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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180702T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180702T200000
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION: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/
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-141/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180703T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180703T203000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
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SUMMARY:Hawk Blessing Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The Sacramento Dharma Center is offering a hawk blessing ceremony July 3rd. Come at 7:30 pm for spotting and iced tea followed by the ceremony at 8:00 pm. Bring your binoculars\, spotting scopes\, friends\, and children! For details\, click here. \n\nThe Dharma Center Bird Sanctuary
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/hawk-blessing-ceremony/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:SDC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180704
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180705
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
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SUMMARY:SKIP Morning Meditaion
DESCRIPTION:No Morning Meditation – JULY 4th Holiday \nDue to the national holiday\, there will be no morning meditation at SIM on Wednesday\, July 4th.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/skip-morning-meditaion/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180705T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180705T211500
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
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SUMMARY:*Sit & Dharma Talk - Laura Rosenthal - Poetry of the Eightfold Path
DESCRIPTION:The topic of the evening is Poetry of the Eightfold Path.\n*Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Member Laura Rosenthal \nWe will walk the path through a series of poems that bring us closer to the experience and meaning of practice. \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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-member-laura-rosenthal-8/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180708T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180708T120000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180529T195906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T195906Z
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SUMMARY:Family Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Family Sangha meets monthly on the second Sunday. If you have children\, grandchildren\, nieces\, nephews\, or young friends with whom you’d love to share the path of kindness and mindfulness – please bring them and stay for the morning. This program includes a child-friendly introduction to mindfulness\, art projects\, snacks\, and outdoor exploration and fun. The curriculum is inspired by Awakening Joy with Kids\, by James Baraz. \nFamily Sangha is sponsored by the Sacramento Dharma Center.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/family-sangha-20/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:SDC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180709T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180709T200000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180529T195033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T195033Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION: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/
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-142/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180711T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180711T080000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180701T225414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180722T183945Z
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SUMMARY:Morning Meditation with Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Morning Meditation with Rich Howard \nAll are welcome to this open sitting for anyone interested in starting their morning out by sitting with others. The session involves a 40-45 minute sitting\, a limited about of meditation guidance\, and a few comments at the end of the sitting to set a theme for moving into the world and your daily activities.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/morning-meditation-rich-howard-17/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180712T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180712T190000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180722T185528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180722T185528Z
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SUMMARY:Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner meets informally at six o’clock on the second Thursday of the month\, before the regular dharma talk and sit. Please bring your dinner and something extra to share\, if you would like. We can continue to get to know one another and talk more about how SIM can support us in our practice. We’ll try this out for a few months and see if it is something we want to continue.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/nurturing-sangha-dinner-6/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180712T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180712T211500
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180416T195153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180705T225753Z
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SUMMARY:Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - What I Learned on Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Topic details to be announced.\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor Rich Howard \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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard-19/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180716T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180716T163000
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CREATED:20180316T213806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180316T213806Z
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SUMMARY:SIM Board of Directors Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sim-board-directors-meeting-12/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180716T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180716T200000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180529T195218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T195218Z
UID:8184-1531765800-1531771200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION: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/
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-143/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180718T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180718T080000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180701T225732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180701T225732Z
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SUMMARY:Morning Meditation with Jerry Simkins
DESCRIPTION:Morning Meditation with Jerry Simkins \nAll are welcome to this open sitting for anyone interested in starting their morning out by sitting with others. The session involves a 40-45 minute sitting\, a limited about of meditation guidance\, and a few comments at the end of the sitting to set a theme for moving into the world and your daily activities.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/morning-meditation-jerry-simkins-7/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180719T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180719T211500
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180416T195340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180719T225150Z
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SUMMARY:*Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - “Investigation” in Insight Practice (part 3)
