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SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83436463247\nPasscode: 112161\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 834 3646 3247 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur 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-311/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211005T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210917T162924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T170133Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nOnline access: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88253392951\nPasscode: 336872\nPhone access: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 882 5339 2951 ) For instructions on how to join\, click here.\nMeeting three Tuesdays per month\, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation. Some meetings are onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, some meetings are remote via Zoom\, and some meetings are hybrid. The schedule venue and title indicate the meeting type/location. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/remote-young-persons-sangha-7/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210817T150609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T150609Z
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SUMMARY:Living Other Side of Suffering (4 of 11)
DESCRIPTION:This meeting is part of an eleven week course: Living On The Other Side of Suffering. Registration is closed to new participants however if you’d like us to notify you via email when this course is offered in the future\, click here to add your name to the course Interest-List. \nTo make a DONATION as a course participant\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/living-other-side/#dana
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/living-side-suffering-4-11-2/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Classes,Online Remote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20211002T000315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T212616Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk- Diane Wilde - Live and Die in the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:Learning to Live and Die in the Anthropocene\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83748969989\nPasscode: 871333\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 837 4896 9989 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana \n[give_form id=”9758″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”]\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nWe recognize that donating by cash or check at the time you attend this event may not always be convenient for you. If that’s the case\, please use the form below to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Rev. Diane Wilde. \nTopic details:\nThe vast majority of us\, if we are at all concerned about our planet\, are suffering from “climate anxiety”\, a new mental phenomena that is now recognized by psychotherapists. We have good reason for having anxiety\, especially those of us living in California. Fires\, drought and daily reminders of our tenuous environmental situation causes two different responses: to completely ignore the situation or succumb to nihilism. Neither of these responses is helpful for the earth or the individual. Our Buddhist practice sheds much needed light on how we move forward in these challenging times.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-diane-wilde-18/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211011T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210625T225704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210625T225934Z
UID:21402-1633975200-1633984200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) 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-39/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting,Online Remote
ORGANIZER;CN="President Board of Directors":MAILTO:AmyK@sactoinsight.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211011T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211011T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210913T224755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T224808Z
UID:22587-1633977000-1633982400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83436463247\nPasscode: 112161\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 834 3646 3247 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur 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-312/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210917T164026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T181337Z
UID:22629-1634065200-1634072400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nTo join this remote meeting\, note the following: Online access: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88253392951 Passcode: 336872 Phone access: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 882 5339 2951 ) For instructions on how to join\, click here.\nMeeting three Tuesdays per month\, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation. Some meetings are onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, some meetings are remote via Zoom\, and some meetings are hybrid. The schedule venue and title indicate the meeting type/location. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/hybrid-young-persons-sangha/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211013T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210817T150716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T150726Z
UID:22222-1634151600-1634158800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Living Other Side of Suffering (5 of 11)
DESCRIPTION:This meeting is part of an eleven week course: Living On The Other Side of Suffering. Registration is closed to new participants however if you’d like us to notify you via email when this course is offered in the future\, click here to add your name to the course Interest-List. \nTo make a DONATION as a course participant\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/living-other-side/#dana
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/living-side-suffering-5-11-2/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Classes,Online Remote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T211500
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210817T153206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211105T050239Z
UID:22241-1634238000-1634246100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - The 3 Trainings
DESCRIPTION:The Three Trainings: A Question\, a Dialogue\, and a Choice\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard \n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84726026792  Passcode: 448799\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID:  847 2602 6792 ) \nThe three trainings of the eightfold path are the training in moral integrity (sila)\, the training in meditation (bhavana)\, and the training in wisdom (pañña). They are taught in many places in the Pali Canon\, nowhere more powerfully than in the Samaññaphala Sutta (Digha Nikaya 2). This sutta\, the story of an encounter between the historical Buddha and King Ajatasattu\, contains a survey of the other philosophical traditions of the Buddha’s time\, a summary of the essence of the Buddha’s teachings illustrated with beautiful similes\, and (spoiler alert!) a sad refusal by the King to accept this teaching as the basis for transforming his life. Inspired by two chapters on this sutta (characterized as “almost a Greek tragedy”) in Krishnan Venkatesh’s book “Do You Know Who You Are?” and a book-length essay by Mu Soeng “The Question of King Ajatasattu” (“rightly called one of the most important texts in the Pali Canon”)\, we will explore in depth how we might answer the King’s question reframed for ourselves: what is the fruit of practice\, and what are we willing to do to attain it? This evening’s introduction will help prepare for the SIM daylong on October 30\, although both events will stand alone as opportunities to look at the teachings\, our practice\, and our lives. \n[give_form id=”10304″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-20/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211018T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211018T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210913T224935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T224947Z
UID:22590-1634581800-1634587200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83436463247\nPasscode: 112161\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 834 3646 3247 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur 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-313/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210817T150825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T150825Z
UID:22224-1634756400-1634763600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Living Other Side of Suffering (6 of 11)
DESCRIPTION:This meeting is part of an eleven week course: Living On The Other Side of Suffering. Registration is closed to new participants however if you’d like us to notify you via email when this course is offered in the future\, click here to add your name to the course Interest-List. \nTo make a DONATION as a course participant\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/living-other-side/#dana
