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SUMMARY:Day-Long Retreat with SIM Community Mentor Diane Wilde and Ayya Santacitta
DESCRIPTION:The Middle Way:  The Noble Eightfold Path – leading towards happiness and away from suffering \nApril 30\n8:30 — 4:30 \nAyya Santacitta Bhikkhuni and Diane Wilde \nAyya Santacitta\, a Theravada Bhikkhuni nun of the Forest tradition of the West\, who resides at http://saranaloka.org/ Placerville and SIM Community Mentor Diane Wilde will co-teach a daylong focused on the Buddha’s path that leads towards happiness and moves away from suffering.   The Noble Eightfold path includes every aspect of our lives — as far-ranging as developing a beneficial meditation practice to the practicalities of how to speak with kindness in the face of hostility. Bhikkhu Bodhi describes coming to the realization about our lives this way\, “Our lives for the most part are strung out between thirst for pleasure and the fear of pain.  We pass our days running after one and avoiding the other\, seldom enjoying peace and contentment.”  The Noble Eightfold Path is the Buddha’s prescription for contentment and well-being here and now.  It is the path to Awakening. \nThere will be sitting and walking meditation\, as well as Dharma talks and periods set aside for questions and answers. \nPlease bring a vegetarian dish to share with others. \n We will be offering Ayya Santacitta her main meal at noon. \nThere is no registration for this daylong.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-with-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-and-ayya-santacitta/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160428T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160428T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T014153Z
CREATED:20151207T000809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T014153Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Diane’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-4/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160428T184500
DTSTAMP:20160322T011021Z
CREATED:20151207T001431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160322T011021Z
UID:1005-1461866400-1461869100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute introductory 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 talk. There is no fee.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-to-meditation-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,News
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160421T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T013748Z
CREATED:20151207T001629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T013748Z
UID:1004-1461265200-1461273300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-3/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160414T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T013701Z
CREATED:20151207T001756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T013701Z
UID:1003-1460660400-1460668500@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Diane’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160407T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T013550Z
CREATED:20151207T001909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T013550Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-3/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160331T210000
DTSTAMP:20160316T125635Z
CREATED:20151207T002016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160316T125635Z
UID:1001-1459450800-1459458000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Visiting Mentor\, Lori Wong
DESCRIPTION:Lori Wong\, Founding Teacher\, Insight Meditation Central Valley \nAs we continue exploring the Suttas That Speak to Us\, it seems like a great time to explore how we cling to views and perceptions with all of the primary election news. Lori Wong from Insight Meditation Central Valley will present various passages from the suttas on views\, quarrels\, and disputes.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-visiting-mentor-lori-wong/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160326T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160326T163000
DTSTAMP:20160322T013848Z
CREATED:20151207T002232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160322T013848Z
UID:999-1458981000-1459009800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Day-Long Retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:One Day Retreat\,Rich Howard\, SIM Community Mentor. \nEvery Moment is the Right Moment: Developing Continuity of Awareness \nIn this daylong\, we will develop continuity of awareness through alternating periods of dhamma discussion with open periods for “continuing to practice in any posture.” This style of meditation\, as taught by Sayadaw U Tejaniya\, Steve Armstrong\, Kamala Masters\, Andrea Fella\, and others\, cultivates an open awareness to all experience that is easily applicable to daily life. By bringing awareness to each activity and the transitions between them\, this style requires a gentle perseverance rather than a forced personal effort\, and can leave one feeling refreshed and alert even after a full day (or two weeks!) By using the mind itself as an object of awareness\, the practice allows us to see and work with our intentions\, motivations\, and habits of mind. Bring a lunch and plan to stay on the Friends Meeting House property to make the most of this day.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160324T211500
DTSTAMP:20160319T023156Z
CREATED:20151207T003837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160319T023156Z
