• 2016 SIM Residential Retreat

    Angela Center 535 Angela Drive, Santa Rosa, CA, United States

    SIM's 2016 Residential Retreat at the Angela Center, Santa Rosa, CA, led by SIM Community Mentors Dennis Warren, Diane Wilde, and Rich Howard.  Please see the 2016 SIM Residential Retreat Flyer […]

    TBA
  • Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Mentor, Tony Bernhard

    To Be Announced

    Thursday, September 8, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Tony Bernhard, Visiting Teacher. Directions to the Middle Path: the Buddha's roadmap to the end of suffering...

    Free
  • Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher, Heather Sundberg

    Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

    The talk topic is "The World IS a Benevolent Place" OK we all know the world is not always a Benevolent Place.  But what if, as a practice, we occasionally […]

    Free
  • Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher, Dennis Warren

    Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Thursday, September 22, 7-9:15. Sitting and Dharma Talk/Discussion with Dennis Warren, SIM Founding Instructor. Talk Topic: BEING OF SERVICE TO OTHERS & OURSELVES It’s not unusual to think of “service” […]

    Free
  • Day-long with SIM Founding Teacher, Dennis Warren

    Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Saturday, September 24, 8:30-4:30 pm. Daylong Retreat with Dennis Warren, SIM Founding Instructor. THE ROLE OF THE “BRAHMA VIHARAS” IN AN INTEGRATED PATH OF PRACTICE The Brahma Viharas – loving […]

    Free
  • Climate Sangha

    The Climate Sangha is meeting Tuesday, September 27, at 7 pm., at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The Climate Sangha provides a place for members concerned about the future that climate […]

  • Sit & Dharma Talk with Long-time SIM Community Member, Laura Rosenthal

    Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Faith and Challenges/Sustaining Practice In the Insight Meditation tradition as practiced at SIM, faith is an experiential quality of engagement rather than doctrinaire adherence to a top-down belief system. And […]

  • Dana Workday for the Sacramento Friends

    Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

    During this workday, SIM community members will do 4-5 hours of light landscaping work (weed pulling and pruning shrubs) on the grounds of the Sacramento Friends Meeting House. This workday […]

    No cost
  • Sit & Community Discussion, led by SIM Community Mentor, Rich Howard

    Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Depends on What?:   An Exploration of Causes and Conditions You may have heard about the importance of "causes and conditions" but what does that mean to our practice in formal […]

    Free