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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200716T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200716T211500
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Heather Sundberg
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Heather Sundberg\nJoin online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89863702042\nPasscode: 296187\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 898 6370 2042 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\n[give_form id=”4336″ show_title=”false” show_goal=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] For 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 this donation will be shared 100% with Heather Sundberg. \nThis talk will not be recorded.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-heather-sundberg-9/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200720T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200720T200000
DTSTAMP:20200705T200312Z
CREATED:20200705T200258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T200312Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/130258786\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 130 258 786 ) \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/. \n \nClick the button to make a donation specifically for this recovery group or alternately\, you may donate generally to SIM by clicking here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-248/
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:20200723T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200723T190000
DTSTAMP:20200720T050640Z
CREATED:20200428T175839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200720T050640Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86103173366\nPasscode: 944885\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 861 0317 3366 )\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 \nDENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness\, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher\, Professional Level (CMT-P)\, by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ .\nDennis has been participating in residential meditation retreats\, and has maintained a daily meditation practice\, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. 2018 was his 20th year of teaching Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential\, retreat\, educational\, medical\, corporate and community settings. In 2007 and 2014\, Dennis led month long pilgrimages and moving retreats in Thailand\, India and Nepal. A third is being planned for late 2021. \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. \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-dennis-warren-3/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200723T211500
DTSTAMP:20200717T181809Z
CREATED:20200602T182509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200717T181809Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) *Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren- Who and What Gets Included or Excluded
DESCRIPTION:Who and What Gets Included or Excluded? Answer that Enrich or Diminish All of Us\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \nJoin online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86975408567\nPasscode: 418133\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 869 7540 8567 )\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. \nTalk topic details: \nTwo simple questions lie at the center of our spiritual practices\, daily life and the “cultural” conflicts we are facing: Who and what gets included? Who and what gets excluded?\nThe answers to these questions influence our intentions\, perceptions\, choices\, and relationships. They shape identity\, education\, social and economic status\, access to power and our health and well-being. They determine how we participate\, and how fully we are allowed to participate\, in family\, organizations and the American experience itself. They touch every dimension of our inner and outer lives.\nHow do we work with these questions of inclusion from a mindful and caring perspective? In our inner life? In outer life? In both our spiritual and real-life challenges of being fallible\, while simultaneously seeking to be more fully human and inclusive? The evening will explore the special role inclusion plays in Buddhist psychology and practice.\nPart of our evening will explore a caring approach to understanding and working with the hot\, controversial cultural issues we’re all facing from a mindfulness perspective. This will include the meaning of “systemic” and “systematic” from the perspective of Buddhist psychology. \nIt would be very helpful if you view the following in preparation for that part of our session: \n\nStone Ghosts of the South – Documentary – 27:14 Minutes (https://youtu.be/K7AHm6Az_Ss)\nDiscussion of Ghosts of the South – 8:21 minutes (https://youtu.be/UAFSESwDVcY)\n\n(The videos shown below fail to play\, try switching to a different browser and/or playing the videos using the links above.)
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-40/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200725T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200725T153000
DTSTAMP:20200725T001011Z
CREATED:20200602T183755Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) *Daylong Retreat with Ayya Santacitta Bhikkhuni and Rev. Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with Ayya Santacitta Bhikkhuni and Rev. Diane Wilde\nRetreat theme: What I have learned from my teachers\nLessons come from our cherished teachers as well as from lesser known beings throughout our lives. Paying attention and incorporating these teachings can change the trajectory of our lives from self-absorption towards more happiness and freedom. How do we do that? Which lessons are most pertinent to our own lives? \nAyya Santacitta — in her thirty years as Buddhist monastic — has benefited from some of the great teachers of our time\, in both Theravada and Vajrayana traditions. They include Ajahn Buddhadasa\, Ajahn Sumedho\, Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche\, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo\, Bhikkhu Analayo and others. Diane Wilde has gained lessons from her years as an activist\, both for prison reform and the environment\, as well as a chaplain for many individuals as they died. Join us for a day of online teaching from a variety of perspectives ~ we look forward to practicing together. \nAYYA SANTACITTA was born in Austria and has a multifaceted background in hotel management\, ethnology and avant-garde dance theater. Her first teacher was Ajahn Buddhadasa\, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She has practiced meditation for 30 years and trained as a nun in both the East and West since 1993\, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah. Since 2002 she has also received teachings in the lineage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Ayya Santacitta is co-founder of Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery\, where she has resided since 2009 and took Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. She is particularly interested in creating sanctuary close to nature\, practicing in community\, and bringing wisdom traditions to the environmental movement. \nDIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (BP3) in 2010. Since 2003\, she has been a BP3 prison chaplain and aids in coordination of 75 volunteers who offer Buddhist services at numerous California prisons and jails. She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program and graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership Training Program. She is a board member of Sati Center for Buddhist Studies\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, Buddhist Pathways Prison Project and California Dept. of Corrections Volunteer Advisory Board. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by her teacher Gil Fronsdal. \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. \n \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n07/09/2020 – Registration opens (pre-registration is required).\n07/24/2020 – Registration via this website closed at 5:00 pm. By 7:00 pm\, the registrar will send you an email with details on how to join the online retreat.\n07/25/2020 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\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. \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 the evening before the retreat. \nJoin online meeting: see email sent by retreat registrar for the hyperlink.\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-jul-25/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200727T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200727T200000
