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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Heather Sundberg - Taking the One Seat
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic\, “Taking the One Seat:  In the Body\, In Stillness\, With All Experience”\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center . The teacher will present via Zoom.\n\n\n\nTeachings and practices on the following expressions of Taking the One Seat will be offered: Somatically\, Steadying the mind and Working with non-reactivity at the sense doors. \n\n\n\nThis evening Talk will serve as an introduction to the June 25th daylong retreat\, covering foundational topics from which the daylong will deepen into and expand upon.  For 6/25/22 retreat details\, click here. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”4336″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaPlease use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 100% of your donation will be shared with Heather Sundberg. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83471891809 \, Passcode: 334531Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 834 7189 1809 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \n\n\n\nHEATHER SUNDBERG has practiced insight meditation since 1993\, and was first invited to teach meditation classes in 1999. Soon afterwards\, she participated in the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program (CDL2)\, graduating in 2003. She began teaching Residential Retreats in Insight Meditation in 2004. Next\, Heather completed the four-year Spirit Rock/Insight Meditation Society Senior Teacher Training. Additional biographical details are available at http://heathersundberg.com/about.html.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-senior-teacher-heather/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220508T100000
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SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat - Noliwe Alexander via SBMG
DESCRIPTION:This retreat is sponsored by SBMG. Noliwe Alexander has taught for SIM several times and has not been able to recently. We’re highlighting this retreat as we expect there are many in the SIM community who would like to attend this daylong. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRetreat Theme: The Vicissitudes of Life (8 Worldly Winds) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nIN PERSON/ Hybrid:  Daylong meditation retreat\, The Vicissitudes of Life (the 8 Wordly Winds) with Noliwe Alexander (Vipassana)
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-noliwe-alexander-via-sbmg/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat,SDC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220505T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center\n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana [give_form id=”15406″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaPlease use this form to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Tony Bernhard. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82284611142 \, Passcode: 852317Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 822 8461 1142 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \n\n\n\nTONY 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 around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional\, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison\, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-teacher-tony-bernhard-4/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220428T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220428T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - Revisiting Fundamentals: The Meaning of 'The Middle Way'
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: Revisiting Fundamentals: The Meaning of “The Middle Way”\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren.\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher plans to present via Zoom.\n\n\n\nThe Historical Buddha explicitly described the three trainings of the Eight-Fold Path as “the Middle Way.” At first glance\, this description seems to provide a clear and tangible guide to evaluating elements of practice: What practice represents the middle point between extremes? \n\n\n\nIs this what is meant by this teaching? Is it that simple? What standard would we use to make this seemly straight-forward evaluation? Or is there something more? How does the notion of “the Middle Way” fit into the Buddha’s finely woven net of teachings\, psychology\, methods and values. \n\n\n\nDuring this evening we’ll examine the historical factors that led to this teaching. The context in which it was first introduced. And practical and powerful applications which provide a more expansive basis for understanding the role of the Middle Way in practice and life. The subject matter of this evening is appropriate for all stages of practice. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”10310″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaYou may use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Dennis Warren. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83661572955 \, Passcode: 781942Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 836 6157 2955 ) For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-6/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220428T190000
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \n\n\n\nJoin Online: * https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87339028191 \, Passcode: 778626Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 873 3902 8191 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \n\n\n\nThis 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \n\n\n\nDENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness\, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher\, Professional Level (CMT-P)\, by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ .Dennis has been participating in residential meditation retreats\, and has maintained a daily meditation practice\, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. 2018 was his 20th year of teaching Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential\, retreat\, educational\, medical\, corporate and community settings. In 2007 and 2014\, Dennis led month long pilgrimages and moving retreats in Thailand\, India and Nepal. A third is being planned for late 2021. \n\n\n\nSacramento 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 dana\, we support our Sangha. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \n\n\n\nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-to-meditation-with-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T083000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Greg Scharf - Recognizing Natural Awareness
DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Greg Scharf\n\n\n\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\n\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. For this retreat\, the teacher will present on location.Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.To pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.If you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.The link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:The Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the blue button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.The Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).The Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 880 5419 7285 and Passcode: 346676To give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\n\n\nRetreat Theme: Recognizing Natural Awareness\n\n\n\nMeditation can be seen as the process of learning to recognize and trust a natural quality of awareness that is available to all of us in any moment no matter what is happening in our experience. This awareness allows us to open to and connect with the truth of each moment. \n\n\n\nAs we gain confidence in the mind’s ability to recognize this natural awareness we begin to release the burden of trying to control\, manipulate\, or fix experience so that it meets our ideas of the way it should be\, and relax into the truth of the way it actually is. \n\n\n\nWe start to see directly for ourselves what leads to well-being and freedom and what leads to suffering\, both in our own life and in the world around us. Through this process we begin to live our lives from a place of greater balance\, integrity\, confidence\, and connection. \n\n\n\nThe teacher might also lead an optional session of mindful movement – based on QiGong. \n\n\n\nGREG SCHARF\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching. \n\n\n\nSacramento 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 dana\, we support our Sangha. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \n\n\n\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n02/15/2022 – Registration opens.04/23/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.04/25/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\n\n\nRegistration Details\n\n\n\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \n\n\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \n\n\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\n\n\n\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-apr-23/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220422T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220422T153000
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SUMMARY:(Onsite) Tea with Senior Teacher Greg Scharf
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an informal gathering at the Sacramento Dharma Center (in-person\, mostly outside) – Bring snacks that are easily shared and your own tea/coffee mug if you like (tea will be available)\, and your Dharma or personal practice questions for Greg. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGREG SCHARF\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/tea-with-senior-teacher-greg-scharf/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220421T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Greg Scharf - Walking The Path
DESCRIPTION:Walking The Path\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Greg Scharf\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will present on location.\n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”17856″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaPlease use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 100% of your donation will be shared with Greg Scharf. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88471186030 \,  Passcode: 077856Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 884 7118 6030 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \n\n\n\nGREG SCHARF\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-senior-teacher-greg-scharf/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220421T185900
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T163100
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SUMMARY:Senior Teacher Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Each year a Senior Teacher visits Sacramento Insight Meditation for a weekend of teaching. For further details\, click any of the events listed below: \n\n\n\nThursday April 21\, 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Greg Scharf – Walking The PathFriday April 22\, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm(Onsite) Tea with Senior Teacher Greg ScharfSaturday April 23\, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat – Greg Scharf – Recognizing Natural Awareness
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/senior-teacher-weekend/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220414T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Vance Pryor -  Ethics and Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:Ethics and Wisdom\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Vance Pryor\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will present via Zoom.\n\n\n\nOften times the practice of living ethically is considered a foundational aspect of the path. Ethical conduct is also a clear manifestation of wisdom being expressed in speech and behavior. This talk will explore the intersection between refining ethical conduct and cultivating wise discernment in our practice. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”19397″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaPlease use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 100% of your donation will be shared with Vance Pryor. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83943740488 \,   Passcode: 524394Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 839 4374 0488 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \n\n\n\nVANCE PRYOR\, PsyD\, began insight meditation in 1998. He has been deeply influenced by the teachings of Sayadaw U Pandita and Sayadaw U Tejaniya. His training to become a teacher has been supported by the mentorship of Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters. He is currently participating in IMS’s 2017-2021 Teacher Training Program.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-senior-teacher-vance-pryor/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220331T210000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Diane Wilde -  The Paradox of Shame