DESCRIPTION:“Investigation” in Insight Practice – Part III\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \n \nThis evening will be the third in a series examining the purpose and nature of “Investigation” leading to Liberating Insight in meditation practice.\nWe’ll explore two handout charts as the jumping off point for the presentation and discussion. The first details the actual development stages in the process of Investigation. The second depicts the way that Investigation is a source of resilience in practice and is internally renewing – it sustains and supports itself and every other part of practice.\nThe evening will include\, among other things\, a discussion of the distinguishing characteristics of both cognitive and intuitive Insight\, a look at the unique quality of effort involved in the investigative process\, and an examination of a number of obstacles to investigation producing Insight.\nIf you have the time\, you may want to revisit the two prior talks on June 21 and May 24 in the Audio Dharma section of SIM’s webpage  at  https://sactoinsight.org/category/audio-dharma/ . \n\nTalk Handout (pdf) Mindful Investigation Overview\nTalk Handout (pdf) Mindful Investigation Process\nTalk Handout (pdf) Understanding Experience\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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-24/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180723T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180723T200000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180529T195411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T195411Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION: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/
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-144/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180724T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180724T210000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180722T191456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180722T191456Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Meeting the 4th Tuesday of each month\, the Sacramento Climate Sangha provides dharmic support and a refuge for exploration of our hopes and fears about climate change.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/climate-sangha-18/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Climate Sangha,SDC
ORGANIZER;CN="Margaret Buss":MAILTO:bussmlou@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180725T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180725T080000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180722T184218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180722T184218Z
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SUMMARY:Morning Meditation with Terri Townsend
DESCRIPTION:Morning Meditation with Terri Townsend \nAll are welcome to this open sitting for anyone interested in starting their morning out by sitting with others. The session involves a 40-45 minute sitting\, a limited about of meditation guidance\, and a few comments at the end of the sitting to set a theme for moving into the world and your daily activities.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/morning-meditation-terri-townsend-4/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180726T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180726T190000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180416T201048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180728T234821Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION: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. \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 (BP3) in 2010. Since 2003\, she has been a BP3 prison chaplain and aids in coordination of 75 volunteers who offer Buddhist services at numerous California prisons and jails. 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\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, Buddhist Pathways Prison Project and California Dept. of Corrections Volunteer Advisory Board. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by her teacher 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. \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-mentor-diane-wilde-6/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180726T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180726T211500
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180416T195549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180706T163619Z
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SUMMARY:Community Discussion Evening - Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Stress due to the state of the world and maintaining ease: Strategies \nThis Community Discussion Evening will be facilitated by SIM Community Mentor Diane Wilde \nOur nation has never been more divided. Fear of the future\, anger and confusion over a variety of issues including immigration\, climate change\, economic and racial inequality — often obliterate our personal sense of ease. After our usual silent sitting practice\, the community will discuss strategies for maintaining engagement in the world AND sustaining a sense of ease\, happiness and compassion for all sentient beings. including those with whom we strongly disagree. Along with the Buddha’s teachings on this subject\, we will share with each other how we can maintain a balanced lifestyle while maintaining our moral compass and cultivate happiness. \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.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/community-evening-practice-circle/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T163000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180415T172620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180728T234728Z
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SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat with Lori Wong - Seeing With The Eyes of Kwan Yin
DESCRIPTION:Seeing With The Eyes of Kwan Yin\nDaylong Retreat with Visiting Mentor\, Lori Wong \nIn this daylong\, we will explore blind spots: how to know what we don’t know\, see what we don’t see — in the framework of suffering and compassion. We’ll look at personal and collective identity and privilege and their role in how we show up. The day will include meditation\, experiential and interactive exercises\, and reflection.  \n\nRetreat Flyer (pdf)\n\n \nLORI WONG is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Central Valley\, a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program\, and has been offering mindfulness and dharma teachings in the Central Valley since 2009. She has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2003 under the guidance of Gil Fronsdal\, who is the principal and founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center (IMC) in Redwood City\, CA. She is a former board member and former president of IMC\, a former board member of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies  has volunteered for the Buddhist Pathways Prison Project\, and was a founding board member of the Buddhist Insight Network.\nShe is also a Stanford-certified Compassion Cultivation Training™ (CCT) teacher\, trained through Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and a senior CCT teacher for the Compassion Institute. She has been teaching the CCT protocol since 2014 for the general public as well as for staff of various agencies\, including St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton and the Modesto Vet Center and Stanislaus County Department of Aging and Veteran Services. \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. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n05/27/2018 – Registration opens.\n07/27/2018 – Online Registration closed. Please register in person at the start of the retreat.\n07/28/2018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\n\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. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side\, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side\, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage 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 accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please contact the retreat registrar for more information.. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-lori-wong/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180730T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180730T200000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021851
CREATED:20180529T195519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T195519Z
UID:8188-1532975400-1532980800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION: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/
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/buddhist-recovery-group-145/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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