DTSTAMP:20200705T200430Z
CREATED:20200705T200414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T200430Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/130258786\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 130 258 786 ) \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/. \n \nClick the button to make a donation specifically for this recovery group or alternately\, you may donate generally to SIM by clicking here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-249/
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:20200728T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200728T210000
DTSTAMP:20200723T160715Z
CREATED:20200602T181952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200723T160715Z
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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/89894229921\nPasscode: 360061\nPhone access: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 898 9422 9921 ) For instructions on how to join\, click here.\nMeeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library\, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-26/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200730T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200730T211500
DTSTAMP:20200730T000740Z
CREATED:20200602T184415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200730T000740Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Diane Wilde - Faith\, Doubt
DESCRIPTION:The Value of Faith\, The Value of Doubt\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde\nJoin online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83242375476\nPasscode: 490211\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 832 4237 5476 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana \n[give_form id=”9758″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”]\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nWe recognize that donating by cash or check at the time you attend this event may not always be convenient for you. If that’s the case\, please use the form below 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 Rev. Diane Wilde. \nTopic details:\nBuddhism is unique among spiritual traditions by putting emphasis on both Faith and Doubt. Both are necessary for a balanced practice that benefits ourselves and others. Too much faith encourages certainty without examination of experience. It can lead to mind states such as “if only I practice a lot more\, everything will be fine.” Too much doubt can be paralyzing. “Why do I bother? My practice is going nowhere. Nothing has changed!” Knowing how to balance these two extremes brings us to an authentic practice. This helps us not just in our personal practice\, but aids in our interaction in the world which seems to insist on extremes at this present time.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-diane-wilde-15/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200803T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200803T200000
DTSTAMP:20200705T200605Z
CREATED:20200705T200550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T200605Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/130258786\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 130 258 786 ) \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/. \n \nClick the button to make a donation specifically for this recovery group or alternately\, you may donate generally to SIM by clicking here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-250/
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:20200806T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200806T211500
DTSTAMP:20200801T010338Z
CREATED:20200711T165613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200801T010338Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) *Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel \nJoin online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86342293049\nPasscode: 029207\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 863 4229 3049 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nWe are fortunate to have NEESHA PATEL\, PhD returning to SIM this evening. \n \nNEESHA PATEL\, PhD is deeply grateful for the liberative teachings of the Buddha. She has been fortunate to have practiced in both Asia and the US. Her practice has been influenced by the guidance of many wonderful teachers including Sayadaw U Tejaniya and Thai Forest Tradition teachers. She teaches mindfulness meditation at UC Davis and is a participant in the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”16147″ 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 Neesha Patel. \nTopic details: \nto be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-neesha-patel-4/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200810T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200810T200000
DTSTAMP:20200705T200721Z
CREATED:20200705T200705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T200721Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/130258786\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 130 258 786 ) \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/. \n \nClick the button to make a donation specifically for this recovery group or alternately\, you may donate generally to SIM by clicking here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-251/
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:20200811T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200811T210000
DTSTAMP:20200809T214948Z
CREATED:20200602T182124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200809T214948Z
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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/89124448740\nPasscode:  720363\nPhone access: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 891 2444 8740 ) For instructions on how to join\, click here.\nMeeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library\, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation. \nIf you attend this event and would like to make a donation on behalf of this Sangha\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-27/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200813T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200813T211500
DTSTAMP:20200809T220826Z
CREATED:20200711T171755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200809T220826Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - Awareness and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: Awareness and Friends: An Introduction\nSit & Dharma Talk with Community Teacher Rich Howard \nJoin online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85362255266\nPasscode: 302533\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 853 6225 5266 )\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:\nMindful awareness is at the core of our meditation practice. When cultivated properly\, awareness is joined and supported by other mental factors that arise naturally: clear seeing\, clear comprehension\, tranquility\, acceptance\, joy\, and eventually non-attachment\, compassion\, equanimity\, and wisdom. We will explore the role of awareness in our practice and look more deeply at this circle of “friends” that accompany awareness.\nThis evening will stand alone and will also serve as an introduction to the daylong on Saturday August 29. This day of practice will be in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya\, a contemporary Burmese monk\, with an open schedule conducive to home practice. It should work well on Zoom.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-15/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200817T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200817T160000
