The Wednesday morning sits that SIM has been hosting at 7 AM at the SDC have been poorly attended, and are being discontinued. The last Wednesday morning sit will be held on October 31. SIM will now be supporting Tom Hopkins in hosting a sit at the SDC on Friday mornings at 8 AM. Everyone is warmly invited to attend this new Friday event. Many thanks to Tom for his work in support of SIM and our community!
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Sunday, October 21st from Noon to 3:00 PM at the Sacramento Dharma Center (More…)
Please join us for a service with Diane Wilde and James Baraz, Susan’s teacher. There will be time to share memories of our dear friend, beloved peace and justice organizer, defender of Mother Earth, artist, healer, teacher, and spiritual leader.
Susan asked that donations in her memory be made to the David Samuel Orr Fund for the Earth (www.dsoffte.org) and the Sacramento Dharma Center. All donations to the Center in her memory will be restricted to manifesting and dedicating an outdoor space to Susan.
Susan Orr, beloved lifelong organizer for peace and justice, defender of Mother Earth, accomplished artist, healer, Buddhist teacher, and spiritual leader passed away at the age of 76 in Sacramento, CA on September 9, 2018.
More information on this has been posted to the Sacramento Dharma Center website (click-here).
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As Buddhist practitioners, we take refuge in the Buddha (and our own potential for Buddhahood), the Dharma (how life unfolds) and the sangha, (a supportive community of practitioners.) On this evening we take a closer look at sangha.
There are activities going on “behind the scenes” at SIM that you most likely don’t know about, as well as other supportive programs which will be offered in the future. We will also discuss what YOU would like to see offered at YOUR sangha.
Cookies and other treats were featured during the break.
The entire talk was very interesting and because it relates to our Sangha, we have also posted this talk to the SIM “News” blog. Some highlights of Sangha members who contributed to the discussion are summarized below noting the audio time marker, name, and discussion topic. This is not a comprehensive list. Listen to the entire talk so you won’t miss out on anything of interest to you.
- 10:28 Margaret (house on fire)
- 20:22 Robin (dharma hikers)
- 31:13 Tom (Friday morning sits)
- 31:44 Teri (book club)
- 38:43 Jith (Family Sangha)
- 45:12 Sara/Bob (building landscaping)
- 47:31 Mary (St. John’s Shelter)
- 49:42 Barb (Alter design)
- 51:12 Michael (Alter design)
- 57:52 Jim (Climate Sanhga)
- 1:00:39 Rich (Wednesday morning sits)
If you’re considering your enrollment to the six-week Beginning Meditation course that starts September 18, there are currently 11 openings available. For details about the course and how to register, click on the flyer image.
Registration is now open for the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) eight week course with Matt Russell. There are some introduction sessions (August 2 & September 5). The eight session course meets Wednesdays, September 12 through October 31, 9:30 am to noon and there’s an all day retreat on Saturday, October 20, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. To pay the $375 registration fee or for more information about the course, click here.
Due to the national holiday, there will be no morning meditation at SIM on Wednesday, July 4th.
Introducing a new online community now available and open for you to join. Click on the image or Click Here to access your invitation to “SIM Online Group” which is a Google+ (GooglePlus) Community. As a member of the group, you can create or read posts on topics such as Carpooling, Hiking, Volunteering, or just “General” and we can create other post categories as the group needs change. You can access “SIM Online Group” from your mobile phone using the Google+ application.
Joining “SIM Online Group” will prompt you to login to your Google/Google+ account. If you don’t already have a Google/Google+ account you’ll need to create one so take note of the email address and password that you use during setup as you’ll need it later when you use your mobile phone or a different computer to access “SIM Online Group”.
We hope you’ll give it a try. Play around and check out some of the social media features that the SIM Online Group has to offer. If you have questions, feel free to contact Sabitre Rodriguez by email at webmaster@sactoinsight.org.
As May 13 is Mother’s Day, there will be no Family Sangha this month. Enjoy the day!
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 postponed to a future date.
In his place, Rich Howard will provide beginning meditation instruction at 6:00 pm and the sit and dharma talk will be a continuation of last week’s exploration of Reconciliation.