Another Piece of the Map: The Meaning and Practical Importance of “Causes and Conditions”. This will be the third in a series of talks on the basic map of Buddhist […]
Daylong Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg. Two audio files: If you would like to download this talk, please right click and select “save as” here. If you would […]
We’re sorry to say Dennis Warren has a cold/allergies, and is not able to be at SIM this Thursday, March 22, as originally scheduled. The break-time celebration for Dennis will be […]
Dear members of the SIM community, SIM’s long-time friend and supervising Senior Teacher, Steve Armstrong, underwent surgery for a brain tumor in the last several days. Fortunately, neither his speech […]
Dennis completed his term as President of the SIM Board last month. Please join us on March 22 to celebrate his extraordinary contributions. We will have refreshments at the break […]
Please join us for a meeting of the SIM community on Thursday night, March 1. After our regular sit we will have a break with refreshments, followed by presentations from […]
Resolving Conflicting, Contradictory or Paradoxical Teachings –Part II This is the second in a series of talks on the process of working through and unwinding confusion over what appear to be […]
Most of us consider ourselves rational, caring human beings who can be counted on to do the right thing. We rarely consider that this “rationality” is a bundle of views, […]
Sometimes we forget that this path of awareness has been described as a “gradual training.” We get impatient or expect our progress to look a certain way and are disappointed […]
Steve’s talk this evening with focus on the meditation instructions of Mahasi Sayadaw and Sayadaw U Tejaniya. If you would like to download this talk, please right click and select […]