DESCRIPTION:Talk topic: The Paradox of Shame\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher plans to attend in-person.\n\n\n\nWe all experience shame.  It is a universal emotion with some social scientists and psychologists saying it is an innate human trait\, and others insisting it evolved within our social fabric. It is considered an absolutely essential emotion in some societies\, and yet\, is also frequently considered mentally damaging. The causes of shame have dramatically changed\, from lack of adherence to prescriptive social mores of the past\, to shaming of individuals on social media today. The Buddha also taught about shame (hiri) and its companion\, the dread of shame (ottapa). Shame and the reasons for shame as taught by the Buddha are quite different then the “shaming” we experience in contemporary society. We will discuss this complex emotion\, its history and why it is an important\, yet often overlooked Buddhist teaching. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”9758″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaPlease use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Rev. Diane Wilde. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89428587147\, Passcode: 607786Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 894 2858 7147 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-teacher-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220329T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220329T210000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-Week Course)
DESCRIPTION:This class is currently taught by SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard (click here for his biography)\, assisted by SIM Community Member Sara Denzler and is part of a six-week meditation course offered twice a year. For details\, visit the Course Overview page (click here). After you enroll\, if you’d like to make a donation to support SIM and the course instructors\, consider donating online (click here) via credit card or PayPal. \n \n\nRegistration\nPre-registration is necessary since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting.  \nBefore making the $35 registration payment\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. On Monday\, January 3\, online registration opens. Pay the registration fee online using the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this course and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one. After you’ve paid the fee\, you’ll receive an email with the subject “You have tickets!” (but no need to print the ticket on paper). \nNote that all registrants will receive an email communication from the course registrar on the following dates:  Feb 28\, and Mar 24. Before the course begins the registrar will ask if you’ll be attending in-person or on Zoom. \n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center or online via Zoom. You can read our attendance guidelines (click here). For tips on attending with Zoom (click here). \n\n\n\nIf you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beg-meditation-course-2022mar/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220327T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220327T120000
DTSTAMP:20220315T031834Z
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SUMMARY:(Onsite) Family Sangha Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Great news for SIM families\, grandparents\, aunts and uncles! Family Sangha is returning (Sunday\, March 27th); whether you are a parent\, aunt or uncle\, or grandparent\, you are invited to bring your child/children to Sacramento Dharma Center for our first IN-PERSON Family Sangha gathering since the start of the pandemic.  Come celebrate. This is a mahasangha event. Follow the link below for further details or click here: \n\n\n\n\nhttps://sbmg.org/event/in-person-family-sangha-program-and-potluck/
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/in-person-family-sangha-potluck/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:SDC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T160000
DTSTAMP:20221201T204522Z
CREATED:20211208T050009Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Rich Howard - Cultivating the Heart: A Day of Practice
DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\nTo pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\nIf you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\nThe Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 898 3289 4334 and Passcode: 412666\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme – Cultivating the Heart: A Day of Practice \nCultivating positive qualities of heart and mind brings a balance and depth to Insight practice\, and to our daily lives. Boundless friendliness (aka “lovingkindness”)\, compassion\, sympathetic joy\, and equanimity – known together as the Brahmaviharas – can be strengthened by formal practices taught by the Historical Buddha and later Buddhist commentators. For this day of practice\, we will touch briefly on the role of these heart practices in supporting concentration and insight\, then practice together using guided meditations\, silent sitting meditation\, and walking meditation. We will also reflect on their role in daily life\, including how to choose the practice appropriate to a given situation. \n\n RICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \n\nSacramento 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 dana\, we support our Sangha. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n01/09/2022  – Registration opens.\n03/26/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n03/28/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-mar-26/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220324T211500
DTSTAMP:20220324T172813Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - Revisiting Fundamentals: “Right” Understanding
