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SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat - Diane Wilde - Is your meditation “working?”
DESCRIPTION:Is your meditation “working?”\n\n\n\nDaylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde (click here for biographical details)\n\n\n\nIs your meditation “working?”For a new practitioner as well as a person who has been meditating for some time\, it’s important to periodically evaluate our meditation practice. Perhaps you have fallen into a practice that has become as “habitual” as many other facets of your life. Or perhaps you have stopped your meditation practice altogether. \n\n\n\nWe will investigate the state of your practice through questions such as: Is this the right practice for me? Is the same practice suitable for everyone? Should I adjust my practice periodically? Has my practice lost its “juice” and how do I get it back? Sometimes a minor adjustment makes all the difference and other times an entirely different approach is needed. We will spend the day investigating our practice as well as taking part in a discussion about what each of us individually need to do to allow insight to arise. \n\n\n\nPlease plan to stay for the entire day and bring a lunch. \n\n\n\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\n\n\n\nThe teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center. Other participants may attend this Hybrid event via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. We encourage everyone to attend in-person since that group experience can be so meaningful.\n\n\n\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance using the registration ATTEND buttons shown below. Since your registration choice indicates if you’ll be attending via Zoom or in-person\, registering early helps us determine how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\n\n\n\nAfter you’ve registered you may later offer a donation in gratitude of the teacher. To offer teacher dana\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreat-dana-online/.\n\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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \n\n\n\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n\n06/25/2023 – Registration opens.\n\n\n\n07/29/2023 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\n\n\n07/03/2023 – Online registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Options\n\n\n\nSelect one of the following registration “ATTEND” buttons to indicate if you’ll be attending via Zoom or in-person. The fee 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. Note that fee amounts above the regular rate support Sacramento Insight Meditation and is distinct from teacher dana. 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\n\n\n\n  \n      July Daylong Retreat – Onsite at SDC \n      $15.00 – $35.00 \n    Attend In-Person\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n      July Daylong Retreat – Zoom Online \n      $15.00 – $35.00 \n    Attend on Zoom\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\n\n\n\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \n\n\n\nHow to Attend Remotely via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places: The Zoom link is on this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\n\n\n\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your “Attend on Zoom” registration.\n\n\n\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 891 9034 2572 and Passcode: 109379
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-jul-29/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230727T190000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rick Maddock - How feelings shape experience: Converging views from neuroscience and early Buddhism
DESCRIPTION:How pleasant and unpleasant feelings (Vedanā) shape experience – Converging views from neuroscience and early Buddhism\n\n\n\n(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rick Maddock\n\n\n\n* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. \n\n\n\nHow pleasant and unpleasant feelings (Vedanā) shape experience – Converging views from neuroscience and early Buddhism.The five aggregates (skandhas) together encompass all aspects of experience. Vedanā is one of the aggregates and is often defined as the feeling tone of experience ranging along a continuum from pleasant\, through neutral\, to unpleasant. The Buddha attributed great importance to mindfulness and clear comprehension of Vedanā. It is the focus of the second establishment of mindfulness in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. We will discuss the nature of Vedanā and its relationship with the other aggregates using language and perspectives from both early Buddhism and modern neuroscience. \n\n\n\n\n\nOffer a Donation\n\n\n[give_form id=”40088″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n\n\n\n\nRICK MADDOCK\, MD\, is a professor of psychiatry who teaches and conducts neuroscience research at the UC Davis School of Medicine. A long-time dharma practitioner with a focus on the teachings of early Indian Buddhism\, Rick has completed Spirit Rock’s training programs for senior students and teaches dharma in the Sacramento area and Sierra foothills. His teachings explore the convergence between contemporary scientific insights about the human brain and the wisdom traditions and practices of Buddhism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833( Meeting ID: 874 0623 9886 and Passcode: 843332 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/weekly-meeting-2023jul27/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230720T190000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - Truthfulness: Precept\, Parami\, and Profound
DESCRIPTION:Truthfulness: Precept\, Parami\, and Profound\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\n\n\n\nFor biographical details about Rich Howard\, click here. \n\n\n\n* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center\n\n\n\nTruthfulness: Precept\, Parami\, and ProfoundA commitment to speaking the truth brings a sense of trust and safety to our relationships\, and we reinforce this commitment when we take the fourth precept of refraining from harmful speech. Truthfulness (sacca in Pali) is also one of the Paramis\, and it is said that this commitment to speak the truth was never broken by the Buddha on his way to awakening. As the same time\, we are surrounded by a society which seems to thrive on untruthful\, deceptive\, or exaggerated communication. On this evening\, we will look at various aspects of Truth in the Buddhist teachings\, up to the profound Four Noble Truths\, and explore how we can incorporate a commitment to truthfulness in our daily lives. \n\n\n\n\nOffer a Donation \n\n\n\n[give_form id=”10304″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin online meeting:  https://us06web.zoom.us/join ( Meeting ID: 874 0623 9886) Passcode: 843332For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/weekly-meeting-2023jul20/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230713T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230713T203000
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk - Tony Bernhard - Compassion and the Eightfold Path
