Sit & Dharma Talk “Reflections on the Year” with SIM Community Mentor, Rich Howard

Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

The 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 Long Time SIM Community Member, Laura Rosenthal

Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

Thursday, 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 […]

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Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor, Rich Howard

Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

The 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.

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Sit & Dharma Talk, The Unchosen Path of Illness, with Amma Thanasanti

Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

No one wants sickness. Nor does anyone want the pain,disability, anger, fear, vulnerability, uncertainty, or the way in which identity is stripped away that often accompanies illness. Yet, in every part of the process we are invited to understand more about who we really are and how we can grow from these experiences. With perspective […]

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