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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220106T210000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Diane Wilde - Are You Listening?
DESCRIPTION:Are You Listening?\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89174387201\nPasscode: 218936\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 891 7438 7201 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \n\nThursday Night Talk Dana \n[give_form id=”9758″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”]\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nWe 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 the form below 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\nTopic details: \nDid you know that listening is a learned skill?  Unlike speech which comes naturally to us\, REALLY listening isn’t an innate trait. Why is that? Listening requires taming the ego-driven addiction to being center stage\, and trying to take over another’s “air time”. To speak is to articulate words that convey meaning\, and to listen is to understand the true intent behind words being spoken. When the Buddha spoke about Right Speech\, he was including both sides of the communication equation; skillful means of intentional speech as well as intentional listening.  Skillful listening means listening mindfully to others\, especially when we habitually discount what “they” have to say. It also means listening deeply to our own innate wisdom\, which we too frequently ignore because it may not align with our long-held beliefs about ourselves. Learning how to deeply listen is a skill that changes attitudes and beliefs as well as enhancing empathy and community.  Deep listening is a great skill to learn for the new year.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-diane-wilde-19/
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:20211230T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211230T211500
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Gullu Singh - 5 Subjects for Daily Recollection
DESCRIPTION:Five Subjects for Daily Recollection\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Gullu Singh \n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83577477772\nPasscode: 552481\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 835 7747 7772 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nGulwinder “Gullu” Singh is a corporate real estate attorney who also a Dharma teacher at InsightLA and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He has taught mindfulness at the University of Southern California\, been a guest lecturer at UCLA Law School and has taught mindfulness in law firms\, at bar associations and in law firm and corporate settings. Although he was exposed to meditation as a child\, he found his own practice when he started his legal career\, working at firms where the job was extremely stressful.\nGullu completed InsightLA’s one-year Mindfulness Facilitator Training\, Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s 2-year Dedicated Practitioner Program\, the training to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and the 4-year Spirit Rock Meditation Center Teacher Training Program which focuses on teaching in the silent retreat setting. Gullu is a core teacher in the Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training as well as the InsightLA Mindfulness Facilitator Training.\nGullu graduated from Duke University in 1990 and got his J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1993\, where he was on Law Review. He then worked at two preeminent BigLaw Firms before founding Landmark Law Group\, Inc. in 1998. He was recognized as a California Super Lawyer in 2009.\nGullu is deeply inspired to share meditation as a path to freedom and also as an antidote to stress\, a way to cope more effectively with the challenges of work and life and to inject more sanity\, compassion and wisdom into this world. \n\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”16991″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor 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 Gullu Singh. \n\n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-senior-teacher-gullu-singh-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:20211223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211223T211500
DTSTAMP:20211224T051043Z
CREATED:20211021T043040Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - Beginnings and Endings
DESCRIPTION:Beginnings and Endings\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard \n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will present on location.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89485691687\nPasscode: 114183\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID:  894 8569 1687 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”10304″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor 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 Rich Howard. \nTopic details: \nWhile the end of a calendar year is somewhat arbitrary\, it offers us a chance to look back on the previous year and to look forward to the year to come. In terms of practice\, we can think of these activities as Wise Reflection and Wise Intention. For this evening\, we will be using a beginning – the first section of the Dhammapada\, which Jack Kornfield calls “the most beloved of all Buddhist texts\, both poetic and profound.” Titled “Dichotomies” in Gil Fronsdal’s translation (Shambhala\, 2008)\, this text contains reminders of the power of our thoughts and actions\, and discernment in choosing a path of happiness and away from quarrels. \nThe placement of a text at the beginning of a collection was not arbitrary when the Pali Canon was assembled – important texts like this one were intentionally placed first. We will take a slow tour through this poem and see what it offers for our year-end reflection and intention. Feel free to have your own copy of the Dhammapada at hand; it is often fruitful to see how different translators approach a text.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-21/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211223T190000
DTSTAMP:20211208T052256Z
CREATED:20211116T223620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211208T052256Z
UID:23235-1640282400-1640286000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:To participate\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86219248344\nPasscode: 516664\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 862 1924 8344 )\nFor 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 \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. \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-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-6/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211219T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211219T160000
DTSTAMP:20211216T183623Z
CREATED:20201228T053038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T183623Z
UID:18657-1639922400-1639929600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Onsite) A Year to Live (12 month course)
DESCRIPTION:A Year to Live\nThis is part of an twelve month course lead by SIM’s community teacher\, Reverend Diane Wilde. This is not a remote offered course. For location\, schedule\, and other course details\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/a-year-to-live/.\n \nRegistration Details\nThis course and the waiting list is currently full. If you need to contact the course registrar for any reason\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/year-live-12-month-course/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Classes,Study Group,Upcoming Classes
