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 moving […]
Developing Right Effort in Our Practice Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Walt Opie WALT OPIE was first introduced to insight meditation in 1993 at Spirit Rock and began attending regular residential retreats in 2005. He is a graduate of both the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders' (CDL4) training program and the Sati Center […]
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 moving […]
Difficult, Problematic and Obsessive Thinking – Part II Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren This will be the second talk, in a series of two, on working with difficult, problematic and obsessive thinking. A four page handout accompanied Dennis’ first talk on this topic on March 7th. It would be helpful to […]
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 moving […]
Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard The topic of the talk is to be announced. Tony Bernhard is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s first Community Dharma Leadership training program, and the Sati Center’s Chaplaincy program. He is also a Sati Center board member. Along with being the founder/ teacher at Davis Middle […]
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 moving […]
Vesak… and looking at “Nibbana” Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde The most important holiday in the Buddhist calendar is Vesak. This year for many Buddhists Vesak is celebrated on Sunday, May 19. It celebrates the important events in the Buddha's life… his birth, enlightenment and reaching a final state of […]
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 moving […]
The Buddhist Ethical Precepts - Are They Really Not Commandments? 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 […]