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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210112T210000
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nOnline access: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85034453463\nPasscode: 092149\nPhone access: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 850 3445 3463 ) For instructions on how to join\, click here.\nMeeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings\, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-36/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T211500
DTSTAMP:20210106T040502Z
CREATED:20201116T050918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T040502Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - JD Doyle - Cultivating Fearlessness
DESCRIPTION:Cultivating Fearlessness\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher JD Doyle \nCultivating fearlessness can be a powerful tool for working with the fires of greed\, hatred\, and delusion. \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99948329853\nPasscode: 760192\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 999 4832 9853 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”17844″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with JD Doyle. \n  \nJD Doyle serves as a Core Teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland\, CA\, has completed 8 years of training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.. JD has practiced Buddhism since 1995 in the U.S.\, Thailand\, and Burma. For over twenty years\, they worked as a public school teacher. JD holds a BS in Environmental Studies from Cornell University and a Masters in Language and Literacy and Sociocultural Studies from the University of New Mexico. JD identifies as genderqueer. They are committed to celebrating diversity\, addressing racial injustice\, expanding concepts of gender\, and honoring the sacredness of the Earth. For more information visit www.heartmindteaching.com.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-dj-doyle/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T164144Z
CREATED:20210111T163320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T164144Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Book Club - Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The ​young persons group book club discussion “Why Buddhism is True\,” by Robert Wright \nTo join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/ghp-jxbc-zvz
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/book-club-young-persons-sangha-2/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Study Group,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210118T200000
DTSTAMP:20201117T155706Z
CREATED:20201117T155413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T155706Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93191640328\nPasscode: 918180\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 931 9164 0328 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening. For additional information\, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-274/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T210000
DTSTAMP:20210119T234837Z
CREATED:20201130T024625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T234837Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Planning Session
DESCRIPTION:Notice tonight we meet via Zoom and end at 9 pm. The topic is “YPS Planning Session”. \nJoin online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86583548341\nPasscode: 590675\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 865 8354 8341 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.\nAlthough the ​young persons group typically meet the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings\, they have recently extended the meeting schedule to include more Tuesday night sitting practices\, followed by short discussions where members talk about their experiences as dharma practitioners. Please join us. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-off-week-session-11/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210121
DTSTAMP:20210120T162432Z
CREATED:20201216T183816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210120T162432Z
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SUMMARY:Canceled - Climate Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Meeting the 3rd Wednesday of each month\, the Sacramento Climate Sangha provides dharmic support and a refuge for exploration of our hopes and fears about climate change.\n\nDear Friends\, \nJanuary 20\, 2021 is a big day! In hopes that this date marks a tipping point toward significant action to address the climate crisis\, we are going to take this month off for our Climate Sangha and invite you all to enjoy the inauguration and associated festivities. We will reconvene on Wednesday February 17\, when Jim Lerner\, PhD CRS (certified rocket scientist) will give us his perspectives on solutions to the global climate emergency. \nIf you want to get your climate fix before then\, you are invited to view the conversation and five short films linked here. Apologies for duplication if you already received this directly\, but we wanted to be sure you got this if you missed it live. \nTake care\, recharge\, and be bold! \nRich Howard
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/climate-sangha-41/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Climate Sangha,Online Remote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210121T211500
DTSTAMP:20210115T222122Z
CREATED:20201116T051504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T222122Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - Reconsidering Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Reconsidering Mindfulness\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/96240423883\nPasscode: 890319\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 962 4042 3883 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”10310″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Dennis Warren. \nTopic details:\nMindfulness is the operational centerpiece of good practice\, sound problem solving and living well. It supports and enables all the different teachings\, methods and psychology of the historical Buddha which are designed to help us live a rich\, full\, satisfying life.\nOne way of understanding mindfulness is that it has two interlocking dimensions: One is practical and functional. The other is oriented towards awakening or liberation. As a community practitioner\, we can inadvertently slip into the habit of relating to mindfulness\, and practice itself\, as only functional and practical.\nWhen this happens\, mindfulness and practice can become self-restricting and self-limiting. Such an approach can accidently obscure\, and potentially cut us off from\, spontaneous discovery and the deep\, intuitive\, healing wisdom of our bodies and hearts. We can become disconnected from the beauty and power inherent in exploring the mystery\, and the dilemma\, of being human\, of being in relationships and of being alive on this planet.\nThis is the territory we’ll explore on Thursday evening: functional mindfulness; awakening or liberating mindfulness; and the unifying and inspiring experience at the center of practice which is beyond words\, language and concepts.\nThe subject matter of this evening is appropriate for all stages of practice. All that is necessary is showing up with an open\, questioning mind.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-45/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210122T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T164135Z