DTSTAMP:20200810T222905Z
CREATED:20200602T174419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T222905Z
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SUMMARY:A Year to Live (7 of 11)
DESCRIPTION:This session is part of an eleven month course lead by SIM’s community teacher Rev. Diane Wilde. \nThis course is currently full and is no longer taking registrations.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/year-live-7-11/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Study Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200817T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200817T200000
DTSTAMP:20200705T200841Z
CREATED:20200705T200827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T200841Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/130258786\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 130 258 786 ) \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/. \n \nClick the button to make a donation specifically for this recovery group or alternately\, you may donate generally to SIM by clicking here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-252/
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:20200818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200818T200000
DTSTAMP:20200811T195821Z
CREATED:20200811T174218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T195821Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Meditation
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/ksw-vzmb-ram\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.\nIf you attend this event and would like to make a donation on behalf of this Sangha\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-meditation/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200820T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200820T211500
DTSTAMP:20200819T225352Z
CREATED:20200711T172955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200819T225352Z
UID:16155-1597950000-1597958100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Seth Castleman- Big Mind\, Small Mind
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: Big Mind and Small Mind\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rabbi Seth Castleman \nHow we can move out of our small-mindedness into a more expansive “Big Mind.” \nJoin online meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81560805271\nPasscode: 944656\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 815 6080 5271 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”16677″ 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 Seth Castleman. \nRABBI SETH CASTLEMAN is a teacher\, writer\, and storyteller with over twenty years experience teaching mindfulness and spiritual practice. Castleman is trained in both the Jewish and Buddhist traditions. After 20 years of meditation practice and two years of silent retreat as a lay-person in the US\, India\, and Nepal and as a monk in Burma\, Seth was trained as a teacher by Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre\, CA. He was authorized as a meditation/dharma teacher in 2008. Following eight years of rabbinical studies in the US and Israel/Palestine\, Castleman was ordained in 2011 as a rabbi by one Orthodox\, one Conservative\, and one Reform rabbi. Castleman has published in two dozen newspapers\, periodicals\, and anthologies on the intersection of contemplative practice and social justice and the transformational power of brokenness. As a storyteller\, Seth has performed in theaters\, on radio and television\, and at countless kitchen tables. Seth uses myth\, storytelling\, and humor as central tools in his teaching and counseling work. Seth Castleman is married to Reverend Elizabeth Griswold\, making them\, quite possibly\, the only rabbi—Christian minister married couple in the US. Seth and Elizabeth live in Davis\, CA with their three children.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-seth-castleman/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200824T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200824T203000
DTSTAMP:20200810T233415Z
CREATED:20200810T231641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T233415Z
UID:16565-1598292000-1598301000@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. \n\nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number 1 and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sim-board-directors-meeting-29/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting,Online Remote
ORGANIZER;CN="President Board of Directors":MAILTO:AmyK@sactoinsight.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200824T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200824T200000
DTSTAMP:20200705T201020Z
CREATED:20200705T201006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T201020Z
UID:16068-1598293800-1598299200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/130258786\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 130 258 786 ) \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/. \n \nClick the button to make a donation specifically for this recovery group or alternately\, you may donate generally to SIM by clicking here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-253/
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:20200825T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200825T210000
DTSTAMP:20200825T173514Z
CREATED:20200706T193114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200825T173514Z
UID:16084-1598382000-1598389200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nOnline access: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82872938027\nPasscode:  457261\nPhone access: 1-669-900-9128  ( Meeting ID: 828 7293 8027 ) For instructions on how to join\, click here.\nMeeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library\, 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-28/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200827T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200827T190000
DTSTAMP:20200825T215818Z
CREATED:20200711T193940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200825T215818Z
UID:16183-1598551200-1598554800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://zoom.us/j/95758794860\nPasscode: 171337\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 957 5879 4860 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \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 \nDENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness\, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher\, Professional Level (CMT-P)\, by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ .\nDennis has been participating in residential meditation retreats\, and has maintained a daily meditation practice\, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. 2018 was his 20th year of teaching Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential\, retreat\, educational\, medical\, corporate and community settings. In 2007 and 2014\, Dennis led month long pilgrimages and moving retreats in Thailand\, India and Nepal. A third is being planned for late 2021. \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. \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-dennis-warren-4/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200827T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200827T211500
DTSTAMP:20200825T222615Z
CREATED:20200711T171416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200825T222615Z
UID:16150-1598554800-1598562900@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - A Meditation to Rest\, Recharge and...
