Entries by Sabitre
6/20/2024 “Disappointment: An Important Practice Leading to Insight” with Dennis Warren
Buddhism encourages us to realize that things are frequently not as they first appear. In many cases, the true nature of something is the reverse of what we initially think: […]
6/06/2024 “Taking Our Raft Across the Flood” with Diana Clark
Sometimes we might feel submerged with suffering. The Buddha pointed to this experience and gave instructions on how we can create a raft to carry us to safety.
Buddhist Book Cataloging and Potluck
This is an intersangha event hosted by the Sacramento Dharma enter. Come on Saturday, June 22 for the day, the morning, or the afternoon session and help catalog the books […]
Buddhist Recovery Sangha Monday switched to Wednesday
Previously meeting online (Zoom-only) on Monday nights, starting June 19th, the Buddhist Recovery Sangha meetings have switched to onsite (In-person only) on Wednesday nights. There will no meeting on Monday […]
Three Month Talk Series – The Paramis
The Qualities That Reshape Daily Life & Lead to Buddhahood The Paramis: A Special Three-Month Series of Talks The Paramis or “Perfections” are considered essential qualities of mind and heart […]
5/16/2024 “The Parami of Wisdom – Experiencing Self and Experiencing Emptiness of Self” with Dennis Warren
The form of Wisdom described as “Insight” is the decisive center piece of the Theravadan-Vipassana tradition in Buddhism. In the West, we refer to Vipassana meditation as “Insight Meditation” because […]
5/09/2024 “The Paramis-Truthfulness” with Walt Opie
According to Ajahn Sucitto in his book Parami: Ways to Cross Life’s Floods, the parami of truthfulness can be understood in two ways. The obvious way is that we do […]
5/02/2024 “The Paramis-Loving Kindness” with Seth Castleman
(Part 8 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)