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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July14\, 2016 – 700-915 PM. Sitting and Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher DENNIS WARREN  – “WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF LIVING THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE?” – Part II –   \n“What is the benefit of living the contemplative life?” \nThis is the question put to the historical Buddha by King Ajatasattu. The dialogue that continues is one of the most comprehensive and eloquent presentations of the Buddha regarding his teachings; a comparison of his teachings to the other major spiritual and philosophical theories of the time; the original Sangha’s code of ethics; the Buddha’s own lifestyle\, and more. \nThis evening will be part of a continuing discussion of this fascinating Sutta that began during Dennis’ talk on June 9th. You might listen to that talk at as a way of preparing for this evening at https://sactoinsight.org/category/audio-dharma/ . \nThe evening will explore the specifics of this sutta and how they have direct application to our practice and daily life today in an urban setting.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/20160714talk/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160707T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160707T211500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160706T032825Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:“WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF LIVING THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE?” – Part II –   \n“What is the benefit of living the contemplative life?” \nThis is the question put to the historical Buddha by King Ajatasattu. The dialogue that continues is one of the most comprehensive and eloquent presentations of the Buddha regarding his teachings; a comparison of his teachings to the other major spiritual and philosophical theories of the time; the original Sangha’s code of ethics; the Buddha’s own lifestyle\, and more. \nThis evening will be part of a continuing discussion of this fascinating Sutta that began during Dennis’ talk on June 9th. You might listen to that talk at as a way of preparing for this evening athttps://sactoinsight.org/category/audio-dharma/ . \nThe evening will explore the specifics of this sutta and how they have direct application to our practice and daily life today in an urban setting. \nThis event will begin at 7:00 pm at Sacramento Friends Meetinghouse\, 890 57th Street.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-4-3/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160630T211500
DTSTAMP:20160322T012127Z
CREATED:20160321T022050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160322T012127Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Diane’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-3-3/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160623T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160623T211500
DTSTAMP:20160623T192209Z
CREATED:20160321T021459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160623T192209Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 23\, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Community Evening with Rich Howard\, SIM Community Mentor.Bringing Awareness to Everyday Life \nWe may practice formal meditation for some period each day\, but what do we practice the rest of our waking hours? Bringing mindful awareness into everyday life is essential to developing our practice and transforming our lives. We will gather in a circle as a community this Thursday to share our experiences in spreading awareness into every aspect of our lives. Please come prepared to share your wisdom with the group. Rich will facilitate the evening. Dana offered on this evening will be shared with SIM and the Buddhist Pathways Prison Project.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-5/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160616T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160616T211500
DTSTAMP:20160609T112617Z
CREATED:20160321T021159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160609T112617Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Long-time SIM Community Member\, Laura Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:The Five Subjects for Daily Recollection\, with long-time SIM participant Laura Rosenthal. \nIn the Upajjhatthana Sutta\, the Buddha says there are five things upon which women and men\, householders and monastics should reflect frequently. These have come to be known as the Five Subjects for Daily Recollection. The Five Subjects offer us a valuable practice that is fruitful both on the cushion and in everyday life; they point us toward an experiential understanding of core aspects of the dharma. Join Laura Rosenthal\, long-time SIM participant\, for a dharma talk and group discussion. No prior knowledge is required\, but if you want to read the sutta in advance it is Anguttara Nikaya 5.57 and can be found at these links: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.057.than.html(Thanissaro Bikkhu translation) or https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.57 (Bikkhu Bodhi translation)
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-long-time-sim-community-member-laura-rosenthal/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160609T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160609T211500
DTSTAMP:20160609T112204Z
CREATED:20160321T020911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160609T112204Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF LIVING THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE?    \nThis is the question put to the historical Buddha by King Ajatasattu. The dialogue that continues is one of the most comprehensive and eloquent presentation of the Buddha regarding his teachings; a comparison of his teaching to the other major spiritual and philosophical theories of the time; the original Sangha’s code of ethics; the Buddha’s own lifestyle\, and more. \nThe Samannaphala Sutta is consider one of the most useful and helpful discourses of the Buddha. The question “What is the benefit of living the contemplative life?” is as relevant to all of us today as it was in the time of King Ajatasattu. Ajatasattu was a layman who become a devoted follower of the Buddha after this encounter and sponsored the First Buddhist Council. \nThe evening will explore the specifics of this sutta and how they have direct application to our practice and daily life today in an urban setting. This will be the first in a series of two or three talks Dennis will give based on this sutta. \nDennis believes that the key question in this sutta\, and the Buddha’s answers\, are particularly timely because of our move to a new and permanent home in the coming months in the Sacramento Dharma Center. \nThis event will begin at 7:00 pm at Sacramento Friends Meetinghouse\, 890 57th Street.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-4-2/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160602T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160602T211500