DESCRIPTION:Revisiting Fundamentals: “Right” Understanding\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren.\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will present via Zoom. \n\n\n\nDeciding what is the “Right” or skillful thing to do can be confusing when we are suffering. On one hand\, the modern interpretation of the Historical Buddha’s teachings seems to offer an endless number of potential methods and solutions. On the other\, what method or approach is actually effective in a particular situation can be elusive. The Buddha’s teachings on Right Understanding describe a straight forward\, practical and helpful model for working with confusion\, struggle and suffering. These teachings become a powerful set of tools for living\, problem solving and growth when they are combined with the teachings on Right Intention and Right Effort. Together\, they provide short term strategies for working with the immediate\, real-time challenges in our lives; as well as strategies for pointing the mind\, body and heart into long term satisfaction and peace.   The subject matter of this evening is appropriate for all levels of practice. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”10310″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaPlease use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Dennis Warren. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87234022343 \, Passcode: 605331Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 872 3402 2343 )
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-5/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220324T190000
DTSTAMP:20220314T052715Z
CREATED:20211208T053417Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \n\nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87269584502Passcode: 008185Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 872 6958 4502 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \n\nThis 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \n\nDENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness\, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher\, Professional Level (CMT-P)\, by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ .Dennis has been participating in residential meditation retreats\, and has maintained a daily meditation practice\, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. 2018 was his 20th year of teaching Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential\, retreat\, educational\, medical\, corporate and community settings. In 2007 and 2014\, Dennis led month long pilgrimages and moving retreats in Thailand\, India and Nepal. A third is being planned for late 2021. \n\nSacramento 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 dana\, we support our Sangha. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-dennis-warren-7/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220317T211500
DTSTAMP:20221201T204109Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - Compassion Fatigue
DESCRIPTION:Talk topic: Compassion Fatigue\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard \n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center \n\n\n\nAs practitioners of mindful awareness\, we want to remain openhearted to the suffering in the world. Our practice teaches us to turn toward conditions as they are\, without needing to avoid unpleasant sensations\, emotions\, or thoughts. This openheartedness leads naturally to compassion\, the impulse to take action on behalf of those who are experiencing suffering. However\, Western psychology has recognized a condition called “compassion fatigue\,” the “secondary trauma” that can result from helping others and that may lead to diminished capacity to empathize or feel compassion. Given all the suffering in the world and our access to it via global media\, we may be overwhelmed and start to shut down to the world and those close to us. This evening\, we will take a look at how our practice may help us recognize compassion fatigue as it develops and maintain an open heart. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83869249314 \,  Passcode: 053925Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID:  838 6924 9314 ) \n\n\n[give_form id=”10304″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n\n\n\nPlease use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Rich Howard.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220310T211500
DTSTAMP:20220314T040606Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Seth Castleman - Honoring Our Lineage of Teachers
DESCRIPTION:Talk topic: Honoring Our Lineage of Teachers\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman \n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center\n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”16677″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Seth Castleman. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85647629321 \, Passcode: 364353Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 856 4762 9321 ) \n\n\n\nSETH CASTLEMAN is a teacher\, writer\, and storyteller with over twenty years experience teaching mindfulness and spiritual practice. Castleman is trained in both the Jewish and Buddhist traditions. After 20 years of meditation practice and two years of silent retreat as a lay-person in the US\, India\, and Nepal and as a monk in Burma\, Seth was trained as a teacher by Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre\, CA. He was authorized as a meditation/dharma teacher in 2008. Following eight years of rabbinical studies in the US and Israel/Palestine\, Castleman was ordained in 2011 as a rabbi by one Orthodox\, one Conservative\, and one Reform rabbi. Castleman has published in two dozen newspapers\, periodicals\, and anthologies on the intersection of contemplative practice and social justice and the transformational power of brokenness. As a storyteller\, Seth has performed in theaters\, on radio and television\, and at countless kitchen tables. Seth uses myth\, storytelling\, and humor as central tools in his teaching and counseling work. Seth Castleman is married to Reverend Elizabeth Griswold\, making them\, quite possibly\, the only rabbi—Christian minister married couple in the US. Seth and Elizabeth live in Davis\, CA with their three children.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-teacher-rabbi-seth-castleman/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220303T210000
DTSTAMP:20220304T011704Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Diane Wilde - What about God?
