01/28/2021 “Javana Hamsa: The Swift Swan” with Greg Scharf
Greg Scharf uses a Jataka story (Javana Hamsa: The Swift Swan) as an introduction to a talk on insight into impermanence and its relationship to what the Buddha called “An […]
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01/21/2021 “Reconsidering Mindfulness” with Dennis Warren
Mindfulness is the operational centerpiece of good practice, sound problem solving and living well. It supports and enables all the different teachings, methods and psychology of the historical Buddha which […]
Special 2020-Tax Note
SIM is grateful for all our donors and we’ve already emailed tax letters to those who gave $250 or more in 2020. If you have not received the tax letter […]
Beginning Meditation Course Starts May 2021
For 2021, we’ve changed the 6-week Beginning Meditation course meetings from Tuesday to Wednesday. The class start time has shifted 30 minutes earlier with a 90 minute duration. The Spring […]
01/14/2021 “Cultivating Fearlessness” with JD Doyle
* I think this was in Lion’s Roar Thubten Chodron: American Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, teacher, …My concern with Buddhism in the West is that there’s some block to really […]
Visit with Teacher Greg Scharf
We hope you’ll join us for a mid-morning coffee/tea break with Greg Scharf. This will be a chance to get to know Greg in an informal hangout (on Zoom). Bring […]
Course Update – Living on the Other Side of Suffering
For 2021, we’ve added two more weeks to the Living on the Other Side of Suffering course so it’s now 11-weeks long and the start time has shifted 30 minutes […]
Planning next course – A Year to Live
We are starting to plan the next offering of the popular course “A Year to Live” with Rev. Diane Wilde. The 2021 meeting times/dates are still to be determined due […]
12/17/2020 “Finding Happiness: the Maha-Mangala Sutta” with Rich Howard
As the days wane and the nights get longer, Rich will bring reflections on the “greatest blessings” from the Maha-Mangala Sutta (Sutta Nipata 2.4 translated by Narada Thera). This beloved […]