DTSTAMP:20160601T023113Z
CREATED:20160321T020726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160601T023113Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:When Meditation is Not Enough \nAfter several years of teaching and practicing meditation\, many of us have found that meditation on its own is not enough.  While we may enjoy our times of silence\, we find our times off the cushion\, “in real life” are challenging and often painful.  We might reflect\, “What else can I do? What’s missing?”  The Buddha’s approach to alleviating suffering begins with mindfulness of conduct\, and this component of our practice is generally ignored by most meditators.  There is a tendency in the West to dismiss virtue as simple Sunday-school type rules which no longer apply to our modern sensibilities. Yet the Five Training Precepts are part of a fundamental course of therapy for wounded minds. In particular\, they are aimed at curing two ailments that underlie low self-esteem: regret and denial.  We will discuss how to make the Five Training Precepts an integrated\, and perhaps primary focus of our practice.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-3-2/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160526T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160526T211500
DTSTAMP:20160523T185423Z
CREATED:20160321T015247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160523T185423Z
UID:1191-1464289200-1464297300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:“WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF LIVING THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE?” – with SIM FOUNDING TEACHER DENNIS WARREN  – THURSDAY\, May 26\, 2016 – 7:00-9:15 PM    \n“What is the benefit of living the contemplative life?” \nThis is the question put to the historical Buddha by King Ajatasattu. The dialogue that continues is one of the most comprehensive and eloquent presentation of the Buddha regarding his teachings; a comparison of his teaching to the other major spiritual and philosophical theories of the time; the original Sangha’s code of ethics; the Buddha’s own lifestyle\, and more. \nThe Samannaphala Sutta is consider one of the most useful and helpful discourses of the Buddha. The question “What is the benefit of living the contemplative life?” is as relevant to all of us today as it was in the time of King Ajatasattu. Ajatasattu was a layman who become a devoted follower of the Buddha after this encounter and sponsored the First Buddhist Council. \nThe evening will explore the specifics of this sutta and how they have direct application to our practice and daily life today in an urban setting. This will be the first in a series of two or three talks Dennis will give based on this sutta. \nDennis believes that the key question in this sutta\, and the Buddha’s answers\, are particularly timely because of our move to a new and permanent home in the coming months in the Sacramento Dharma Center. Dennis will discuss this and the one day retreat he will lead this coming Saturday\, May 28\, exploring the present and future SIM and the move to our new home. \nThis event will begin at 700 pm at Sacramento Friends Meetinghouse\, 890 57th Street.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-4/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160519T211500
DTSTAMP:20160518T140238Z
CREATED:20160321T014926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160518T140238Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Visiting Teacher\, Heather Sundberg
DESCRIPTION:Opening the Heart: Heather’s Recent Journey To Sri Lanka\, woven together with two more favorite suttas.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-visiting-mentor-heather-sundberg-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160512T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160512T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T020436Z
CREATED:20160321T014619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T020436Z
UID:1189-1463079600-1463087700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Diane’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-3/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T015105Z
CREATED:20160321T014433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T015105Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Rich’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-3/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160428T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160428T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T014153Z
CREATED:20151207T000809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T014153Z
UID:1006-1461870000-1461878100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Diane’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-4/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160421T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T013748Z
CREATED:20151207T001629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T013748Z
UID:1004-1461265200-1461273300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-3/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160414T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T013701Z
CREATED:20151207T001756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T013701Z
UID:1003-1460660400-1460668500@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Diane’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160407T211500
DTSTAMP:20160321T013550Z
CREATED:20151207T001909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160321T013550Z
UID:1002-1460055600-1460063700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-3/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160331T210000