ORGANIZER;CN="Diane Wilde":MAILTO:diane@sactoinsight.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211128
DTSTAMP:20211025T043148Z
CREATED:20211020T213655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T043148Z
UID:22921-1637971200-1638057599@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Canceled) November Daylong Retreat
DESCRIPTION:* * * This retreat is canceled. * * *\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar for any reason\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-nov-27/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T211500
DTSTAMP:20211112T014341Z
CREATED:20210817T154816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211112T014341Z
UID:22255-1637262000-1637270100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - Establishing Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:The Historical Buddha’s Guidance on Establishing Mindfulness In Meditation\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85067961606\nPasscode: 970006\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 850 6796 1606 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”10310″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor 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. \nTopic details:\nThe Historical Buddha’s formula for being skillful in meditation starts with “establishing Mindfulness” as a foundational element. This guidance points to the fact that the kind of Mindfulness needed in meditation does not just happen or appear by itself. It is something that needs to be intentionally established\, monitored and sustained every time we meditate in order for our meditation practices to be skillful.\nDuring this evening we’ll take a hands-on-look at: What does it mean to “establish Mindfulness” in our meditation practices? What does one do to establish Mindfulness? How do we know if it has been established? If established\, how is it sustained?\nThese are basic\, practical\, experiential questions that provide a framework for helping us evaluate the soundness and quality of our meditation practice.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-53/
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:20211118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T190000
DTSTAMP:20211116T223348Z
CREATED:20211116T222650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211116T223348Z
UID:23230-1637258400-1637262000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88623255021\nPasscode: 153589\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 886 2325 5021 )\nFor 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 \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/ .\nDennis 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. \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-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-9/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211104T210000
DTSTAMP:20211105T003649Z
CREATED:20210817T153847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211105T003649Z
UID:22245-1636052400-1636059600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Diane Wilde - Equanimity
DESCRIPTION:EQUANIMITY: It’s complicated! Early Buddhism Taught Three Different Types\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Tonight the teacher will present in-person.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86396082826\nPasscode: 836892\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 863 9608 2826 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana \n[give_form id=”9758″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”]\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nWe 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 the form below 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. \nTopic details: \nAccording to Bhikkhu Analayo\, early Buddhist teachings suggest that “equanimity” as a practice\, is not monolithic. In fact\, in the earliest teachings\, there are three types of equanimity\, and one of them (as defined in a particular instance) should NOT be developed but abandoned. This may be surprising as equanimity is often referred to as the “crown jewel” of Buddhist practice. The person who develops equanimity (as it is normally defined) is said to be in balance\, not clinging to greed or aversion\, and sees clearly. It is viewed as a necessary mental state for anyone who wishes to abandon suffering. A recent research paper by Bhikkhu Analayo suggests that equanimity is much more nuanced than most of us have realized. We will discuss the various modes of equanimity and how they relate to our practice in today’s world.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-rev-diane-wilde-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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T163000
DTSTAMP:20211026T215447Z
CREATED:20210913T221718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T215447Z
UID:22570-1635584400-1635611400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Rich Howard - The 3 Trainings
DESCRIPTION:Retreat Theme –\nThe Three Trainings: A Question\, a Dialogue\, and a Choice\nA 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: 892 8253 1249 and Passcode: 830142\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: The Three Trainings: A Question\, a Dialogue\, and a Choice\n\nThe three trainings of the eightfold path are the training in moral integrity (sila)\, the training in meditation (bhavana)\, and the training in wisdom (pañña). They are taught in many places in the Pali Canon\, nowhere more powerfully than in the Samaññaphala Sutta (Digha Nikaya 2). This sutta\, the story of an encounter between the historical Buddha and King Ajatasattu\, contains a survey of the other philosophical traditions of the Buddha’s time\, a summary of the essence of the Buddha’s teachings illustrated with beautiful similes\, and (spoiler alert!) a sad refusal by the King to accept this teaching as the basis for transforming his life. Inspired by two chapters on this sutta (characterized as “almost a Greek tragedy”) in Krishnan Venkatesh’s book “Do You Know Who You Are?” and a book-length essay by Mu Soeng “The Question of King Ajatasattu” (“rightly called one of the most important texts in the Pali Canon”)\, we will explore in depth how we might answer the King’s question reframed for ourselves: what is the fruit of practice\, and what are we willing to do to attain it? This day of practice and dialogue will help deepen our understanding and bring it into our practice and our lives. It will continue the teaching offered on October 14\, although both events stand alone.\nAll are welcome. \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. \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\n09/13/2021 – Registration opens.\n10/30/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n11/01/2021 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PDT.\n\n \nRegistration Ticket 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\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. 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.\nFor 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-oct-30/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T190000
DTSTAMP:20211025T191653Z
CREATED:20210917T174311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T191653Z
UID:22669-1635444000-1635447600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:To participate\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85170824677\nPasscode: 571863\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 851 7082 4677 )\nFor 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 \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. \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-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-8/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T211500
