04/01/2021 “How to Practice with the Bahiya Sutta” with Heather Sundberg
How to Practice with the Bahiya Sutta: Non-Reactivity at the Sense Doors Here is the Sutta version that Heather used in this talk: In the seen there is only the […]
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03/18/2021 “Loving-Kindness (Metta)” with Dennis Warren
Loving-Kindness (Metta) – Elaborations & Further Guidance from the Historical Buddha Our usual understanding of Loving-Kindness (Metta) comes from the Historical Buddha’s Karaniya Metta Sutta. In contrast, the most popular […]
SIM is back at St. John’s
After a year of isolation, on March 17th Sacramento Insight Meditation volunteers prepared and served dinner to the women and children who are living at St. John’s Program for Real […]
Protected: STUDENTS – April 2021 – OSOS
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SDC publishes – Winter 2021 Update
Sacramento Dharma Center News Update (Mar 16, 2021). News topics include: Solar Energy System, The North Yard Project, Parking Lot Makeover, andSDC Re-opening. For details, click here.
03/04/2021 “Advice to Anathapindika on Not Clinging” with Walt Opie
When the generous lay supporter of the Buddha, Anathapindika, was ill near the end of his life, he was visited by the renowned monk Sariputta who offered him what was then […]
02/25/2021 “How Conceited are YOU?” with Diane Wilde
Conceit (“māna” in Pali) has a special meaning in the Buddha’s teachings; it has a broader and more profound definition than “stuck up”… the definition we usually associate with this […]
02/18/2021 “Experiencing Emptiness of Self” with Dennis Warren
Experiencing Emptiness of Self and Its’ Practical, Every-Day Implications Understanding and experiencing the teaching on the Emptiness-of-Self (“No-Self” / “Anatta”) is considered is to be defining and transformative. But having […]
02/04/2021 “Finding and Losing Your Self” with Rich Howard
Who Am I? What Do I Want? What Do I Believe?: Finding and Losing Your Self The Buddhist concept of “not self” can be very confusing if we let it […]