The Important Things To Know In Working With Difficult, Problematic and Obsessive Thinking. Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren We all know that our minds have “a mind of their own.” It’s not uncommon to find ourselves in situations where we can’t stop thinking about things we don’t want to think about. […]
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 […]
Patience: Antidote and Perfection Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard Building on SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard’s talk on anger last month, this evening’s presentation will explore the Buddhist view of patience. In his recent book “Perfecting Patience: Buddhist Techniques to Overcome Anger,” the Dalai Lama writes, “The only factor that can […]
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 […]
Communicating with the “Other” Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde Our polarized society has caused many of us to not only avoid speaking to those who don’t share our political, spiritual or cultural views, but to avoid them altogether. Social scientists state that the animosity towards the “other” is as extreme as […]
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 […]
Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom Sit & Dharma Talk with Vance Pryor VANCE PRYOR, PsyD, began insight meditation in 1998. He has been deeply influenced by the teachings of Sayadaw U Pandita and Sayadaw U Tejaniya. His training to become a teacher has been supported by the mentorship of Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters. He is […]
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 […]
Greed and Mindfulness of Death Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard N O T E – Due to technical difficulties, we couldn’t include this talk in our Audio Dharma library. Rich recently started a short series on working with the three roots of suffering – greed, hatred, and delusion. We looked at one […]
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 […]