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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160818T190000
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Long-time SIM Community Member\, Laura Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:Sitting and Dharma Talk – “The Power of Negative Thinking”: Five Ethical Precepts – With Longtime SIM Participant Laura Rosenthal – Thursday\, August 18\, 2016\, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm \nIn Buddhist teaching\, ethical conduct constitutes an essential training: sila\, one of the three trainings that form the ennobling eightfold path. While contemporary teachers frequently discuss the ethical precepts in positive terms\, emphasizing the wholesome qualities we are cultivating\, traditional Buddhist teaching frames them in the negative\, as core unwholesome behaviors with respect to which we practice renunciation. In this dharma talk and group discussion\, we will explore why the precepts may have been framed in this way as well as the freedom and richness found in exploring this path of “not doing.” \nLaura Rosenthal\, a long-time participant in the SIM community\, is a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Dedicated Practitioners Program (DPP 4) and is currently participating in Spirit Rock’s Advanced Practitioners Program (APP).
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-long-time-sim-community-member-laura-rosenthal-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160822T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160822T200000
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However\, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background\, but more importantly\, a Buddhist background\, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering. \nFor additional informational please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-44/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160825T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160825T211500
DTSTAMP:20160823T143628Z
CREATED:20160717T033752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160823T143628Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 25\, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Rich Howard\, SIM Community Mentor. \nAnalog or Digital? \nNature is a seamless whole\, flowing and changing continuously. The world we inhabit is increasingly digital\, measured\, quantified\, and reduced to numbers and words. How do you think of your practice? Minutes on the cushion? Days in retreat? Years of practice? Or does the practice flow through every waking moment? We will spend this evening examining our view of practice as analog or digital. We will ask ourselves if it makes a difference. Think about your own practice and come prepared to discuss how it might be digital\, analog\, neither\, or both. And how that serves your life and the world.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-5-3/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160829T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160829T200000
DTSTAMP:20160831T194933Z
CREATED:20160831T194933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160831T194933Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However\, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background\, but more importantly\, a Buddhist background\, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering. \nFor additional informational please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-45/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160901T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160901T211500
DTSTAMP:20160829T181851Z
CREATED:20160717T034400Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 1\, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Diane Wilde\, SIM Community Mentor. \nHow do we know that we are acting appropriately? \nBuddhist practice is not a set of black and white rules.  Just as in life\, situations are nuanced\, fluid with different strategies for situations\, which on the surface\, might seem to be similar. Should we always tell the truth when asked?  Should we report what we perceive is a harmful act?  Do we always disengage from others who we feel are unskillful or don’t share our opinions?  Examples abound.  Bring your own thoughts and experiences on this topic Thursday night as we look at a variety of life situations with wisdom AND compassion. We are all in this realm of samsara\, attempting to cause as little harm to ourselves and others as possible.  There is a reason why Sangha is the third refuge.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-3-4/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160905T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160905T200000
DTSTAMP:20160831T195100Z
CREATED:20160831T195100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160831T195100Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However\, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background\, but more importantly\, a Buddhist background\, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering. \nFor additional informational please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-46/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160908T211500
DTSTAMP:20160907T042759Z
CREATED:20160717T034541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160907T042759Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Mentor\, Tony Bernhard
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 8\, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Tony Bernhard\, Visiting Teacher.\nDirections to the Middle Path: the Buddha’s roadmap to the end of suffering…
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-mentor-tony-bernhard/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160912T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160912T200000
DTSTAMP:20160831T195224Z
CREATED:20160831T195224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160831T195224Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However\, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background\, but more importantly\, a Buddhist background\, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering. \nFor additional informational please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-47/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160915T210000
DTSTAMP:20160915T045316Z
CREATED:20160717T035326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160915T045316Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher\, Heather Sundberg
