Weekly Meditation
Sit & Dharma Talk:: “Hope & the Lose of Hope,” with Founding Instructor Dennis Warren
Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015, 6:00-6:45 PM. MEDITATION INSTRUCTION. SIM Founding Teacher DENNIS WARREN SIM’s Founding Teacher, Dennis Warren, will lead a 45 minutes session of meditation instruction this Thursday, November 19. The session is appropriate for those new to meditation practice and those who want to review meditation fundamentals. The session will include instruction, a […]
Sit & Dharma Talk with Founding Teacher, Dennis Warren
Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThursday, December 3, 7:00-9:15 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk, with Dennis Warren, SIM Founding Teacher. LOSS – SEEING IT COMING, LIVING IT, REORGANIZING AFTERWARDS - WITH SIM’S FOUNDING TEACHER DENNIS WARREN Loss brings us up against the limitations in understanding how the Dharma and practice apply to this painful aspect of being human. Loss not […]
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor, Diane Wilde
Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThursday, December 10, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Discus with Diane Wilde, SIM Community Mentor Anger… it’s not what you think! It’s the holiday season! Anger? Not allowed now! Yet anger creeps into our lives uninvited, disguised in a variety of forms. There are a wide range of behaviors that signal anger, yet we don’t […]
SIM Community Potluck
Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesAnnual get-together of the SIM community during the holiday season. All are invited -- bring a dish of your choosing to share with attendees! Please bring a potluck dish to share (for six or more.) Set up will begin at 6:30. This year there will be tables and chairs in the sangha room to enable everyone […]
Sit & Dharma Talk “Reflections on the Year” with SIM Community Mentor, Rich Howard
Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe title of Rich's talk is "Reflections on the Year." We are reminded in the Dhammapada that there are three elements of practice: Doing no evil, Engaging in what’s skillful, And purifying one’s mind. This is the teaching of the buddhas. (v. 183, Gil Fronsdal translation) As the year ends, we will reflect on how […]
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher, Dennis Warren
Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe talk is part of a series of talks on "Suttas that Speak to Us." The specific topic of Dennis's talk is to be announced.
Sit & Dharma Talk with Long Time SIM Community Member, Laura Rosenthal
Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThursday, January 14, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Laura Rosenthal "Views and Opinions: With Friends Like This Who Needs Enemies?" According to the Pali suttas (discourses, or “sutras” in Sanskrit), the historical Buddha was asked to teach about many topics, including lofty questions about the nature of the universe – but refused. Why […]
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor, Rich Howard
Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe talk is part of a series of talks on "Suttas that Speak to Us". The specific topic of Rich's talk is to be announced.