UID:997-1458846000-1458854100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 24\, 7-9:15 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Rich Howard\, SIM Community Mentor\nSatipatthana Sutta – WITH SIM COMMUNITY MENTOR RICH HOWARD  – THURSDAY\, MARCH 24\, 2016 – 7:00-9:15 PM    \nLooking at the Discourse on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (MN 10\, the Satipatthana Sutta)\, we arrive at perhaps the single most important description of how and why we practice meditation. The many practices described in this discourse form the basis for SIM’s Introduction to Meditation course and most Vipassana (insight) meditation retreats. SIM spent almost two years from March 2009 through December 2010 examining this subject in depth\, and many excellent book-length studies are available (including Joseph Goldstein’s Mindfulness\, Bhikkhu Analayo’s Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization\, and U Silananda’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness). So what could be gained from looking at this text for a single night? In our continuing exploration of the Suttas That Speak to Us\, SIM Community Mentor Rich Howard will approach the Satipatthana Sutta as if in conversation with a good friend\, looking literally at how it speaks to us as practitioners of insight meditation.  \nThis evening’s talk will lead into SIM’s monthly daylong retreat on Saturday March 26 (see description below under Upcoming Events).  \nThis event will begin at 7:00 pm at Sacramento Friends Meetinghouse\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160324T184500
DTSTAMP:20160322T011125Z
CREATED:20151207T001251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160322T011125Z
UID:998-1458842400-1458845100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute introductory 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 talk. There is no fee.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-to-meditation-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,News
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160317T210000
DTSTAMP:20160316T125046Z
CREATED:20151207T003931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160316T125046Z
UID:996-1458241200-1458248400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 10\, 7-9:00 pm. Sitting and Dharma Discussion with Diane Wilde\, SIM Community Mentor\nSuttas that speak to us… \nKing Pasenadi and his worldly challenges \nKing Pasenadi was a contemporary of the Buddha and apparently became a treasured acquaintance as well as a supporter of the early sangha. An entire section of the Samyutta Nikaya (one of the “books” in the Pali Cannon) is devoted exclusively to twenty-five conversations Pasenadi had with the Buddha.  King Pasenadi spent a great deal of time thoughtfully dissecting his everyday life\, relating to the Buddha his challenges and reflections.  His issues certainly stand the test of time!  Marriage difficulties\, over-eating\, corruption\, tolerance of other faiths\, dealing with grief\, hypocrisy… Pasenadi lived fully in the world with all of its concerns.  We will explore King Pasenadi’s world\, and specifically the suttas where he raises questions about the “self” and how to hold our sense of self.  Taking it one step further\, how does an inherent sense of “me” coexist with the training of  “anatta’” i.e. the absence of a permanent abiding self?  It should be an interesting discussion. \nThis event will begin at 7:00 pm at Sacramento Friends Meetinghouse\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-dianne-wilde/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160310T210000
DTSTAMP:20151207T004134Z
CREATED:20151207T004052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T004134Z
UID:995-1457636400-1457643600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Rich’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160303T211500
DTSTAMP:20151207T004402Z
CREATED:20151207T004217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T004402Z
UID:994-1457031600-1457039700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160227T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160227T160000
DTSTAMP:20160220T200206Z
CREATED:20151105T032726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160220T200206Z
UID:922-1456561800-1456588800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Day-Long Retreat with Senior Teacher\, Kamala Masters
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, February 27\, 2016\, senior teacher Kamala Masters will be leading a one-day retreat on “The Integration of Love and Wisdom.” Please see the flyer for more information: Revised Last week Flyer
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/one-day-retreat-with-senior-teacher-kamala-masters/
LOCATION:Sierra Arden United Church of Christ\, 890 Morse Ave\, Sacramento\, 95864
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160225T210000
DTSTAMP:20151207T000351Z
CREATED:20151207T000351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T000351Z
UID:982-1456426800-1456434000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Senior Teacher\, Kamala Masters
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Kamala’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-senior-teacher-kamala-masters/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160225T184500
DTSTAMP:20151207T000947Z
CREATED:20151207T000947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T000947Z
UID:981-1456423200-1456425900@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:A 45-minute introduction to mediation with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde. All are welcome!