DESCRIPTION:The talk topic is “The World IS a Benevolent Place” \nOK we all know the world is not always a Benevolent Place.  But what if\, as a practice\, we occasionally oriented towards the amazing acts of kindness\, generosity and discernment manifesting in our lives and on our planet right now?  Heather will share how this reality was re-opened to her in a new way over the summer\, and explore this topic through teachings and stories. \nVisiting teacher  Heather Sundberg’s will also be leading two day-long retreats scheduled for October 29th and November 19th.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-mentor-heather-sundberg/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160919T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160919T200000
DTSTAMP:20160919T144227Z
CREATED:20160831T195323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160919T144227Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:** Starting  Sep 19\, the meeting location has changed from the Friend’s Meeting House to the new Sacramento Dharma Center at 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA. \nOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However\, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background\, but more importantly\, a Buddhist background\, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering. \nFor additional informational please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-48/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160922T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160922T211500
DTSTAMP:20160919T235757Z
CREATED:20160717T035442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160919T235757Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 22\, 7-9:15. Sitting and Dharma Talk/Discussion with Dennis Warren\, SIM Founding Instructor. \nTalk Topic: BEING OF SERVICE TO OTHERS & OURSELVES \nIt’s not unusual to think of “service” as something special we do: working at a soup kitchen\, homeless shelter\, dog shelter\, the pediatric unit in a hospital\, a clothing donation center. But “service”\, in a Buddhist sense\, is a much bigger idea that encompasses even small acts of supporting or helping a relative\, a friend or our spiritual community\, such as SIM. \nThis evening will explore the nature of service\, its values and its benefits. Dennis has been leading a year-long course entitled “How Can I Help” which includes each participant doing service in the community each month. A number of the insights and experiences from the course will be included in the discussion. \nDennis will also discuss a new effort by SIM to establish a sound\, new SIM volunteer infra-structure in anticipation of moving to the Sacramento Dharma Center building sometime in October. \nThis event will begin at 7:00 pm at Sacramento Friends Meetinghouse\, 890 57th Street.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-4-5/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160926T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160926T200000
DTSTAMP:20160919T043040Z
CREATED:20160831T195522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160919T043040Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However\, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background\, but more importantly\, a Buddhist background\, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering. \nFor additional information please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-49/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160929T210000
DTSTAMP:20160925T004738Z
CREATED:20160925T004538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160925T004738Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Long-time SIM Community Member\, Laura Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:Faith and Challenges/Sustaining Practice \n\nIn the Insight Meditation tradition as practiced at SIM\, faith is an experiential quality of engagement rather than doctrinaire adherence to a top-down belief system. And obstacles to practice\, however unwelcome they may feel\, are the field of practice through which we learn about our own minds and the path away from “suffering” (the experience of “unsatisfactoriness”). Join Laura Rosenthal\, a long-time SIM participant\, for a group discussion about how we sustain our engagement with practice in the face of the obstacles\, many of them self-generated\, that we encounter. Laura will set the stage with a very brief overview of faith and “the hindrances” as well as basic principles of “dharma dialog\,” and will then facilitate a group discussion. We will sit in a circle to support active listening and sharing.\n\n\n\nLaura is a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Dedicated Practitioners’ Program. She is currently participating in Spirit Rock’s Advanced Practitioners’ Program and Heather Sundberg’s Committed Students’ Program.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-long-time-sim-community-member-laura-rosenthal/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161003T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161003T200000
DTSTAMP:20161003T231335Z
CREATED:20160831T195638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161003T231335Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA  95826 (off Folsom Blvd. between Howe and Watt Avenues).   \nWe explore how the Buddha’s teachings — the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path – can heal the pain and suffering that addiction and compulsive behaviors have caused in our lives and the lives of our loved ones. The meeting includes a period of meditation\, readings that investigate the benefits of applying Buddhist teachings to our recovery\, and open sharing. \n“Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. Advance registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees.  We “pass the hat” to cover rent and literature expenses. \nFor additional information please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-50/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T210000
DTSTAMP:20161003T221459Z
CREATED:20160717T041359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161003T221459Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Community Discussion\, led by SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Depends on What?:   An Exploration of Causes and Conditions \nYou may have heard about the importance of “causes and conditions” but what does that mean to our practice in formal meditation and daily life? Can we learn to recognize how causes and conditions work in our lives experientially without making it into an intellectual analysis? What would it be like to know a peace that does not depend on outside circumstances? \nRich Howard will lead this evening exploring the practical application of the Buddhist understanding of conditionality. As a start\, notice how the experience of finding a parking place near the Friends’ Meeting House affects your mood!