DESCRIPTION:A Meditation To Rest\, Recharge and Prepared To Engage Your Life\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/92062095534\nPasscode: 846496\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 920 6209 5534 )\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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-41/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T163000
DTSTAMP:20200810T173154Z
CREATED:20200711T174851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T173154Z
UID:16167-1598689800-1598718600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Rich Howard - Awareness and Friends
DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\nRetreat Theme: Awareness and Friends: A Day of Practice\nThe practice of mindful awareness is at the core of our practice. When cultivated properly\, it brings along several of its friends: clear seeing\, clear comprehension\, tranquility\, acceptance\, and eventually compassion and equanimity. This day of practice will be in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya\, a contemporary Burmese monk\, with an open schedule conducive to home practice. It should work well on Zoom. \nAll are welcome.  (Pre-registration is required.) \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 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\n07/11/2020 – Registration opens.\nRegistration via this website will close 30 minutes before the start of the retreat (8:00 am\, Aug 29).\n08/29/2020 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\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. \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 include the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally\,  the evening before the retreat\, the retreat 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 in the email sent by 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-aug-29/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200831T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200831T200000
DTSTAMP:20200705T201155Z
CREATED:20200705T201128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T201155Z
UID:16071-1598898600-1598904000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/130258786\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 130 258 786 ) \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/. \n \nClick the button to make a donation specifically for this recovery group or alternately\, you may donate generally to SIM by clicking here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-254/
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:20200901T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200901T200000
DTSTAMP:20200820T215732Z
CREATED:20200811T174815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200820T215732Z
UID:16588-1598986800-1598990400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Meditation
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following:\nOnline access: https://meet.google.com/kpd-pdtn-khg\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-meditation-2/
LOCATION:Remote Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin Norton":MAILTO:kwnorton@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200903T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200903T211500
DTSTAMP:20200828T191021Z
CREATED:20200711T173350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T191021Z
UID:16160-1599159600-1599167700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - Turning Toward or Away
DESCRIPTION:Meditation Practice: Turning Toward or Turning Away?\nSit & Dharma Talk with Community Teacher Rich Howard \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99275673795\nPasscode: 753319\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 992 7567 3795 )\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:\nIn a 2017 article\, Naropa University Professors Carla Sherrell and Judith Simmer-Brown warned about using meditation practice to avoid pain: “We take up meditation as a way to avoid or dull the pain\, and only feel it “works” if we feel better. This approach is an expression of a prevailing culture that quickly takes a pharmaceutical to alleviate pain or pours a drink to numb anxiety. This kind of response to pain favors meditation practices that feature detachment\, peace\, bliss\, and absolutist thinking as defense mechanisms against anxiety\, fear\, and anguish.” Yet\, our world right now is full of anxiety\, fear\, and anguish. How do we avoid the temptation to turn away from the painful aspects of our personal and societal lives? How do we turn toward our experience and the harsh realities playing out in our community\, nation\, and world? How do we find insight and engagement in the midst of chaos and injustice? We will explore these difficult but essential questions on this evening of practice and inquiry. Bring an open mind and a willingness to look at the motivation for practice.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-community-teacher-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200907T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200907T200000
DTSTAMP:20200705T201321Z
CREATED:20200705T201256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T201321Z
UID:16074-1599503400-1599508800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/130258786\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 130 258 786 ) \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/. \n \nClick the button to make a donation specifically for this recovery group or alternately\, you may donate generally to SIM by clicking here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-255/
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:20200908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200908T210000
DTSTAMP:20200901T235402Z
CREATED:20200706T193229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200901T235402Z
UID:16087-1599591600-1599598800@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 in the SDC Library\, 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-29/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200910T211500
DTSTAMP:20200829T002139Z
CREATED:20200711T173956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200829T002139Z