CREATED:20210111T163547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T164135Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Book Club - Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The ​young persons group book club discussion “Why Buddhism is True\,” by Robert Wright \nTo join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/dss-oenr-epu
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/book-club-young-persons-sangha-3/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Study Group,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210125T203000
DTSTAMP:20210105T182904Z
CREATED:20210105T182904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210105T182904Z
UID:18759-1611597600-1611606600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:SIM Board of Directors Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The SIM Board of Directors meets every month and all are welcome. If you can’t attend this meeting\, please join us for one of our other up-coming meetings. For details on contacting any of the board members\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sim-board-directors-meeting-30/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting,Online Remote
ORGANIZER;CN="President Board of Directors":MAILTO:AmyK@sactoinsight.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210125T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210125T200000
DTSTAMP:20201117T160759Z
CREATED:20201117T155516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T160759Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93191640328\nPasscode: 918180\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 931 9164 0328 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening. For additional information\, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-275/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210126T210000
DTSTAMP:20201223T040348Z
CREATED:20201217T181013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201223T040348Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nOnline access: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85034453463\nPasscode: 092149\nPhone access: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 850 3445 3463 ) For instructions on how to join\, click here.\nMeeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings\, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-37/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210128T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210128T183000
DTSTAMP:20210109T225643Z
CREATED:20201130T034113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210109T225643Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Note that this session begins at 5:30 PM\, which is 30 minutes earlier than our regular program time. \nTo join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://zoom.us/j/97311177689\nPasscode: 787612\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 973 1117 7689 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \nThis 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 talk. There is no fee. \n \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-greg-scharf/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210128T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210128T203000
DTSTAMP:20210108T185320Z
CREATED:20201116T052129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210108T185320Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Greg Scharf - Javana Hamsa: The Swift Swan
DESCRIPTION:Javana Hamsa: The Swift Swan\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Greg Scharf\nNote that this talk begins at 6:30 PM\, which is 30 minutes earlier than our regular program time. \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97088965307\nPasscode: 858309\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 970 8896 5307 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana \n[give_form id=”17856″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”]\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form below to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 100% of your donation will be shared with Greg Scharf. \n \nGreg Scharf\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching. \n  \n  \nTopic Details\nTonight Greg will use a Jataka story (Javana Hamsa: The Swift Swan) as an introduction to a talk on insight into impermanence and its relationship to what the Buddha called “An Independent Abiding”.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-senior-teacher-greg-scharf-2/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210129T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210129T110000
DTSTAMP:20210120T225319Z
CREATED:20210108T192746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210120T225319Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Mid-Morning Coffee/Tea Break with Greg Scharf
DESCRIPTION:This will be a chance to get to know visiting teacher Greg Scharf in an informal hangout (on Zoom). Bring a beverage and/or snack and your questions. \nJoin Online: https://zoom.us/j/95676655921\nPasscode: 100123\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 956 7665 5921 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \n\nGREG SCHARF\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/mid-morning-coffee-tea-break-greg-scharf/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Service,Online Remote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210129T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T164127Z
CREATED:20210111T163743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T164127Z
UID:18889-1611946800-1611950400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Book Club - Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The ​young persons group book club discussion “Why Buddhism is True\,” by Robert Wright \nTo join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/oks-tzyz-dft
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/book-club-young-persons-sangha-4/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Study Group,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T170000
DTSTAMP:20220130T213834Z
CREATED:20201130T042639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T213834Z
UID:18166-1612000800-1612026000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Greg Scharf - The Heavenly Messengers
DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Greg Scharf\nRetreat Theme: The Heavenly Messengers\nIn the story of the life of the Buddha his decision to undertake his spiritual quest was\, at least in part\, the direct result of contemplating the realities of the fundamental\, existential realities of aging\, sickness & death. In this daylong retreat we will explore ways that we can skillfully use reflections on what are sometimes called the “Heavenly Messengers” as a means for inspiring and energizing our practice and as a doorway to liberating insight.\nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.)\n\nGREG SCHARF\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching.\nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE.\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n 	12/01/2020 – Registration opens.\n 	01/30/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Jan 30.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information.\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting.\nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-jan-30/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210201T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210201T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T171352Z
CREATED:20210111T165626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T171352Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97343989624\nPasscode: 633878\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 973 4398 9624 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening. For additional information\, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-276/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210202T200000
DTSTAMP:20201130T025755Z
CREATED:20201130T024830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201130T025755Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Off-Week Session
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/bnm-bayo-ovu\nAlthough the ​young persons group typically meet the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings\, they have recently extended the meeting schedule to include more Tuesday night sitting practices\, followed by short discussions where members talk about their experiences as dharma practitioners. Please join us. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-off-week-session-12/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T211500
DTSTAMP:20210122T224023Z
CREATED:20201116T050118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T224023Z
UID:17838-1612465200-1612473300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - Finding and Losing Your Self
DESCRIPTION:Who Am I? What Do I Want? What Do I Believe?: Finding and Losing Your Self\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97449478347\nPasscode: 444641\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 974 4947 8347 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”10304″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Rich Howard. \nTopic details:\nThe Buddhist concept of “not self” can be very confusing if we let it linger as a subject of philosophical speculation or distant conceptual notion. On the other hand\, the Buddha taught the illusion of self (anatta in Pali) as one of the three universal characteristics of experience\, along with impermanence and unsatisfactoriness; living an embodied insight into how this process works is one avenue to awakening.\nTwo of the basic processes we have taught often at SIM offer ways of seeing into how we construct and maintain the sense of self: the five aggregates of clinging and dependent origination. In this presentation\, Rich will share some other approaches from classes he attended with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters at the Vipassana Metta Foundation and Jay Garfield at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. We will place particular emphasis on the ethical and liberating aspects of these teachings.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-16/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210205T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T164120Z
CREATED:20210111T163906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T164120Z
UID:18891-1612551600-1612555200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Book Club - Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The ​young persons group book club discussion “Why Buddhism is True\,” by Robert Wright \nTo join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/sky-sppp-wcv
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/book-club-young-persons-sangha-5/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Study Group,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210208T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210208T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T171435Z
CREATED:20210111T165736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T171435Z
UID:18915-1612765800-1612814400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97343989624\nPasscode: 633878\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 973 4398 9624 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening. For additional information\, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-277/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210209T210000
DTSTAMP:20201223T040337Z
CREATED:20201217T181126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201223T040337Z
UID:18458-1612897200-1612904400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nOnline access: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85034453463\nPasscode: 092149\nPhone access: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 850 3445 3463 ) For instructions on how to join\, click here.\nMeeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings\, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-38/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T211500
DTSTAMP:20210122T224314Z
CREATED:20201130T040204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T224314Z
UID:18163-1613070000-1613078100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Gullu Singh
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Gullu Singh \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/95568360365\nPasscode: 417647\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 955 6836 0365 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.\nGulwinder “Gullu” Singh is a corporate real estate attorney who also a Dharma teacher at InsightLA and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He has taught mindfulness at the University of Southern California\, been a guest lecturer at UCLA Law School and has taught mindfulness in law firms\, at bar associations and in law firm and corporate settings. Although he was exposed to meditation as a child\, he found his own practice when he started his legal career\, working at firms where the job was extremely stressful.\nGullu completed InsightLA’s one-year Mindfulness Facilitator Training\, Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s 2-year Dedicated Practitioner Program\, the training to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and the 4-year Spirit Rock Meditation Center Teacher Training Program which focuses on teaching in the silent retreat setting. Gullu is a core teacher in the Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training as well as the InsightLA Mindfulness Facilitator Training.\nGullu graduated from Duke University in 1990 and got his J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1993\, where he was on Law Review. He then worked at two preeminent BigLaw Firms before founding Landmark Law Group\, Inc. in 1998. He was recognized as a California Super Lawyer in 2009.\nGullu is deeply inspired to share meditation as a path to freedom and also as an antidote to stress\, a way to cope more effectively with the challenges of work and life and to inject more sanity\, compassion and wisdom into this world. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”16991″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 100% of your donation will be shared with Gullu Singh. \nTopic details:\nto be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-senior-teacher-gullu-singh/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210212T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T164110Z
