The Essential Role of Context or Framing in Buddhist Practice Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren Context – the set of ideas, beliefs and principles which guide our understanding of ourselves, others, our relationships and how the world works – shapes our experience, our assessment of our experience and the choices we […]
The Role Of “Framing Experience” In Performance, Satisfaction and Happiness A One Day Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren Every day we are presented with circumstances that can be opportunities, challenges or problems depending on how our mind frames the experience that is taking place. The way our mind frames an experience has enormous […]
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/.
This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online, click here.
Talk topic and date to be announced Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel. NEESHA 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 […]
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/.
This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online, click here.
Meeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library, a young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation.
Waking Up in Perilous Times Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde The times they are a-changing! This could be stated by every generation and each new epoch in our human and natural history. But the unimaginable changes taking place now — the climate emergency as well as “alternative” political realities — have […]
Presentation: Tangkas – history, construction, meaning, and symbols Longtime SIM participant and Tibetan Buddhist practitioner Gus Koehler will be offering this Thangka seminar. We will be looking at their origins, how they are made, how to use them, and what the subject matter is. Special attention will be given to the three thangkas currently in […]