(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Jeff Hardin – Embodied Compassion: Loving Awareness of the Aging, Ailing, and Mortal Body

Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with SIM Community Presenter Jeff Hardin

For biographical details of the teacher Jeff Hardin, click here.

* The teacher will present remotely via Zoom.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

Embodied Compassion: Loving Awareness of the Aging, Ailing, and Mortal Body
The Buddha named old age, sickness, and death as divine messengers—undeniable truths that call us to practice and open the path to awakening. In this Dharma talk, we will explore how embodied compassion can become a liberating practice as we face the realities of an impermanent and mortal body.
Drawing from the early teachings of the Buddha, guided reflections, and stories from Jeff’s work as a physician, we’ll investigate how cultivating kind and mindful awareness of the body can support insight, soften fear, open the heart, and deepen our capacity to meet life and death with wisdom and love. The evening will include a guided meditation, Dharma reflections, and time for discussion.

JEFF HARDIN has practiced meditation since 2000, with a foundation in daily mindfulness, metta, and concentration practices, sutta study, and Dharma service. He has accumulated over 500 days of intensive residential retreat practice. Jeff began teaching the Dharma in 2008 and previously served as a faculty mentor and instructor at Sacramento Insight Meditation (SIM). He is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader training, the SIM Mentor Training Program, and the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher training.
Jeff is a co-founder of Insight World Aid, a nonprofit insight meditation community organization that offers compassionate service to individuals in need, both locally and internationally. He has also held leadership and volunteer roles in several Dharma communities, including SIM, the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, and Verde Valley Insight Meditation Center.
His teaching emphasizes the early Buddhist suttas, embodied awareness, and meditative concentration. Jeff lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife and 3 cats and works as an integrative, preventative and holistic medicine physician.

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JEFF HARDIN has practiced meditation since 2000, with a foundation in daily mindfulness, metta, and concentration practices, sutta study, and Dharma service. He has accumulated over 500 days of intensive residential retreat practice. Jeff began teaching the Dharma in 2008 and previously served as a faculty mentor and instructor at Sacramento Insight Meditation (SIM). He is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader training, the SIM Mentor Training Program, and the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher training.
Jeff is a co-founder of Insight World Aid, a nonprofit insight meditation community organization that offers compassionate service to individuals in need, both locally and internationally. He has also held leadership and volunteer roles in several Dharma communities, including SIM, the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, and Verde Valley Insight Meditation Center.
His teaching emphasizes the early Buddhist suttas, embodied awareness, and meditative concentration. Jeff lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife and 3 cats and works as an integrative, preventative and holistic medicine physician.

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