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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Topic: Better than, worse than, the same as... The habit of fault-finding and comparison is part of a larger pattern of insecurity in which we always feel the need to […]
CHANGE & ADAPTING TO CHANGE While change is inevitable in our lives, the appearance of things remaining the same seems to be the constant focus of our attention. Many, if […]
This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma […]
The Eight Worldly Winds encapsulate the many vagaries of life that can challenge our sense of balance and ease or, as teacher Donald Rothberg says, “the …ways…we may get blown […]