DESCRIPTION:Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde \n\n\n\nTalk topic: What about God?\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\n\n\n\nIt seems appropriate to discuss a “supreme being” and its compatibility with Buddhist practice — or not. The holiest seasons in the Judeo-Christian and Muslim calendars are approaching in April. Passover\, Easter and Ramadan celebrations of God in his/her various manifestations will all be taking place. \n\n\n\nThere is a widespread assumption that a person can’t be a Buddhist and also believe in a supreme being. Yet at SIM and other Buddhist sanghas\, many practitioners often embrace the Buddha’s path and simultaneously maintain a strong allegiance to a belief system whose purpose is the worship and celebration of a “supreme being.” For many\, the apparent “atheism” in Buddhism\, and personal belief in god can cause confusion. For others there is no problem at all\, with a comfortable mixing of both. In Buddhism itself\, there are “gods” that are an important component of the culture. We will discuss them as well as the Buddha’s teachings on a supreme being and what a few contemporary teachers think about this issue. Should make for a lively discussion! \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88314627748 \, Passcode: 066470Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 883 1462 7748 ) \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana \n\n\n[give_form id=”9758″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n\n\n\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaPlease use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Rev. Diane Wilde.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-teacher-rev-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220226T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220226T161500
DTSTAMP:20220130T005734Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren - Building\, then Transcending\, A Constructive\, Healthy Sense of Self
DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\nTo pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\nIf you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\nThe Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 870 0449 8847 and Passcode: 521898\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: Building\, then Transcending\, A Constructive\, Healthy Sense of Self\nFrom a Buddhist perspective\, “Self” can be misunderstood as dualistic and problematic: “Self” equals bad & suffering. “No self” equals good and becomes a cure for all our ills. This over-simplified model leaves out the foundational elements of learning how to build a constructive\, healthy sense of self and how to live in a way that transcends any sense of self. \nThis approach to Buddhist practice provides a larger\, inclusive\, unified view of identity and self that fills life with possibilities\, satisfaction and a sense of belonging. This one day will be a relaxed\, practical\, relevant look at our lives and practices from this perspective. We’ll examine the teachings\, psychology and practices that support this approach to practice. \nAt the moment\, it is unclear if this will be a hybrid event – both Zoom and in person. If possible\, Dennis wants to have in-person attendance and will encourage as many people as possible to attend in person. Watch for updates on this issue which will be based on our best available assessment of health guidance and safety. \n\nDENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness\, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher\, Professional Level (CMT-P)\, by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ .Dennis has been participating in residential meditation retreats\, and has maintained a daily meditation practice\, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. 2018 was his 20th year of teaching Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential\, retreat\, educational\, medical\, corporate and community settings. In 2007 and 2014\, Dennis led month long pilgrimages and moving retreats in Thailand\, India and Nepal. A third is being planned for late 2021. \n\nSacramento 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 dana\, we support our Sangha. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n12/09/2021 – Registration opens.\n02/26/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n02/28/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-feb-26/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220224T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard
DESCRIPTION:Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard \n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana [give_form id=”15406″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaWe recognize that donating by cash or check at the time you attend this event may not always be convenient for you. If that’s the case\, please use this form to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Tony Bernhard. \n\n\n\nTONY 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 around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional\, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison\, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89889799049 \, Passcode: 409553Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 898 8979 9049 )
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-teacher-tony-bernhard-3/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220224T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220224T190000
DTSTAMP:20220223T083442Z
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SUMMARY:(Canceled) Introduction to Meditation with Tony Bernhard
DESCRIPTION:Our apologies: this course is canceled. \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82116767613Passcode: 510576Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 821 1676 7613 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here.\nThis 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \n\nTONY 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 around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional\, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison\, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures. \n\nSacramento 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 dana\, we support our Sangha. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/remote-introduction-meditation-tony-bernhard/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220217T211500
DTSTAMP:20220216T041438Z
CREATED:20220106T033529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T041438Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Heather Sundberg - Letting Go\, Inspired by the teachings of Ajahn Chah
