. The next offering dates in 2024 to be determined.
- Introduction to Meditation course – a 45-minute course offered the fourth Thursday of every other month. The next offering dates to be determined.
- Discovering Balance – a 7-week course. The next offering date/year to be determined.
- The Noble Eightfold Path – a 9-month course that started March 2023. It won’t be offered in 2024.
- Living on the Other Side of Suffering – a 10-week course. The next offering date/year to be determined.
- Young Person’s Sitting Group – ongoing almost weekly Tuesdays.
- Buddhist Recover Group – ongoing weekly Mondays.
- Dharma Book Clubs – schedule varies by group.
- Single day Retreats – ongoing monthly Saturdays, 4 to 8 hour duration. (Registration Info…)
- Multi-day Retreats – offered once a year, 5 to 8 day duration.
Closed Groups
Here are some of the courses we’ve previously offered the community. These courses are currently closed to new enrollments but details about them are listed below as FYI.
- A Year to Live (CLOSED) – A 12-month course that meets monthly in 2024 from January through December. The next offering dates to be determined, possibly in 2026. See A Year to Live for details.
- OSOS Meditation (CLOSED) – A 5-week course for graduates of the Living on the Other Side of Suffering course. This course won’t be on the 2023 schedule.
- How Can I Help? (CLOSED) – A year-long focus on the direct application of Buddhist practices and psychology to real life situations. The course is designed to bridge the artificial separation between meditation & dharma practice, on the one hand, from the activities and relationships of the rest of our lives, on the other. See How Can I Help? for details.
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (CLOSED) – An 8-week course. For more information you can access details from a previously held course offering. See MBSR for details.
- The Brahma Viharas (CLOSED) – An eight month study focus. The Brahma Viharas are utilized in meditation as well as serving as an everyday mindfulness practice. Their development ultimately causes ease and a balanced concern for all sentient beings, including ourselves. This study group examines these sublime states of mind, learning how to integrate these practices into our busy lives. See The Brahma Viharas for details.
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What is Dana?
Dana is a Buddhist word that means generosity or heart. Nearly all Sacramento Insight Meditation activities are offered on a dana (donations) basis. This means our programs are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support, service and participation in events. Practice dana, please support our Sangha. DONATE NOW