DESCRIPTION:Compassion and the Eightfold Path\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard (click here for biographical details).\n\n\n\nThis event on July 13th is only available on Zoom. We won't be at the Dharma Center for this particular meeting.\n\n\n\nCompassion and the Eightfold PathThe Eightfold Path is most frequently talked about in terms of the wisdom element of the Buddha’s teaching. This discussion\, will highlight how the elements of the Eightfold Path play out in the context of the compassion element of the path. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833( Meeting ID: 874 0623 9886 and Passcode: 843332 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \n\n\n\nOffer a Teacher Donation\n\n\n\n[give_form id=”15406″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n\n\n\nOur website recently migrated to a new design and while we don't expect the donation form shown above to have problems\, please Click Here if you need an alternate method for submitting your donation.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-teacher-tony-bernhard-6/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230706T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230706T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - Questions and Answers
DESCRIPTION:Questions and Answers\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\n\n\n\nQuestions and Answers\n\n\n\nThis evening will be all questions and answers. \n\n\n\nDuring this session we’ll explore questions you’ve been wanting to ask about Buddhism\, practice\, different traditions\, a situation you’re dealing with or the follow up to a previous talk by Dennis. The topics are open to what would be helpful for you. \n\n\n\nYou can send questions to Dennis in advance at dennis@sactoinsight.org; show up on Thursday with questions; or spontaneously respond to the discuss that unfolds that night.. \n\n\n\nThe subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice. You can attend in person or by ZOOM. Dennis will be presenting in person and encourages you to be there in person as well. \n\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\nOur website recently migrated to a new design and while we don't expect the donation form shown above to have problems\, please Click Here if you need an alternate method for submitting your donation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833( Meeting ID: 874 0623 9886 ) ( Passcode: 843332 )Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/weekly-meeting-2023jul06/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230629T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Jeff Hardin - How to work with an unruly mind: the Buddha’s teaching on the removal of distracting thoughts
DESCRIPTION:How to work with an unruly mind: the Buddha’s teaching on the removal of distracting thoughts\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Jeff Hardin\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center\n\n\n\nHow to work with an unruly mind: the Buddha’s teaching on the removal of distracting thoughts.The suttas contain many practical teachings and one of the most useful and widely practiced set of instructions come from the Discourse on the Removal of Distracting Thoughts. This pithy teaching describes five progressive strategies to work with discursive thinking. More than just a theoretical exercise\, these methods are meant to be practiced meditatively both on the cushion and off\, in daily life. Join us tonight to gain insight on how to worki with thinking and how to develop a clearer\, more focused mind. \n\n\n\nTonight’s teachings are based on the Majjhima Nikaya sutta number 20 “The Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta: The Removal of Distracting Thoughts” and Shaila Catherine’s excellent book\, “Beyond Distraction: Five Practical Ways to Focus the Mind.”  \n\n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana \n\n\n\n[give_form id=”14947″ 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 50% of your donation will be shared with Jeff Hardin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833( Meeting ID: 868 1218 0921 and Passcode: 795117 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \n\n\n\nOur website will soon be migrating to a new design and while we don't expect the donation form shown above to have problems\, please click here if you need an alternate method for submitting your donation.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/weekly-meeting-2023jun29/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220630T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\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\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/83337025914 \, Passcode: 789160Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 833 3702 5914 ) For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/hybrid-sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83337025914?pwd=dVZtM1ZkRDJhWTdkSXJHM1VxeVUrdz09
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220625T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220625T153000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Heather Sundberg - Taking the One Seat: Choiceless Awareness & Essence of Mind Practices
DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg\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. The teacher will present via Zoom.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 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: 822 7755 0528 and Passcode: 203951To give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\n\n\nRetreat Theme – Taking the One Seat: Choiceless Awareness & Essence of Mind Practices\n\n\n\nThe teaching and practice of Taking the One Seat\, out of the lineage of Ajahn Chah\, is a practice of choiceless awareness with all experience at the 6 sense doors\, which can grow into the recognition of the essence of mind itself. \n\n\n\nEnjoy a day of quiet sitting and walking meditation\, which allow our body & mind to settle down and our hearts to open to an inner wisdom. In addition to insight meditation practice\, Heather will offer teachings & guided meditations on the theme\, as well as optional Qi Gong practice & discussion about how to live these teachings in our daily lives. \n\n\n\nIn this daylong we will explore the Taking the One Seat teaching/practice from the following perspectives: \n\n\n\nSomatic\, heart and pure awareness practices which offer balance and perspective with the constant leaning in & pulling away in the mind.Learning to ‘hit rewind’ with reactive patterns growing from feeling tone into liking & disliking.Pure Awareness practice through the use of open questions and 5 aggregrates investigations\, including working with subtle identification with awareness itself.\n\n\n\nHEATHER SUNDBERG has taught insight meditation since 1999 and completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training program under Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.  She is currently a member of the Spirit Rock Teacher’s Council.  Beginning her own meditation practice in her late teens\, for the last three decades\, Heather has studied with senior teachers in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and Tibetan (Vajrayana) traditions. She has completed 3 accumulated years of retreat and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for the last 25 years. Between 2010- 2015 she spent a cumulative one-year in study\, practice\, and pilgrimage in Asia.  In addition\, she has training in both Somatic Experiencing and Hakomi Mindfulness Somatic Therapy and offers ‘individual meditation support sessions’ to students world-wide.  She teaches retreats nationally & internationally\, and her teaching emphasizes Awakening through the Body (1st foundation mindfulness)\, the Heart Practices (Divine Abodes)\, and Wisdom Awareness Practices (MahaSati) out of the Thai forest tradition.  For more information about Heather visit www.heathersundberg.com. \n\n\n\nThe Teacher offers the teachings freely in the tradition of the Buddha\, and her livelihood is completely sustained by the generosity of the communities she serves.  Dana (donation) for these priceless teachings will be gratefully accepted by the teacher\, giving participants the opportunity to freely engage in the practice of generosity\, the first step toward freedom. If you prefer to make an online donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \n\n\n\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n04/11/2022 – Registration opens.06/25/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.06/27/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\n\n\nRegistration Details\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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-jun-25/