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/living-side-suffering-6-11-2/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Classes,Online Remote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T211500
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210917T172031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T212449Z
UID:22663-1634842800-1634850900@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Seth Castleman - I WANT BURNING
DESCRIPTION:I WANT BURNING: Finding passion and meaning in life and dharma practice\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rabbi Seth Castleman \n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will attend the meeting in-person.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89712116819\nPasscode: 939610\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( Meeting ID: 897 1211 6819 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”16677″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Seth Castleman. \nRABBI SETH CASTLEMAN is a teacher\, writer\, and storyteller with over twenty years experience teaching mindfulness and spiritual practice. Castleman is trained in both the Jewish and Buddhist traditions. After 20 years of meditation practice and two years of silent retreat as a lay-person in the US\, India\, and Nepal and as a monk in Burma\, Seth was trained as a teacher by Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre\, CA. He was authorized as a meditation/dharma teacher in 2008. Following eight years of rabbinical studies in the US and Israel/Palestine\, Castleman was ordained in 2011 as a rabbi by one Orthodox\, one Conservative\, and one Reform rabbi. Castleman has published in two dozen newspapers\, periodicals\, and anthologies on the intersection of contemplative practice and social justice and the transformational power of brokenness. As a storyteller\, Seth has performed in theaters\, on radio and television\, and at countless kitchen tables. Seth uses myth\, storytelling\, and humor as central tools in his teaching and counseling work. Seth Castleman is married to Reverend Elizabeth Griswold\, making them\, quite possibly\, the only rabbi—Christian minister married couple in the US. Seth and Elizabeth live in Davis\, CA with their three children.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-rabbi-seth-castleman/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211025T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211025T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210913T225050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T225103Z
UID:22593-1635186600-1635192000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
DESCRIPTION:Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83436463247\nPasscode: 112161\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 834 3646 3247 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog. \nTo make a donation for this event\, click here. \nOur 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-314/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Recovery Group,Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
ORGANIZER;CN="Tom Hopkins":MAILTO:thopkins415@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211026T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211026T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210917T164908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T170415Z
UID:22639-1635274800-1635282000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Onsite) Young Persons Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Meeting three Tuesdays per month\, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation. Some meetings are onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center\, some meetings are remote via Zoom\, and some meetings are hybrid. The schedule venue and title indicate the meeting type/location. \nYoung Person Sangha Dana\n[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\nFor remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha-54/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210817T150935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T150935Z
UID:22226-1635361200-1635368400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Living Other Side of Suffering (7 of 11)
DESCRIPTION:This meeting is part of an eleven week course: Living On The Other Side of Suffering. Registration is closed to new participants however if you’d like us to notify you via email when this course is offered in the future\, click here to add your name to the course Interest-List. \nTo make a DONATION as a course participant\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/living-other-side/#dana
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/living-side-suffering-7-11-2/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Classes,Online Remote
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210917T174311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T191653Z
UID:22669-1635444000-1635447600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:To participate\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85170824677\nPasscode: 571863\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 851 7082 4677 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \nThis 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. \n \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-8/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T211500
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210917T173150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220106T034659Z
UID:22666-1635447600-1635455700@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Heather Sundberg - Not Moving Forwards\, Backwards...
DESCRIPTION:Not Moving Forwards\, Backwards\, or Standing Still\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nJoin online meeting:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89060507662\nPasscode: 962089\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 890 6050 7662 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog.\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha\n[give_form id=”4336″ show_title=”false” show_goal=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] For remote meetings\, please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and this donation will be shared 100% with Heather Sundberg.\nThis talk will not be recorded.\n\nTopic details:  In these times of a particular amount of making\, changing and breaking plans\, this Talk uses a teaching from Ajahn Chah to explore an alternative attitude of mind to bring to the fluctuations of life\, based in wisdom-awareness.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-senior-teacher-heather-sundberg-2/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Weekly Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T232849
CREATED:20210913T221718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T215447Z
UID:22570-1635584400-1635611400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Rich Howard - The 3 Trainings
DESCRIPTION:Retreat Theme –\nThe Three Trainings: A Question\, a Dialogue\, and a Choice\nA Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\nTo pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\nIf you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\nThe Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 892 8253 1249 and Passcode: 830142\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: The Three Trainings: A Question\, a Dialogue\, and a Choice\n\nThe three trainings of the eightfold path are the training in moral integrity (sila)\, the training in meditation (bhavana)\, and the training in wisdom (pañña). They are taught in many places in the Pali Canon\, nowhere more powerfully than in the Samaññaphala Sutta (Digha Nikaya 2). This sutta\, the story of an encounter between the historical Buddha and King Ajatasattu\, contains a survey of the other philosophical traditions of the Buddha’s time\, a summary of the essence of the Buddha’s teachings illustrated with beautiful similes\, and (spoiler alert!) a sad refusal by the King to accept this teaching as the basis for transforming his life. Inspired by two chapters on this sutta (characterized as “almost a Greek tragedy”) in Krishnan Venkatesh’s book “Do You Know Who You Are?” and a book-length essay by Mu Soeng “The Question of King Ajatasattu” (“rightly called one of the most important texts in the Pali Canon”)\, we will explore in depth how we might answer the King’s question reframed for ourselves: what is the fruit of practice\, and what are we willing to do to attain it? This day of practice and dialogue will help deepen our understanding and bring it into our practice and our lives. It will continue the teaching offered on October 14\, although both events stand alone.\nAll are welcome. \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \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. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n09/13/2021 – Registration opens.\n10/30/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n11/01/2021 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PDT.\n\n \nRegistration Ticket 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. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page 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 also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-oct-30/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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