DTSTAMP:20160316T125635Z
CREATED:20151207T002016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160316T125635Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Visiting Mentor\, Lori Wong
DESCRIPTION:Lori Wong\, Founding Teacher\, Insight Meditation Central Valley \nAs we continue exploring the Suttas That Speak to Us\, it seems like a great time to explore how we cling to views and perceptions with all of the primary election news. Lori Wong from Insight Meditation Central Valley will present various passages from the suttas on views\, quarrels\, and disputes.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-visiting-mentor-lori-wong/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160324T211500
DTSTAMP:20160319T023156Z
CREATED:20151207T003837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160319T023156Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 24\, 7-9:15 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Rich Howard\, SIM Community Mentor\nSatipatthana Sutta – WITH SIM COMMUNITY MENTOR RICH HOWARD  – THURSDAY\, MARCH 24\, 2016 – 7:00-9:15 PM    \nLooking at the Discourse on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (MN 10\, the Satipatthana Sutta)\, we arrive at perhaps the single most important description of how and why we practice meditation. The many practices described in this discourse form the basis for SIM’s Introduction to Meditation course and most Vipassana (insight) meditation retreats. SIM spent almost two years from March 2009 through December 2010 examining this subject in depth\, and many excellent book-length studies are available (including Joseph Goldstein’s Mindfulness\, Bhikkhu Analayo’s Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization\, and U Silananda’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness). So what could be gained from looking at this text for a single night? In our continuing exploration of the Suttas That Speak to Us\, SIM Community Mentor Rich Howard will approach the Satipatthana Sutta as if in conversation with a good friend\, looking literally at how it speaks to us as practitioners of insight meditation.  \nThis evening’s talk will lead into SIM’s monthly daylong retreat on Saturday March 26 (see description below under Upcoming Events).  \nThis event will begin at 7:00 pm at Sacramento Friends Meetinghouse\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160317T210000
DTSTAMP:20160316T125046Z
CREATED:20151207T003931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160316T125046Z
UID:996-1458241200-1458248400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 10\, 7-9:00 pm. Sitting and Dharma Discussion with Diane Wilde\, SIM Community Mentor\nSuttas that speak to us… \nKing Pasenadi and his worldly challenges \nKing Pasenadi was a contemporary of the Buddha and apparently became a treasured acquaintance as well as a supporter of the early sangha. An entire section of the Samyutta Nikaya (one of the “books” in the Pali Cannon) is devoted exclusively to twenty-five conversations Pasenadi had with the Buddha.  King Pasenadi spent a great deal of time thoughtfully dissecting his everyday life\, relating to the Buddha his challenges and reflections.  His issues certainly stand the test of time!  Marriage difficulties\, over-eating\, corruption\, tolerance of other faiths\, dealing with grief\, hypocrisy… Pasenadi lived fully in the world with all of its concerns.  We will explore King Pasenadi’s world\, and specifically the suttas where he raises questions about the “self” and how to hold our sense of self.  Taking it one step further\, how does an inherent sense of “me” coexist with the training of  “anatta’” i.e. the absence of a permanent abiding self?  It should be an interesting discussion. \nThis event will begin at 7:00 pm at Sacramento Friends Meetinghouse\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-dianne-wilde/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160310T210000
DTSTAMP:20151207T004134Z
CREATED:20151207T004052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T004134Z
UID:995-1457636400-1457643600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Rich’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160303T211500
DTSTAMP:20151207T004402Z
CREATED:20151207T004217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T004402Z
UID:994-1457031600-1457039700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160225T210000
DTSTAMP:20151207T000351Z
CREATED:20151207T000351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T000351Z
UID:982-1456426800-1456434000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Senior Teacher\, Kamala Masters
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Kamala’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-senior-teacher-kamala-masters/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160218T211500
DTSTAMP:20160128T043227Z
CREATED:20151207T004645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160128T043227Z
UID:980-1455822000-1455830100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Dennis’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160211T211500
DTSTAMP:20160128T043109Z
CREATED:20151207T004810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160128T043109Z
UID:979-1455217200-1455225300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The topic of Rich’s talk is to be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160204T211500
DTSTAMP:20160126T050851Z
CREATED:20151207T004926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160126T050851Z
UID:977-1454612400-1454620500@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk\, The Unchosen Path of Illness\, with Amma Thanasanti
