Weekly Meditation

Is Forgiveness Always the Right Response? Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde We read often of the power of forgiveness and are inspired by those who, even after suffering the devastating loss of loved ones and community members, still forgive. Is this always the right response? In the Buddha’s teachings, patisaraniya-kamma or […]

https://sactoinsight.org/cancellation-wednesday-morning-sits/ All are welcome to this open sitting for anyone interested in starting their morning out by sitting with others. The session is a 60 minute sitting hosted by a SIM Community Member. There’s a limited amount of meditation guidance, and a few comments at the end of the sitting to set a theme for […]

There are no events scheduled by SIM today due to the July Fourth Holiday.

The Experience of Devotion in our Practice Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Heather Sundberg This talk was not recorded. Sacramento 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 […]

Bringing Creativity to Dharma Practice Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Member Laura Rosenthal Sacramento 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 […]

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 […]