UID:16164-1599764400-1599772500@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel \nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/92726949448\nPasscode: 622908\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 927 2694 9448 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nWe are fortunate to have NEESHA PATEL\, PhD returning to SIM this evening. \n \nNEESHA PATEL\, PhD is deeply grateful for the liberative teachings of the Buddha. She has been fortunate to have practiced in both Asia and the US. Her practice has been influenced by the guidance of many wonderful teachers including Sayadaw U Tejaniya and Thai Forest Tradition teachers. She teaches mindfulness meditation at UC Davis and is a participant in the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”16147″ 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 Neesha Patel. \nTopic details: \nto be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-neesha-patel-5/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200917
DTSTAMP:20200916T061030Z
CREATED:20200206T001539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200916T061030Z
UID:13819-1599782400-1600300799@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) 2020 SIM Annual Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Sacramento Insight Meditation (SIM)\n15th Annual Retreat\n“Keeping our Footing on Unsteady Ground”\nThis is a five day\, online Zoom event with Senior Teacher John Travis\n(Friday\, September 11th at approximately 6 pm through Wednesday\, September 16th by 11 am)\nResidential retreat is widely viewed in the Theravada tradition as an important\, if not essential\, component in the path towards awakening. Residential meditation practice provides an environment that helps us turn inward towards a way of being where we live and act from a place of stillness\, satisfaction\, and kindness. This retreat is designed to deepen practice skills and foster insights into the stages of awakening and their implications for daily life. People of all walks of life are warmly welcome. \nIt is rare for a community sangha to sponsor a regular residential retreat and this year’s retreat will be unusual because we’ll have it online via Zoom. Practicing online together for multiple days\, our individual efforts join together into a powerful force to deepen our practice\, integrate it into our daily lives in our home environment\, and strengthen our connections as a community. This year there will be two options for attending this retreat. See Participation and Registration sections below. \nWhile this retreat is appropriate for both experienced and less experienced meditators\, we encourage you to consider the following questions before registering: \n\nDo  you have a regular practice?\nDo you have a home sangha or group that you sit with?\nHave you sat at a multi-day retreat before?\n\nIf you have questions about whether this retreat is appropriate for you\, please contact the retreat registrar for advise. \nOur retreat teacher this year will be John Travis. \nJohn Travis is the founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation Center and a member of the Senior Teachers Council of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He studied in Asia for many years with many of the Buddhist masters who have influenced a generation of American meditation teachers—Thubten Yeshe\, Kalu Rinpoche\, Anagarika Munidra\, S.N. Goenka\, and Traungpula. He has also trained with and received teaching authorization from Jack Kornfield.\nJohn was a critical force in the early growth of the Sacramento meditation community through his regular presence\, guidance\, and teachings during the 1990s. His sound and thoughtful advice has been instrumental to the development of Sacramento Insight Meditation. He now teaches regularly in various meditation centers in the United States and overseas. His teachings are characterized by his kindness\, compassion\, the depth of his meditation experience\, and his ability to see deeply into the minds and hearts of those with whom he is working. \nParticipation\nThis retreat is designed to support those who are able to make this a full-time at home self-retreat\, as well as those who may need to work\, care for family members or do other daily life activities during parts of the rest of their day/evening.\nEveryone is strongly encouraged to attend the 3-4 sessions each day with the Teacher. To view the current retreat schedule\, click here. Full participants will also have one small group check-in with the Teacher. \nFor those with uncertain work or travel schedules\, there are a limited number of spaces available to audit the retreat. Auditing does not include the small group check-in with the Teacher. If you require this accommodation\, select the Ticket option “Auditing“. \nCost\nThe registration fee will be $100 with an opportunity to later make a donation to support the teacher\, John Travis. \n \nRegistration\nNote: If this retreat is full (you’ll see a message SOLD OUT)\, there’s a good chance you may still be able to attend since people’s plans change and there will likely be some cancellations. Proceed with the registration process to add your name to the wait list and as soon as a spot is open\, we’ll notify you.  If you don’t get into the retreat\, we’ll refund your deposit. Expect us to contact you on or before Friday\, Aug 24\, 2020 with an update about your wait list status. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nYou may pay online or by check as follows: \nOnline Registration\nRegistration payments done online will automatically add your name to the registration or wait list. If you’re paying for more than one person\, SIM will confirm everyone’s name and email address at a later date.\nTo 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. \nPostal Registration\nIf you plan to pay the registration fee by mail\, you must add your name to the RSVP list to secure your spot in the registration queue. Click here for postal registration instructions. \nScholarships\nA limited number of partial or full scholarships are available based on need. To request the scholarship application\, please add your name to the RSVP list to secure your spot in the registration queue. Click here for scholarship registration instructions. \nCancellations\n\nThrough August 21\, 2020\, full refund if requested by this date.\nAfter August 21\, 2020\, the registration fee could be refunded if SIM is able to fill your spot with another participant. Otherwise\, the registration fee will not be refunded. A waiver of this policy will be considered in limited circumstances based on request demonstrating financial hardship.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \nAudio Dharma\nSome of the dharma talks for this retreat were recorded. If you attended this retreat\, click here and enter the password to access the recordings.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/2020-sim-annual-retreat/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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