Family Sangha

Family Sangha meetings are held 10 am – noon on the second Sunday of the month. Family Sangha welcomes those who want to develop dharma practice in a family setting—parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and more. We offer indoor and outdoor activities for children, expressing values of the Buddha way: compassion, curiosity, generosity, kindness, and mindfulness. […]

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/

*Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher, Dennis Warren

Recommendations for Practice in 2017 (Part 2) The teachings of the historical Buddha are vast in number and seemingly complex in nature. But he also urged us not to rely on initial surface impressions; instead, to look underneath and behind our impressions to what is really present. When we apply these principles to the Buddha’s […]

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/

How Can I Help Study Group (last class)

This will be the last class of the year-long course "How Can I Help". Enrolled participants, please bring your own dinner and we will eat in the dinning area from 6:30 to 7:30, then proceed to the class.

*Sit & Dharma Talk with Long-time SIM Community Member, Laura Rosenthal

Wise Effort Wise Effort is one of the “folds” of the Noble Eightfold Path, the integrated Buddhist path of practice that points in the direction of awakening. What is Wise Effort anyway? Is it actually four efforts? Two? One? Why does the discussion of Wise Effort sometimes sound like a tongue twister? Join Laura Rosenthal […]

Volunteer work afternoon

Help SDC get ready for the Grand Opening coming up on Sunday, Jan 29th. There is much to do indoors and outside.

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/

*Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher, Heather Sundberg

Talk Topic: See, Care, Respond! This talk will not be recorded. 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 participation in events. With our practice of dana, we […]