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: Letting Go\, Inspired by the teachings of Ajahn Chah\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg \n\n\n\nThe teacher will present via Zoom and this talk will be recorded. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”4336″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaYou may use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 100% of your donation will be shared with Heather Sundberg. \n\n\n\nHEATHER SUNDBERG has practiced insight meditation since 1993\, and was first invited to teach meditation classes in 1999. Soon afterwards\, she participated in the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program (CDL2)\, graduating in 2003. She began teaching Residential Retreats in Insight Meditation in 2004. Next\, Heather completed the four-year Spirit Rock/Insight Meditation Society Senior Teacher Training. Additional biographical details are available at http://heathersundberg.com/about.html. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84091660102Passcode: 435020Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 840 9166 0102 )For tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-senior-teacher-heather-sundberg/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220210T211500
DTSTAMP:20220206T181316Z
CREATED:20220105T232220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220206T181316Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - “Mindfulness”\, “Mindfulness Based” Programs and Buddhist Mindfulness Are Not the Same Thing
DESCRIPTION:“Mindfulness”\, “Mindfulness Based” Programs and Buddhist Mindfulness Are Not the Same Thing\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren. \n\n\n\nThere are an endless number of on-line podcasts\, events\, retreats\, magazine articles\, websites\, books\, YouTube videos and personal services describing themselves as involving “Mindfulness” or being “Mindfulness-Based.” Popularized Mindfulness\, Mindfulness-Based programs and Buddhist Mindfulness are not the same things. \n\n\n\nThis evening will explore some of the important commonalities and differences to help us evaluate available practice options and to be clear about what we are doing in our own individual practices. \n\n\n\nThe subject matter of this evening is appropriate for all stages of practice. Attendance is by ZOOM only. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”10310″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaYou may use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Dennis Warren. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82176032581Passcode: 660483Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 821 7603 2581 )
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-4/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220203T211500
DTSTAMP:20220130T200236Z
CREATED:20220114T000640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T200236Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Neesha Patel\n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”16147″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 100% of your donation will be shared with Neesha Patel. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82385489991Passcode: 368028Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 823 8548 9991 )For tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \n\n\n\nNEESHA 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 including Sayadaw U Tejaniya and Thai Forest Tradition teachers. She teaches mindfulness meditation at UC Davis and is a participant in the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-teacher-neesha-patel/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220129T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220129T160000
DTSTAMP:20220129T170751Z
CREATED:20211208T044446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220129T170751Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Diane Wilde - Hey! Stay on the Path!
DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with Buddhist Minister and Community Teacher Diane Wilde\nAbout This Online Retreat\n\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\nTo pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\nThe Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 856 2275 5195 and Passcode: 670277\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: Hey! Stay on the Path!\nWhen we venture out for a hike in nature\, we check first to make sure there is a well-trodden\, reliable path we can follow. A path that will keep us safe and will guide us home at the end of the day. information signs posted along the way are helpful. They may tell us us how far we have gone\, or suggest we stop for a scenic view ahead\, or a warning to stay on the path due to danger ahead. The Buddha too laid out a reliable path that provides guidance for living our lives with ease and safety. It is the Noble Eightfold Path. If we have strayed from the path\, or never really followed the path with conviction\, we may find ourselves confused and perhaps unsure about the value of our lives. The New Year is a good time for a refresher! The Noble Eightfold Path omits nothing\, and nothing is left to chance. The various paths address three different areas of our lives; our deeply held views and the consequences of those views; the truth about how we live our daily lives; and the steps for achieving true freedom through our meditation practice. On this daylong we will review the wisdom found in each pathway. and will also investigate our individual challenges… and which pathway(s) need more focus and effort. \nAll are welcome. \n\nDIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (aka Boundless Freedom Project) in 2010 and has been a prison chaplain for 18 years. She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program and graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership Training Program. She is a board member of Sati Center for Buddhist Studies at the Sacramento Dharma Center. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by Gil Fronsdal. \n\nSacramento 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 dana\, we support our Sangha. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n12/09/2021  – Registration opens.\n01/29/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n01/31/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, in the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-jan-29/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T211500
DTSTAMP:20220127T001020Z
CREATED:20211117T210958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220127T001020Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - The Paramis
DESCRIPTION:The Paramis\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\n\n\n\nDeveloping a Mind/Heart of Peace The Paramis are qualities of heart that when developed bring the highest blessing\, which is peace. In honor of the passing of Thich Nhat Hanh\, Rich will use illustrations from the beloved Zen Master’s life for development of the Paramis in daily life. We will see how Thay embodied patience\, renunciation\, determination\, truthfulness\, and other qualities of the heart to bring peace at the individual\, community\, and global scales. Please bring a story of how you have been influenced by Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching\, in person\, online\, or through his writing: a short quote\, a song\, a poem\, or one of his books. We have invited special guest Helen Hobart to share her experience practicing with Thay. \n\n\n\nRich will donate all the dana he receives from tonight’s presentation to the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81034206363 \,  Passcode: 690543Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID:  810 3420 6363 ) \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”10304″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] For remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with the Thich Hanh Foundation (via Rich Howard).
