Thursday, August 11, 7-9:15 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Instructor, Dennis Warren. RIGHT EFFORT and RIGHT ACTION Our last two Thursday evenings at SIM have focused on Right Effort, or Energy, and the prominent role it plays in Buddhist practice. This Thursday evening will focus on the important relationships between Right Effort […]
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is […]
Sitting and Dharma Talk – "The Power of Negative Thinking": Five Ethical Precepts – With Longtime SIM Participant Laura Rosenthal – Thursday, August 18, 2016, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm In Buddhist teaching, ethical conduct constitutes an essential training: sila, one of the three trainings that form the ennobling eightfold path. While contemporary teachers frequently discuss the […]
Thursday, August 25, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Rich Howard, SIM Community Mentor. Analog or Digital? Nature is a seamless whole, flowing and changing continuously. The world we inhabit is increasingly digital, measured, quantified, and reduced to numbers and words. How do you think of your practice? Minutes on the cushion? Days in […]
Thursday, September 1, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Diane Wilde, SIM Community Mentor. How do we know that we are acting appropriately? Buddhist practice is not a set of black and white rules. Just as in life, situations are nuanced, fluid with different strategies for situations, which on the surface, might seem to […]
Thursday, September 8, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Tony Bernhard, Visiting Teacher. Directions to the Middle Path: the Buddha's roadmap to the end of suffering...
The talk topic is "The World IS a Benevolent Place" OK we all know the world is not always a Benevolent Place. But what if, as a practice, we occasionally oriented towards the amazing acts of kindness, generosity and discernment manifesting in our lives and on our planet right now? Heather will share how this […]
** Starting Sep 19, the meeting location has changed from the Friend's Meeting House to the new Sacramento Dharma Center at 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA. Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will […]
Thursday, September 22, 7-9:15. Sitting and Dharma Talk/Discussion with Dennis Warren, SIM Founding Instructor. Talk Topic: BEING OF SERVICE TO OTHERS & OURSELVES It’s not unusual to think of “service” as something special we do: working at a soup kitchen, homeless shelter, dog shelter, the pediatric unit in a hospital, a clothing donation center. But […]
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However, to cover rent […]