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,News
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160218T211500
DTSTAMP:20160128T043227Z
CREATED:20151207T004645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160128T043227Z
UID:980-1455822000-1455830100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160211T211500
DTSTAMP:20160128T043109Z
CREATED:20151207T004810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160128T043109Z
UID:979-1455217200-1455225300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Rich’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160204T211500
DTSTAMP:20160126T050851Z
CREATED:20151207T004926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160126T050851Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk\, The Unchosen Path of Illness\, with Amma Thanasanti
DESCRIPTION:No one wants sickness. Nor does anyone want the pain\,disability\, anger\, fear\, vulnerability\, uncertainty\, or the way in which identity is stripped away that often accompanies illness. Yet\, in every part of the process we are invited to understand more about who we really are and how we can grow from these experiences. With perspective and tools this unchosen path can show us a wholeness and profound well being that we didn’t know before. \n \n \n\nAmma Thanasanti’s Bio:\n\nAjahn or Amma Thanasanti Bhikkhuni was born into a loving family of Jewish ancestry in Burbank\, California. She was first introduced to Buddhist teaching and insight meditation in 1979 in a class taught by Jack Engler at University of California Santa Cruz. From that time she consciously committed to awakening and envisioned living her life as a nun. From the onset\, Ajahn Chah\, Dipa Ma and His Holiness the Dalai Lama were primary inspirations to her. Her teachers also included Christopher Titmuss\, Sharon Salzberg\, Joseph Goldstein\, Jack Kornfeild\, Peace Pilgrim and the work and teachings of Gandhi. \nAfter completing a BA in Biology from UC Santa Cruz\, she worked for a few years as an analytical chemist. In 1987 she went on a pilgrimage to India\, Nepal and Thailand to meet and practice with Dipa Ma\, his Holiness Dalia Lama\, Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Buddhadasa; meditation masters she had heard about in 1979. \nIn 1989\, she formally joined the Ajahn Chah lineage and the community of nuns at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery to begin training as a novice. That began the process of intensive training\, study and meditation practice.  After 2 years as an Anagarika\, she received ordination in 1991 with Ajahn Sumedho as her preceptor. She lived at both Amaravati and Chithurst Buddhist Monasteries in England. \nFor several years Amma Thanasanti was involved in the leadership team and guidance of the nuns’ community at Chithurst and Amaravati. Since 1996 her community and monastic responsibilities were interspersed with teaching intensive meditation retreats in the US\, UK\, Switzerland and Australia. \nIn 2000 she took Bodhisattva vows with His Holiness Dalai Lama en-route to spend extensive time in retreat in the remote bush of Australia. From that point on\, her practice shifted and the place of compassion and relationship with nature became central. \nIn order to pursue her vision of how monastic and lay practitioners can work together in the modern world to create viable communities for practice in the United States\, she took the significant step of leaving the formal affiliations of Amaravati and associated monastic communities and returned to the USA. In 2009 she founded Awakening Truth a non-profit  501 (c)3 organization whose mission is to create a Bhikkhuni training monastery and facilitate ways monastics and lay practitioners can work together to support whole life practice. \nIn August 2010\,  after being a nun for 19 years\, she was ordained as a Bhikkhuni at Aranya Bodhi Forest Hermitage\, in the historic first dual Theravada Bhikkhuni ordination to be conducted in North America. Ayya Tathaaloka is her preceptor. \nAmma’s work spans rigorous understanding of Buddhist teachings\, non-dual meditation\, depth psychology\, subtle body energies\, and the Divine Feminine. She teaches meditation as an art and skill\, integrating body\, heart and mind with finesse and compassion. \nCurrently she is based at the Shakti Vihara hermitage in Colorado Springs\, Colorado as a solitary alms mendicant nun where her time is interspersed between writing\, teaching and time meditating in the nearby Garden of the Gods.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160131
DTSTAMP:20151213T171401Z
CREATED:20151207T002122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151213T171401Z
UID:1000-1454112000-1454198399@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Day-Long Retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Sandra Sigrist
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Sandra’s day-long is to be announced. The start and end times of the day-long are to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-with-sim-community-mentor-sandra-seagrist/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T210000
DTSTAMP:20151207T004601Z
CREATED:20151207T004523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T004601Z
UID:975-1454007600-1454014800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Visiting Mentor\, Heather Sundberg
DESCRIPTION:The specific topic of Heather’s talk is to be announced. The talk is part of a series of talks on “Suttas that Speak to Us”.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-visiting-mentor-heather-sundberg/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T184500
DTSTAMP:20151207T003636Z
CREATED:20151207T002403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T003636Z
UID:974-1454004000-1454006700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with Long Time SIM Community Member\, Laura Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:A 45-minute introduction to meditation with SIM Community Mentor\, Laura Rosenthal. All are welcome!
