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  • (Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Dennis Warren – Practice As Discovery

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    Hybrid (in-person and online) 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM), Sacramento, CA, United States
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    Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Dennis Warren For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here. * The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Talk Theme Practice As DiscoveryThe Historical Buddha said that he taught only suffering and the […]

  • (Onsite) Daylong Retreat with Rich Howard – Awareness of Presence and Absence

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    Sacramento Dharma Center Building 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard For biographical details of the teacher Rich Howard, click here. Retreat Theme Awareness of Presence and AbsenceIn these challenging and uncertain times, our practice of awareness can benefit us greatly. Being aware of our state of mind, we are less likely to react unconsciously when things don’t go […]

    $25 – $50

  • 2025 SIM Residential Retreat – Returning to Presence, Transforming the Heart

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    Mercy Center Auburn 535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, United States

    Sunday March 30-Sunday April 6, 2025 Our 2025 residential retreat with SIM faculty Diana Clark, Walt Opie, and Vance Pryor is set for March 30 through April 6 at the Mercy Center in Auburn, CA. For general information about our retreats, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreats/residential-retreat/. Retreat Theme: Returning to Presence, Transforming the Heart This annual SIM community […]

    $1000.00

  • (Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – JD Doyle – Practicing with Fire

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    Hybrid (in-person and online) 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM), Sacramento, CA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher JD Doyle For biographical details of the teacher JD Doyle, click here. * The teacher will present remotely via Zoom.Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Practicing with FireReflections on the fire element, how it shows up in us and in […]

  • (Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Diane Wilde – Moral Injury

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    Hybrid (in-person and online) 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM), Sacramento, CA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Diane Wilde For biographical details of the teacher Diane Wilde, click here. * The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Moral InjuryThe times they are a-changing! This could be stated by every generation […]

  • (Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Walt Opie – Falling in Love with Meditation Practice

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    Hybrid (in-person and online) 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM), Sacramento, CA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Walt Opie For biographical details of the teacher Walt Opie, click here. * The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Falling in Love with Meditation Practice At some point, hopefully we begin to […]

  • (Onsite) Sit and Afternoon Tea with Walt Opie

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    Sacramento Dharma Center Building 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Insight Meditation and Afternoon Tea with SIM Teacher Walt Opie For biographical details of the teacher Walt Opie, click here. Please join us in welcoming our new faculty member, Walt Opie, to the SIM community. We'll begin with a 30-minute sit, followed by an afternoon tea with light refreshments—a chance to get to know Walt and […]

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  • (Hybrid) Daylong Retreat – Walt Opie – Working with Distracting Thoughts

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    Hybrid (in-person and online) 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM), Sacramento, CA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Daylong Retreat with SIM Teacher Walt Opie For biographical details of the teacher Walt Opie, click here. Retreat Theme: Working with Distracting Thoughts One of the most challenging aspects of meditation can be learning how to work with distracting thoughts that keep recurring or may feel particularly "sticky" in some way. There is a well-known sutta […]

    $25 – $50

  • (Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-week course)

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    Hybrid (in-person and online) 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM), Sacramento, CA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Overview This Beginning Meditation is a 6-week course that provides the basic techniques for learning Insight Meditation (vipassana), both during sitting meditation and in daily life. This is insight meditation that has been handed down from the time of the Buddha. This course is intended as an introduction to the practice of meditation as it is taught […]

    $50.00