Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 8 Session Course: Wednesdays, Apr 24 - Jun 12, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm All Day Retreat: Sunday, Jun 2, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm For details about the free Introductory session on April 10, click here. Course flyer (pdf) MBSR is the most widely researched and utilized mindfulness program […]
This 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. Sacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of […]
The Five Daily Recollections A One Day Retreat– with SIM's Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde The Buddha advised his followers to reflect on five topics daily: aging, sickness, death, separation form those we love, and our own karma. The surprising result from this practice is paradoxical… spending more time with these concepts, rather than continually […]
Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner meets informally at six o’clock on the second Thursday of the month, before the regular dharma talk and sit. Please bring your dinner and something extra to share, if you would like. We can continue to get to know one another and talk more about how SIM can support us in […]
An inaugural meeting of a Young Persons Sangha. Idris Ahmed is the facilitator and SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde is the sponsor. Please come and join us as we discuss plans for developing this community of younger practitioners. https://sactoinsight.org/young-persons-sangha/
This is the start of the Climate Sangha’s new six-week class "Buddhist Precepts and Climate Change". Follow the links for further details. https://sactoinsight.org/new-course-climate-change/ Course Flyer (.pdf)
This 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. LAURA ROSENTHAL has participated actively in SIM since 2004, when she was first introduced to Insight Meditation (Vipassana) after meditating […]
Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening A One Day Retreat with visiting Teacher Walt Opie According to Ven. Analayo, the seven awakening factors provide the conditions conducive to awakening. These factors require a sequential building up as well as a balancing in our meditation practice. And when we do this, as Ven. Analayo says, "Just […]
This 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. DIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight […]
The Life and Teachings of the Buddha - a Sutta Study Day Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard Event Flyer (.pdf format) The study of the original texts is considered an important complement to our meditation, reflection, and daily life practices, and it has been a while since we offered a sutta study […]