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-sim-community-mentor-laura-rosenthal/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160121T210000
DTSTAMP:20151207T002455Z
CREATED:20151207T002455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T002455Z
UID:973-1453402800-1453410000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The talk is part of a series of talks on “Suttas that Speak to Us”. The specific topic of Rich’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160114T211500
DTSTAMP:20160111T191210Z
CREATED:20151207T002619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160111T191210Z
UID:972-1452798000-1452806100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Long Time SIM Community Member\, Laura Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 14\, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Laura Rosenthal \n“Views and Opinions: With Friends Like This Who Needs Enemies?” \nAccording to the Pali suttas (discourses\, or “sutras” in Sanskrit)\, the historical Buddha was asked to teach about many topics\, including lofty questions about the nature of the universe – but refused. Why is this? And what can it teach us about a fruitful attitude toward practice? Join Laura Rosenthal\, a long-time SIM participant and graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program\, for a discussion of a few Buddhist texts that cast light on these questions. \nThis is the beginning of a SIM series highlighting some suttas we have found particularly meaningful.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-laura-rosenthal/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160107T211500
DTSTAMP:20151207T005046Z
CREATED:20151207T005046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T005046Z
UID:971-1452193200-1452201300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The talk is part of a series of talks on “Suttas that Speak to Us.” The specific topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151231T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151231T210000
DTSTAMP:20151225T004425Z
CREATED:20151105T034752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151225T004425Z
UID:943-1451588400-1451595600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk "Reflections on the Year" with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The title of Rich’s talk is “Reflections on the Year.” \nWe are reminded in the Dhammapada that there are three elements of practice: \nDoing no evil\, \nEngaging in what’s skillful\, \nAnd purifying one’s mind. \nThis is the teaching of the buddhas. \n(v. 183\, Gil Fronsdal translation) \nAs the year ends\, we will reflect on how we did in these three areas\, using the lens of the Pārami (the perfections of the mind-heart)\, an attitude of kindness\, and the support of the sangha\, the community of fellow practitioners. We will close together by ringing 108 bells. Join SIM Community Mentor Rich Howard for a peaceful\, supportive evening.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151226T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151226T163000
DTSTAMP:20151213T172545Z
CREATED:20151105T034734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151213T172545Z
UID:942-1451118600-1451147400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Day-Long Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s day-long retreat is Being Imperfect and Human. During this day-long retreat we’ll also explore a year-long course Dennis will be leading starting in January 2016.  \nHere is a flyer for the retreat: 12 26 15 – Year End One Day Retreat – 2016 Year Long Course – Flyer
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/one-day-retreat-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151217T210000
DTSTAMP:20151217T170641Z
CREATED:20151105T034946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151217T170641Z
UID:940-1450377000-1450386000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:SIM Community Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Annual get-together of the SIM community during the holiday season. All are invited — bring a dish of your choosing to share with attendees! Please bring a potluck dish to share (for six or more.) Set up will begin at 6:30. This year there will be tables and chairs in the sangha room to enable everyone to socialize during the meal. To encourage “green” practices\, please bring your own dinner plate\, silverware\, cup\, and cloth napkin. \nFollowing the meal\, sangha members will have an opportunity to share creative/artistic expressions\, original or other\, such as readings\, poetry\, music\, dance\, skits\, stories (Think “SIM Talent.”)  Presentations with a holiday\, dharma\, and/or seasonal theme—dramatic\,  serious\, humorous\, spiritual or whatever—are encouraged. Presentations should be no more than three (3) to five (5) minutes. About an hour total will be allotted for the presentations. To maximize the number of presentations\, please send your name\, title\, and length of presentation\, to linda.franklin92@gmail.com.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sim-community-potluck/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151214T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151214T200000
DTSTAMP:20151213T175711Z
CREATED:20151213T175250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151213T175711Z
UID:1044-1450117800-1450123200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:"United We Stand" event sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento
DESCRIPTION:Event sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento. All are invited. Admission is free. Refreshments 6:30 pm. Program 7 pm to 8 pm.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/interfaith-united-stand-event/
LOCATION:Salam Auditorium\, 4545 College Oak Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T210000
DTSTAMP:20151130T171838Z
CREATED:20151105T035010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151130T171838Z
UID:939-1449730800-1449781200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 10\, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Discus with Diane Wilde\, SIM Community Mentor\nAnger… it’s not what you think! \nIt’s the holiday season!  Anger?  Not allowed now!  Yet anger creeps into our lives uninvited\, disguised in a variety of forms.  There are a wide range of behaviors that signal anger\, yet we don’t usually consider ourselves “angry” because traditionally anger is defined as an explosion of violent behavior\, verbally or physically.  Yet this is only the extreme form on a continuum of emotional manifestations which the Buddha defined as “ill-will.”  One of the most difficult aspects of anger or ill-will is when it is self-directed\, and may be experienced as disappointment\, guilt\, jealously as well as a variety of other emotions.  This time of year often brings these feelings to a head when we are convinced that everyone has it all together\, and we don’t.  The Buddha defined ill-will as one of three states of mind that keeps us in samsara\, or a state of unease. He also teaches that this painful emotion can be seen for what it really is\, and with patience\, can be experienced with insight and ultimately released.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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