CREATED:20210111T164028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T164110Z
UID:18893-1613156400-1613160000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Book Club - Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The ​young persons group book club discussion “Why Buddhism is True\,” by Robert Wright \nTo join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/gqy-rchn-txd
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/book-club-young-persons-sangha-6/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Study Group,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210215T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210215T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T171531Z
CREATED:20210111T170917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T171531Z
UID:18917-1613413800-1613419200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97343989624\nPasscode: 633878\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 973 4398 9624 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening. For additional information\, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-278/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210216T200000
DTSTAMP:20201130T025804Z
CREATED:20201130T025055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201130T025804Z
UID:18138-1613502000-1613505600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Off-Week Session
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/kxy-ahcp-bdp\nAlthough the ​young persons group typically meet the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings\, they have recently extended the meeting schedule to include more Tuesday night sitting practices\, followed by short discussions where members talk about their experiences as dharma practitioners. Please join us. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-off-week-session-13/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210217T200000
DTSTAMP:20210216T195034Z
CREATED:20201216T183930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210216T195034Z
UID:18440-1613586600-1613592000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Climate Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93547909716\nPasscode: 306494\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 935 4790 9716 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to join\, check this news blog.\n\nMeeting the 3rd Wednesday of each month\, the Sacramento Climate Sangha provides dharmic support and a refuge for exploration of our hopes and fears about climate change.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/climate-sangha-42/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Climate Sangha,Online Remote
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210218T211500
DTSTAMP:20210213T003954Z
CREATED:20201116T051656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210213T003954Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - Experiencing Emptiness of Self
DESCRIPTION:Experiencing Emptiness of Self and Its’ Practical\, Every-Day Implications\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/92605207107\nPasscode: 529339\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 926 0520 7107 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”10310″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Dennis Warren. \nTopic details:\nUnderstanding and experiencing the teaching on the Emptiness-of-Self (“No-Self” / “Anatta”) is considered is to be defining and transformative. But having the actual experience that makes this teaching immediate\, direct and relevant to every-day life and relationships seems to elude us.\nThe focus of this Thursday night’s discussions will explore the Emptiness-of-Self through 4 questions: \n\nWhy is it considered so important from a practical perspective?\nWhat is (and is not) the experience of Emptiness-of-Self?\nWhat impact does the experience of Emptiness-Of-Self have on our understanding of ourselves\, our relationships\, our behavior and our place in the world?\nWhat methods can help us understand and directly experience Emptiness-Of-Self in meditation and everyday life more often and more tangibly?\n\nCommunity teacher\, Rich Howard\, gave an excellent traditional overview of the teaching on “no-self” or “anatta” on Thursday\, February 4 under the topic of “Finding and Losing Yourself.” Dennis’ discussion this Thursday will be on the same teaching but from a different perspective and emphasis. Rich’s talk is posted to SIM’s Audio Dharma Library (click here).\nThe subject matter of this evening is appropriate for all stages of practice. All that is necessary is showing up with an open\, questioning mind.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-46/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T203000
DTSTAMP:20210105T183105Z
CREATED:20210105T183105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210105T183105Z
UID:18761-1614016800-1614025800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:SIM Board of Directors Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The SIM Board of Directors meets every month and all are welcome. If you can’t attend this meeting\, please join us for one of our other up-coming meetings. For details on contacting any of the board members\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sim-board-directors-meeting-31/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting,Online Remote
ORGANIZER;CN="President Board of Directors":MAILTO:AmyK@sactoinsight.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T200000
DTSTAMP:20210111T171540Z
CREATED:20210111T171123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T171540Z
UID:18919-1614018600-1614024000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97343989624\nPasscode: 633878\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 973 4398 9624 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening. For additional information\, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-279/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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