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  • MBSR (Session 4 of 8)

    This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction session is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this session. For course registration details, click here.

  • *Sit & Dharma Talk – Diane Wilde – Vesak and looking at Nibbana

    Vesak… and looking at “Nibbana” Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde   The most important holiday in the Buddhist calendar is Vesak. This year for many Buddhists Vesak is celebrated on Sunday, May 19. It celebrates the important events in the Buddha's life… his birth, enlightenment and reaching a final state of […]

  • Buddhist Precepts and Climate Change – first class

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    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)

  • Buddhist Recovery Group

    Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening. For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.

  • Morning Meditation

    All are welcome to this open sitting for anyone interested in starting their morning out by sitting with others. The session is a 60 minute sitting hosted by a SIM Community Member. There’s a limited amount of meditation guidance, and a few comments at the end of the sitting to set a theme for moving […]

  • MBSR (Session 5 of 8)

    This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction session is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this session. For course registration details, click here.

  • Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Member, Laura Rosenthal

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    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 […]

    Free

  • *Sit & Dharma Talk – Laura Rosenthal – Buddhist Ethical Precepts

    The Buddhist Ethical Precepts - Are They Really Not Commandments? Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Member Laura Rosenthal Sacramento 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 […]

  • *Daylong Retreat – Walt Opie – Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening

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    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 […]

    $15.00 – $35.00

  • SIM Board of Directors Meeting

    The SIM Board of Directors meets every month and all are welcome. If you can't attend this meeting, please join us for one of our other up-coming meetings. For details on contacting any of the board members, click here.