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-community-discussion-led-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161010T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161010T200000
DTSTAMP:20161003T231415Z
CREATED:20160831T200951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161003T231415Z
UID:1679-1476124200-1476129600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA  95826 (off Folsom Blvd. between Howe and Watt Avenues).   \nWe explore how the Buddha’s teachings — the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path – can heal the pain and suffering that addiction and compulsive behaviors have caused in our lives and the lives of our loved ones. The meeting includes a period of meditation\, readings that investigate the benefits of applying Buddhist teachings to our recovery\, and open sharing. \n“Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. Advance registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees.  We “pass the hat” to cover rent and literature expenses. \nFor additional information please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-51/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161013T211500
DTSTAMP:20161007T012859Z
CREATED:20160717T041531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161007T012859Z
UID:1381-1476385200-1476393300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Better than\, worse than\, the same as… \nThe habit of fault-finding and comparison is part of a larger pattern of insecurity in which we always feel the need to judge ourselves in regards to other people. It is as though we need to convince ourselves that we are okay\, which we can only do indirectly\, in comparison to people who we feel are superior\, are less okay or just like us.\nThe point is not to dwell on our own faults—or our own virtues\, for that matter. It is to see ourselves and others in a clear and unbiased way. It is to see\, but not to dwell on the seeing.\nThe first step in this practice is awareness of what we are doing\, actually seeing and experiencing the discontent of the comparing mind!\nWe will discuss the judging mind and the Buddha’s advise on how to abandon it.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-3-6/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161017T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161017T200000
DTSTAMP:20161003T231458Z
CREATED:20160831T201034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161003T231458Z
UID:1681-1476729000-1476734400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA  95826 (off Folsom Blvd. between Howe and Watt Avenues).   \nWe explore how the Buddha’s teachings — the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path – can heal the pain and suffering that addiction and compulsive behaviors have caused in our lives and the lives of our loved ones. The meeting includes a period of meditation\, readings that investigate the benefits of applying Buddhist teachings to our recovery\, and open sharing. \n“Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. Advance registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees.  We “pass the hat” to cover rent and literature expenses.\nFor additional information please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-52/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161020T211500
DTSTAMP:20161019T034730Z
CREATED:20160717T041756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161019T034730Z
UID:1382-1476990000-1476998100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:CHANGE & ADAPTING TO CHANGE  \nWhile change is inevitable in our lives\, the appearance of things remaining the same seems to be the constant focus of our attention. Many\, if not most\, of our decisions are based on an assumption – the assumption that things will remain as they are. Why do our minds do this? \nThis evening with SIM’s Founding Teacher will explore the nature of change and adapting to change from the perspective of Buddhist psychology and practice. What are the conditions\, mind states\, and attitudes that allow us to adapt to change with a sense of ease\, acceptable and equanimity? And which hinder or act as obstacles to it? \nThis event will be held at the Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-4-6/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161024T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161024T200000
DTSTAMP:20161003T231616Z
CREATED:20160831T201120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161003T231616Z
UID:1683-1477333800-1477339200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA  95826 (off Folsom Blvd. between Howe and Watt Avenues).   \nWe explore how the Buddha’s teachings — the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path – can heal the pain and suffering that addiction and compulsive behaviors have caused in our lives and the lives of our loved ones. The meeting includes a period of meditation\, readings that investigate the benefits of applying Buddhist teachings to our recovery\, and open sharing. \n“Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. Advance registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees.  We “pass the hat” to cover rent and literature expenses. \nFor additional information please call\, text\, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251\, brian@sactoinsight.org.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-53/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161027T211500
DTSTAMP:20161031T222932Z
CREATED:20160717T041930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T222932Z
UID:1384-1477594800-1477602900@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Long-time SIM Community Member\, Laura Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:The Eight Worldly Winds encapsulate the many vagaries of life that can challenge our sense of balance and ease or\, as teacher Donald Rothberg says\, “the …ways…we may get blown off center.” Join Laura Rosenthal for a discussion of the role these “winds” play in our lives and in Buddhist practice. How do they challenge our equanimity and how are they a tool for cultivating greater insight and ease? \nLaura is a longtime SIM participant. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Dedicated Practitioners Program (DPP4) and is currently participating in Spirit Rock’s Advanced Practitioners Program.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-long-time-sim-community-member-laura-rosenthal-3/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161031T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161031T200000