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:20220623T190000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher
DESCRIPTION:Talk topic: to be announced\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\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82213762290 \, Passcode: 023272Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 822 1376 2290 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”10304″ 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 Rich Howard.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-teacher/
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:20220623T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220623T190000
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \n\n\n\nJoin Online: * https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81739572195 \, Passcode: 078701Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 817 3957 2195 )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\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\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-rich-howard/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220609T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220609T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\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. The teacher will present on location.\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 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 Seth Castleman. \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87578843777 \, Passcode: 969804Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 875 7884 3777 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \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-seth-castleman-2/
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:20220602T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220602T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Walt Opie
DESCRIPTION:Talk Topic: to be announced\n\n\n\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Walt Opie\n\n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87885906521\, Passcode: 564755Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 878 8590 6521 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”14984″ 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 Walt Opie.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/remote-sit-dharma-talk-with-visiting-teacher-walt-opie/
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:20220528T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220528T163000
DTSTAMP:20220505T223218Z
CREATED:20220130T001919Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman
DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman\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.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 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: 858 9260 8618 and Passcode: 022274To give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\n\n\nRetreat Theme: to be announced\n\n\n\nThis will be a beautiful peaceful day of Practice including both Sitting and Walking Meditation. There may also be time for questions\, answers and reflections. All are welcome. \n\n\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.  \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\n03/15/2022 – Registration opens.05/28/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.05/30/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\n\n\nRegistration Details\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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-may-28/
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:20220526T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220526T210000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Talk topic: to be announced\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\n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82328777620 \, Passcode: 739725Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 823 2877 7620 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-teacher-diane-wilde-2/
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:20220526T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220526T190000
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \n\n\n\nJoin Online: * https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86726367518 \, Passcode: 995314Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 867 2636 7518 )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\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\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-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220519T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - Vesak: Religious Celebration\, Practice Opportunity
DESCRIPTION:Talk topic: Vesak: Religious Celebration\, Practice Opportunity\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\nVesak is the most important holiday of the year for Buddhists. It celebrates the Buddha’s birth\, awakening\, and passing into nibbana (parinibbana) at death. In many countries\, it is recognized on the Full Moon Day of May as a national holiday. We will look at how the day is celebrated throughout the world\, and then look at how we might take inspiration from these celebrations and from the life of the Buddha for our own practice.  \n\n\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82041682995 \, Passcode: 066992Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 820 4168 2995 )For tips and instructions to join the meeting\, click here to check this news blog. \n\n\n\nThursday Night Talk Dana[give_form id=”10304″ 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 Rich Howard.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-with-sim-community-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:20220512T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220512T211500
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220508T160000
DTSTAMP:20220429T010237Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20220315T023648Z
CREATED:20220315T022519Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20220412T031605Z
CREATED:20220314T165407Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T163000
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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
DTSTAMP:20220419T201528Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20220405T054051Z
CREATED:20220314T162807Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20220419T201725Z
CREATED:20220417T063450Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20220404T211059Z
CREATED:20220314T160617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220404T211059Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20220324T173313Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20220324T222740Z
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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
CREATED:20220314T211210Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
LAST-MODIFIED:20221201T204522Z
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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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