DESCRIPTION: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 and tools this unchosen path can show us a wholeness and profound well being that we didn’t know before. \n \n \n\nAmma Thanasanti’s Bio:\n\nAjahn or Amma Thanasanti Bhikkhuni was born into a loving family of Jewish ancestry in Burbank\, California. She was first introduced to Buddhist teaching and insight meditation in 1979 in a class taught by Jack Engler at University of California Santa Cruz. From that time she consciously committed to awakening and envisioned living her life as a nun. From the onset\, Ajahn Chah\, Dipa Ma and His Holiness the Dalai Lama were primary inspirations to her. Her teachers also included Christopher Titmuss\, Sharon Salzberg\, Joseph Goldstein\, Jack Kornfeild\, Peace Pilgrim and the work and teachings of Gandhi. \nAfter completing a BA in Biology from UC Santa Cruz\, she worked for a few years as an analytical chemist. In 1987 she went on a pilgrimage to India\, Nepal and Thailand to meet and practice with Dipa Ma\, his Holiness Dalia Lama\, Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Buddhadasa; meditation masters she had heard about in 1979. \nIn 1989\, she formally joined the Ajahn Chah lineage and the community of nuns at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery to begin training as a novice. That began the process of intensive training\, study and meditation practice.  After 2 years as an Anagarika\, she received ordination in 1991 with Ajahn Sumedho as her preceptor. She lived at both Amaravati and Chithurst Buddhist Monasteries in England. \nFor several years Amma Thanasanti was involved in the leadership team and guidance of the nuns’ community at Chithurst and Amaravati. Since 1996 her community and monastic responsibilities were interspersed with teaching intensive meditation retreats in the US\, UK\, Switzerland and Australia. \nIn 2000 she took Bodhisattva vows with His Holiness Dalai Lama en-route to spend extensive time in retreat in the remote bush of Australia. From that point on\, her practice shifted and the place of compassion and relationship with nature became central. \nIn order to pursue her vision of how monastic and lay practitioners can work together in the modern world to create viable communities for practice in the United States\, she took the significant step of leaving the formal affiliations of Amaravati and associated monastic communities and returned to the USA. In 2009 she founded Awakening Truth a non-profit  501 (c)3 organization whose mission is to create a Bhikkhuni training monastery and facilitate ways monastics and lay practitioners can work together to support whole life practice. \nIn August 2010\,  after being a nun for 19 years\, she was ordained as a Bhikkhuni at Aranya Bodhi Forest Hermitage\, in the historic first dual Theravada Bhikkhuni ordination to be conducted in North America. Ayya Tathaaloka is her preceptor. \nAmma’s work spans rigorous understanding of Buddhist teachings\, non-dual meditation\, depth psychology\, subtle body energies\, and the Divine Feminine. She teaches meditation as an art and skill\, integrating body\, heart and mind with finesse and compassion. \nCurrently she is based at the Shakti Vihara hermitage in Colorado Springs\, Colorado as a solitary alms mendicant nun where her time is interspersed between writing\, teaching and time meditating in the nearby Garden of the Gods.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T210000
DTSTAMP:20151207T004601Z
CREATED:20151207T004523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T004601Z
UID:975-1454007600-1454014800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Visiting Mentor\, Heather Sundberg
DESCRIPTION:The specific topic of Heather’s talk is to be announced. The talk is part of a series of talks on “Suttas that Speak to Us”.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-visiting-mentor-heather-sundberg/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T184500
DTSTAMP:20151207T003636Z
CREATED:20151207T002403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T003636Z
UID:974-1454004000-1454006700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with Long Time SIM Community Member\, Laura Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:A 45-minute introduction to meditation with SIM Community Mentor\, Laura Rosenthal. All are welcome!
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-sim-community-mentor-laura-rosenthal/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160121T210000
DTSTAMP:20151207T002455Z
CREATED:20151207T002455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T002455Z
UID:973-1453402800-1453410000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160114T211500
DTSTAMP:20160111T191210Z
CREATED:20151207T002619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160111T191210Z
UID:972-1452798000-1452806100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with Long Time SIM Community Member\, Laura Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 14\, 7-9 pm. Sitting and Dharma Talk with Laura Rosenthal \n“Views and Opinions: With Friends Like This Who Needs Enemies?” \nAccording 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 is this? And what can it teach us about a fruitful attitude toward practice? Join Laura Rosenthal\, a long-time SIM participant and graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program\, for a discussion of a few Buddhist texts that cast light on these questions. \nThis is the beginning of a SIM series highlighting some suttas we have found particularly meaningful.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-laura-rosenthal/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160107T211500
DTSTAMP:20151207T005046Z
CREATED:20151207T005046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T005046Z
UID:971-1452193200-1452201300@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:The 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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-2/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151231T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151231T210000
DTSTAMP:20151225T004425Z
CREATED:20151105T034752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151225T004425Z
UID:943-1451588400-1451595600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk "Reflections on the Year" with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The title of Rich’s talk is “Reflections on the Year.” \nWe are reminded in the Dhammapada that there are three elements of practice: \nDoing no evil\, \nEngaging in what’s skillful\, \nAnd purifying one’s mind. \nThis is the teaching of the buddhas. \n(v. 183\, Gil Fronsdal translation) \nAs the year ends\, we will reflect on how we did in these three areas\, using the lens of the Pārami (the perfections of the mind-heart)\, an attitude of kindness\, and the support of the sangha\, the community of fellow practitioners. We will close together by ringing 108 bells. Join SIM Community Mentor Rich Howard for a peaceful\, supportive evening.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Weekly Meditation
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