Weekly Meditation

Seeking Nothing, Fearful of Nothing, Being Free Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren Some of the most fundamental instructions we heard about practice – “Seek nothing, Be fearful of nothing, and You will be free” – seem to conflict with other fundamental instructions such as not striving for any particular results of […]

Exploring the Refuges as an Investigative Practice Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard Calling to mind The Three Refuges is usually done as a devotional practice. This discussion will look into the nature of refuge itself and ask how Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha might serve as a sanctuary for Buddhist practitioners. Tony […]

Pilgrimage, Devotion, and Uposatha Sit & Dharma Talk with with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard and SIM Community Member John “Boogie” Phelps. How does our practice include the warmth of heart, expressed freely in devotion? Sometimes it may seem as if Buddhism’s intention to relieve suffering and be awake to the way things are, in Western […]

“Just let it go!” Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde   Where have you heard that before? These words have become as ubiquitous a phrase as “Have a nice day!” How seriously should we take it, and is this directive even possible OR desirable? This rather prosaic statement is stating in colloquial […]

The Role Of “Framing Experience” In Performance, Satisfaction and Happiness Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren Every day we are presented with circumstances that can be opportunities, challenges or problems depending on how our mind frames the experience that is taking place. The way our mind frames an experience has enormous influence […]

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard The topic of the talk is to be announced. Tony Bernhard is a Buddhist chaplain and teacher. He maintains an active practice with inmates in Folsom Prison and hosts sitting groups in Davis. He sits on the board of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and teaches regularly […]

Talk topic: Wisdom Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Sue Taylor The talk will be a short "dharmette" on Wisdom (anchored in the paramis).   Sue Taylor, PhD, MSW, is a member of the Sacramento Dharma Center Board, an ordained Theravada Minister, and an Environmental Chaplain. She is a professor at CSU Sacramento in […]