Talk topic: Feminine Perspectives in Buddhism Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Monastic Ayya Santacitta AYYA SANTACITTA was born in Austria and has a multifaceted background in hotel management, ethnology and avant-garde dance theater. Her first teacher was Ajahn Buddhadasa, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She has practiced meditation for 30 years and […]
The Essential Role of Context or Framing in Buddhist Practice Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren Context – the set of ideas, beliefs and principles which guide our understanding of ourselves, others, our relationships and how the world works – shapes our experience, our assessment of our experience and the choices we […]
Talk topic and date to be announced Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel. NEESHA PATEL, PhD is deeply grateful for the liberative teachings of the Buddha. She has been fortunate to have practiced in both Asia and the US. Her practice has been influenced by the guidance of many wonderful teachers […]
Waking Up in Perilous Times Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde The times they are a-changing! This could be stated by every generation and each new epoch in our human and natural history. But the unimaginable changes taking place now — the climate emergency as well as “alternative” political realities — have […]
A Lump of Foam: The Five Aggregates Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard The five Aggregates of Clinging are an excellent means for seeing the three universal characteristics: impermanence, conditionality/insubstantiality and suffering/stress. This phrase is repeated like a mantra in the many suttas about the aggregates: “This is not mine, this I […]
Talk Topic : TBD Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Heather Sundberg 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 practice of […]
What’s Working? Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Member Laura Rosenthal Buddhist practice emphasizes attention to the way our mental, verbal and physical actions lead us into and out of dukkha - sometimes translated as suffering or a sense of unsatisfactoriness. This experiential inquiry into “suffering and the end of suffering” supports us in […]
Buddhism and Euthanasia Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde Spot is old, ill and suffering. As painful as it is for loving pet guardians, we now have to make a difficult decision — is it time to consider euthanasia? For humans, California End of Life Option Act is a law which allows […]
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 to be announced Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel. We are fortunate to have NEESHA PATEL, PhD returning to SIM this evening. NEESHA PATEL, PhD is deeply grateful for the liberative teachings of the Buddha. She has been fortunate to have practiced in both Asia and the US. Her practice has […]