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-22/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T190000
DTSTAMP:20211228T101120Z
CREATED:20211208T051109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T101120Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:To participate\, note the following: \n\nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82514332127Passcode: 807915Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 825 1433 2127 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \n\nThis 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \n\n  \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \n\nSacramento 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 dana\, we support our Sangha. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/remote-introduction-meditation-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220120T211500
DTSTAMP:20220111T055818Z
CREATED:20211117T210548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220111T055818Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - Healing and Our Biographical Narratives
DESCRIPTION:Healing and Our Biographical Narratives\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81262809252Passcode: 036347Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 812 6280 9252 )For tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”10310″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Dennis Warren. \n\nTopic details: \nBuddhist practice has a unique approach to problem solving and healing. The teachings\, methods and underlying psychology dismantle the confusing\, and sometimes overwhelming\, emotional energy of difficult reactive patterns and our attachment to a biographical narrative that identifies us as damaged. This approach focuses on how we relate to the narrative\, not the biographical details of the narrative. \nThis evening will explore two practical questions: \n\nWhat is the Buddhist approach to problem solving and healing?\nWhat role does our individual biographical narratives play in this process?\n\nThe subject matter of this evening is appropriate for all stages of practice. You can attend in person or by ZOOM.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-54/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220113T211500
DTSTAMP:20220111T053349Z
CREATED:20211208T054342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220111T053349Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Seth Castleman - Have a Little Faith!
DESCRIPTION:Have a Little Faith!\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rabbi Seth Castleman\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86043707674\nPasscode: 591726\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 860 4370 7674 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”16677″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical BuddhaFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Seth Castleman. \n\nRABBI SETH CASTLEMAN is a teacher\, writer\, and storyteller with over twenty years experience teaching mindfulness and spiritual practice. Castleman is trained in both the Jewish and Buddhist traditions. After 20 years of meditation practice and two years of silent retreat as a lay-person in the US\, India\, and Nepal and as a monk in Burma\, Seth was trained as a teacher by Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre\, CA. He was authorized as a meditation/dharma teacher in 2008. Following eight years of rabbinical studies in the US and Israel/Palestine\, Castleman was ordained in 2011 as a rabbi by one Orthodox\, one Conservative\, and one Reform rabbi. Castleman has published in two dozen newspapers\, periodicals\, and anthologies on the intersection of contemplative practice and social justice and the transformational power of brokenness. As a storyteller\, Seth has performed in theaters\, on radio and television\, and at countless kitchen tables. Seth uses myth\, storytelling\, and humor as central tools in his teaching and counseling work. Seth Castleman is married to Reverend Elizabeth Griswold\, making them\, quite possibly\, the only rabbi—Christian minister married couple in the US. Seth and Elizabeth live in Davis\, CA with their three children.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-rabbi-seth-castleman-2/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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