Overview This Beginning Meditation is a 6-week course that provides the basic techniques for learning Insight Meditation (vipassana), both during sitting meditation and in daily life. This is insight meditation that has been handed down from the time of the Buddha. This course is intended as an introduction to the practice of meditation as it is taught […]
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard For biographical details of the teacher Tony Bernhard, click here. * The teacher will present remotely via Zoom.Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The Skandhas and the Four Foundations of MindfulnessThe skandhas and the four foundations of mindfulness […]
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Vance Pryor For biographical details of the teacher Vance Pryor, click here. *The teacher will present remotely via Zoom.Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Offer a Teacher Donation Vance Pryor will receive at least 75% of your donation. Use the […]
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher JD Doyle For biographical details of the teacher JD Doyle, click here. The teacher will present remotely via Zoom. Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Reflections on Time and Timeless AwakeningWe will look at the timeless nature of the Dharma, […]
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard & SIM Community Member Sara Denzler For biographical details of the teacher Rich Howard, click here. * The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The Fowler and the Quail: A […]
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Diana Clark For biographical details of the teacher Diana Clark, click here. * The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. When the Heart Sees ClearlyIt's not uncommon to think of insight as cool […]
Insight Meditation and Afternoon Tea with SIM Teacher Diana Clark For biographical details of the teacher Diana Clark, click here. Please join us in welcoming our new faculty member, Diana Clark, to the SIM community. We’ll begin with a 30-minute sit, followed by an afternoon tea with light refreshments—a chance to get to know Diana and […]
Daylong Retreat with SIM Teacher Diana Clark For biographical details of the teacher Diana Clark, click here. Retreat Theme Exploring the Architecture of the HeartThis daylong invites us into the heart of mettā—an open, inclusive warm-heartedness we can grow through simple, steady practice. Rather than waiting for kind-heartedness to strike, we learn to plant its […]