DTSTAMP:20161101T024811Z
CREATED:20160831T201159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161101T024811Z
UID:1685-1477938600-1477944000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA 95826 . \nFor additional information\, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/ \n.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-54/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161103T211500
DTSTAMP:20161031T221851Z
CREATED:20160717T042916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T221851Z
UID:1391-1478199600-1478207700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Friendship… the friend we are to others and the friendships we cultivate \nOur new home and the first SIM Dharma sitting practice and discussion at the Sacramento Dharma Center is a wonderful opportunity to look at friendship in this new\, expansive and beautiful venue… our new home. What kind of friends do we cultivate? What kind of friend are we to others? What hinders us from being a friend and why do some of us shy away from developing friendships? What can we learn from those whom we consider “difficult”? With three sanghas coming together in our shared space\, it is a timely topic. \nAll of us who practice and study the Buddha’s teachings at the Sacramento Dharma Center will all be asked to help and support our new home. This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen old friendships and cultivate new ones. The Buddha offered wise and compassionate advise which couldn’t be more relevant then right now.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-3-7/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161107T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161107T200000
DTSTAMP:20161101T024927Z
CREATED:20161012T000700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161101T024927Z
UID:1850-1478543400-1478548800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA 95826 . \nFor 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-55/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161110T210000
DTSTAMP:20161105T051330Z
CREATED:20160717T043143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161105T051330Z
UID:1393-1478804400-1478811600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Community Discussion\, led by SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Diane will give an overview on Right Speech and Skillful Listening and then invite the community to share what they found out about themselves and others with the home practice exercises offered at the 11-3-16 meeting.\nIf you are one of the sangha members who resist talking to a group\, please investigate your own response.  This is a great area of practice!  Consider that an entire community benefits from the shared experiences of all who are following the Buddha’s path to freedom.\nComing together as a community to share topics that are normally not discussed in “ordinary” society is one of the gifts of sangha and spiritual friends.  Please take part!
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-community-discussion-led-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161114T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161114T200000
DTSTAMP:20161101T025005Z
CREATED:20161012T000822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161101T025005Z
UID:1852-1479148200-1479153600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA 95826 . \nFor 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-56/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161117T211500
DTSTAMP:20161107T030744Z
CREATED:20160717T043305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161107T030744Z
UID:1394-1479409200-1479417300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk\, with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:CHANGE AND KARMA \nWhat is the relationship between the constant element of change in our lives and what is called “Karma” in Buddhist practice? These two realities can act as powerful resources for understanding Buddhist psychology; informing our meditation practice; and helping us live more satisfying and meaningful lives. How does the Buddhist understanding of these issues differ from that of other spiritual traditions? \nThis evening with SIM’s Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren\, will explore these topics from both a short and long term perspective. As background for this evening\, you may find it helpful to review Dennis’  presentation from Oct 20\, 2016 on the nature of change.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-4-7/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161121T200000
DTSTAMP:20161101T025119Z
CREATED:20161012T001056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161101T025119Z
UID:1856-1479753000-1479758400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA 95826 . \nFor 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-58/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161122T210000
DTSTAMP:20161128T192732Z
CREATED:20161003T223508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161128T192732Z
UID:1807-1479841200-1479848400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Climate Sangha
DESCRIPTION:The Climate Sangha will devote the evening to working with our fears and other feelings resulting from the election and to discuss avenues for Right Action and Right View. \nMeeting the 4th Tuesday of each month\, the Sacramento Climate Sangha provides a refuge for exploration of our hopes and fears about climate change and how our dharma practice can address them. \nFor more information\, email SBMG’s Susan Orr or SIM’s Rich Howard. Want to join our mailing list? Email Margaret Buss.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/climate-sangha-3/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Climate Sangha
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161128T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161128T200000
DTSTAMP:20161110T060439Z
CREATED:20161012T000942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161110T060439Z
UID:1854-1480357800-1480363200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA 95826 . \nFor 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-57/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Weekly Meditation
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