DTSTAMP:20211020T212449Z
CREATED:20210917T172031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T212449Z
UID:22663-1634842800-1634850900@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Seth Castleman - I WANT BURNING
DESCRIPTION:I WANT BURNING: Finding passion and meaning in life and dharma practice\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rabbi Seth Castleman \n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will attend the meeting in-person.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89712116819\nPasscode: 939610\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 897 1211 6819 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”16677″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor 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. \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/
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:20211014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T211500
DTSTAMP:20211105T050239Z
CREATED:20210817T153206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211105T050239Z
UID:22241-1634238000-1634246100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - The 3 Trainings
DESCRIPTION:The Three Trainings: A Question\, a Dialogue\, and a Choice\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard \n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84726026792  Passcode: 448799\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID:  847 2602 6792 ) \nThe three trainings of the eightfold path are the training in moral integrity (sila)\, the training in meditation (bhavana)\, and the training in wisdom (pañña). They are taught in many places in the Pali Canon\, nowhere more powerfully than in the Samaññaphala Sutta (Digha Nikaya 2). This sutta\, the story of an encounter between the historical Buddha and King Ajatasattu\, contains a survey of the other philosophical traditions of the Buddha’s time\, a summary of the essence of the Buddha’s teachings illustrated with beautiful similes\, and (spoiler alert!) a sad refusal by the King to accept this teaching as the basis for transforming his life. Inspired by two chapters on this sutta (characterized as “almost a Greek tragedy”) in Krishnan Venkatesh’s book “Do You Know Who You Are?” and a book-length essay by Mu Soeng “The Question of King Ajatasattu” (“rightly called one of the most important texts in the Pali Canon”)\, we will explore in depth how we might answer the King’s question reframed for ourselves: what is the fruit of practice\, and what are we willing to do to attain it? This evening’s introduction will help prepare for the SIM daylong on October 30\, although both events will stand alone as opportunities to look at the teachings\, our practice\, and our lives. \n[give_form id=”10304″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-20/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T210000
DTSTAMP:20211020T212616Z
CREATED:20211002T000315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T212616Z
UID:22800-1633633200-1633640400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk- Diane Wilde - Live and Die in the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:Learning to Live and Die in the Anthropocene\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83748969989\nPasscode: 871333\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 837 4896 9989 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana \n[give_form id=”9758″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”]\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nWe 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 the form below 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. \nTopic details:\nThe vast majority of us\, if we are at all concerned about our planet\, are suffering from “climate anxiety”\, a new mental phenomena that is now recognized by psychotherapists. We have good reason for having anxiety\, especially those of us living in California. Fires\, drought and daily reminders of our tenuous environmental situation causes two different responses: to completely ignore the situation or succumb to nihilism. Neither of these responses is helpful for the earth or the individual. Our Buddhist practice sheds much needed light on how we move forward in these challenging times.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-diane-wilde-18/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210926
DTSTAMP:20210922T224406Z
CREATED:20210817T234511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T224406Z
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SUMMARY:(CANCELED) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:* * * This retreat is canceled. * * *\nOne Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nRetreat theme: The Body in Question – An Investigation\nThe Body in Question – your body – will be the focus of this one-day retreat. The body at rest\, in motion and in relationship to others and the events around it. Our time together will involve investigations and experiments in sitting meditation\, common daily movements and active forms of movement – yoga\, Qi Gong\, golf\, dance and may more – as meditation.\nOur body\, and how our body moves\, form core elements of our identity\, our skills and our relationships with other. Being more conscious and purposeful in understanding how to be in the body\, stay in the body and fully experience the body is foundational to contemplative practice and to living fully.\nA key question we’ll examine: How can we help our body and its movements become a more vivid and enriching parts of our contemplative practice and our life whatever its current condition and limitations?\nIt would be helpful to review Dennis’ talk on August 12th entitled “Is Movement Meditation?” (click here) as preparation for this one day.\nThe subject matter of this one day is appropriate for all stages of practice. The principles we’ll explore will be relevant and adaptable to the condition of your particular body and its limitations.\nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.) \n DENNIS 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/ .\nDennis 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. \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\n09/03/2021 – Registration opens.\n9/22/2021 – Sorry. This retreat is canceled.\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.\nFor 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.\n \nHow to attend this retreat\nThis retreat is canceled.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-sep-25/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T190000
DTSTAMP:20210922T061242Z
CREATED:20210817T232502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T061242Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82438173964\nPasscode: 648082\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 824 3817 3964 )\nFor 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 \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/ .\nDennis 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. \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-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-7/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T210000
DTSTAMP:20210929T041719Z
CREATED:20210530T022502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T041719Z
UID:20870-1631732400-1631739600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Living On The Other Side of Suffering (11-week course)
DESCRIPTION:Living On The Other Side of Suffering:\nAn Experiment In Balancing Practice And Becoming More Fully Human\nAn Eleven Week Course and One Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nFor more information about this course\, visit the course overview page. \nRegistration – RSVP\nBefore registering\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.\nThis course is full – tickets are SOLD OUT however we invite you to submit a Waiting List RSVP\, click here. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n08/01/2021 (2:00 pm) – Registration opens.\n09/15/2021 – First class meeting\, online via Zoom.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/osos-reg091521/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Study Group,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T150000
DTSTAMP:20210725T202629Z
CREATED:20210724T000241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210725T202629Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Diane Wilde - Finding the Right Question
DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Community Teacher\, Rev. Diane Wilde\n“Finding the Right Question”\nOur search for liberation\, awakening\, liberation\, release from suffering… whatever you wish to call it\, means asking ourselves questions that get to the heart of our unease. Not an easy task when our identities\, reactivity\, judgement and life experiences obscure insight. Finding the right question and being willing to spend time with it in daily life and on the cushion is crucial for getting closer to the goal of our practice… awakening. Not an easy task due to denial and fear of what we might find out about ourselves and our views of others. \nWe will reflect on a variety of questions during this daylong. We will use guided meditation and investigation of our lives through queries and personal written reflections. The simple act of writing has the power to help us encode information and insights. \nBring a small notebook or a few sheets of paper and a pen or pencil. \nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.) \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. \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\n07/23/2021 – Registration opens.\n08/28/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Feb 27.)\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\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. 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.\nFor 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. \nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally\, the Wednesday before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-aug-28/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210826T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210826T190000
DTSTAMP:20210601T001842Z
CREATED:20210601T000746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T001842Z
UID:20922-1630000800-1630004400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://zoom.us/j/96793230011\nPasscode: 604444\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 967 9323 0011 )\nFor 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 \nREV. DIANE 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. \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-diane-wilde-3/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210819T211500
DTSTAMP:20210817T003457Z
CREATED:20210604T200238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T003457Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Kamala Masters - Equanimity
DESCRIPTION:Equanimity: Resting the Mind Before it Falls into Extremes\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Kamala Masters\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. For this event\, the teacher will attend remote\, via Zoom.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89840163279\nPasscode: 058264\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 898 4016 3279 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\n[give_form id=”21040″ show_title=”false” show_goal=”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 this donation will be shared 100% with Kamala Masters. \nTopic details:\nto be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-kamala-masters/
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:20210731T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T163000
DTSTAMP:20210709T075631Z
CREATED:20210407T184741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T075631Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren (Re-Entry)
DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nRe-Entry – Maybe a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity\nCalling the process we are all beginning “Re-entry” is misleading. It implies that we are stepping back into what existed before. That isn’t true… psychologically\, emotionally or physically. The pandemic has had us all in a restricted bubble. We have changed\, whether we recognize it or not. The same is true for everyone else. The world is a different place. We are all a little different.\nComing out of this bubble in an awake\, alive and mindful way potentially represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. An opportunity to see\, understand and relate to ourselves\, to others and the world around us in a different\, fresh\, more expansive and healthier way.\nLouis Pasteur was the French chemist and microbiologist whose discoveries relating to vaccination and pasteurization influence our lives to this day. He was fond of saying that “chance favors the prepared mind\,” by which he meant trial\, error\, adaptation and growth. This was also the position of the Historical Buddha – “I know of no other single thing so conducive to satisfaction and happiness than a well-trained mind.”\nDuring this one-day retreat\, we’ll look at the dynamics influencing our re-entry. We’ll reflect on how we can prepare ourselves – intentionally and purposefully – to be more open\, inclusive\, accepting and kind with ourselves and with the host of challenges that await us in 2021 and 2022.\n(Pre-registration is required.) \n DENNIS 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/ .\nDennis 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. \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\n4/07/2021 – Registration opens.\n7/31/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Ju1 31.)\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\, use the “Tickets” section to 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.\nFor 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. \nUse the “Zoom Register button” to buy tickets to attend the retreat remotely via Zoom. \n \n\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\n \nHow to attend this retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket”. For Zoom registration\, the ticket will also include the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this Zoom link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-ju1-31/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210722T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210722T190000
DTSTAMP:20210722T070826Z
CREATED:20210601T000153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210722T070826Z
UID:20918-1626976800-1626980400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://zoom.us/j/94244780689\nPasscode: 174462\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 942 4478 0689 )\nFor 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. \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  \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-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-5/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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