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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Walt Opie - Feeding on Joy
DESCRIPTION:Feeding on Joy\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Walt Opie\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\n\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87048503535\nPasscode: 717418\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 870 4850 3535 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”14984″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”]\n“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 100% of your donation will be shared with Walt Opie.\nTopic details:  There is a discourse that describes the Buddha going on his alms round one day and not receiving any food to eat. Instead of getting down at the lack of food though\, he declared that he took delight in being self-sufficient\, and he said he would “keep feeding on joy.” The type of joy he meant relates to deep states of meditation. However\, we can also feed on the “subtle joy of being in the present moment” when we are practicing diligent mindfulness. And further\, we can take delight in wholesome forms of joy and happiness like cultivating more gratitude and generosity\, especially during the holiday season.\n\nWALT OPIE was first introduced to insight meditation in 1993 at Spirit Rock and began attending regular residential retreats in 2005. He is a graduate of both the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders’ (CDL4) training program and the Sati Center Buddhist Chaplaincy program. He has led sitting groups for people in recovery since 2011. Walt also serves as a volunteer chaplain with Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (BP3) at Solano state prison in Vacaville\, CA. In addition\, he is currently a trainee in the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) Teacher Training program based in Barre\, MA. Visit https://www.waltopie.com/ for more information.\n\n\n\nWalt is also offering an online mini retreat through IMS (Insight Meditation Society) focusing on “Freedom from Craving”. The retreat is scheduled for Sunday\, December 5\, 2021 and details are posted to https://www.dharma.org/freedom-from-craving/. Details include IMS interviewing Walt with questions such as\,\n\n 	How does craving lead to suffering?\n 	How can we develop the internal empowerment needed to change our relationship to old habits?
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-walt-opie-6/
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:20211206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211020T220109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T220748Z
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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-320/
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:20211207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20210917T163237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T170233Z
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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-9/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211209T211500
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211021T041709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220116T224531Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Tony Bernhard - Karma is not what you think
DESCRIPTION:Karma is not what you think\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88062820765\nPasscode: 724515\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 880 6282 0765 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog.\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n\n[give_form id=”15406″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “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 this form 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 Tony Bernhard.\nTONY BERNHARD is a Buddhist chaplain and teacher. He maintains an active practice with inmates in Folsom Prison and hosts sitting groups in Davis. He sits on the board of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and teaches regularly around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional\, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison\, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures.\n\n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-teacher-tony-bernhard-12/
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:20211213T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211213T203000
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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-41/
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:20211213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211020T220234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T220741Z
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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-321/
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:20211214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20210917T164540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T170349Z
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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: \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/young-persons-sangha-53/
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:20211216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211216T211500
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20210817T154541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T232603Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Dennis Warren - Beginner’s Mind
DESCRIPTION:Establishing the Wonderful Quality of “Beginner’s Mind”\nSit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will present via Zoom.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82802511823\nPasscode: 627511\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 828 0251 1823 )\nFor tips and instructions on how to participate\, check this news blog.\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”10310″ 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 Dennis Warren.\nTopic details:\n“Beginner’s Mind” is a wonderful quality of mind. It has the potential to significantly improve our practice of meditation and the quality of our mindfulness and experience in daily life. Despite the wide spread (and often confusing) coverage it receives in Buddhist\, business\, athletic\, therapeutic and pop culture publications\, it is something that remains elusive for many of us.\nThis evening will explore the following practical questions:\n\n 	What is Beginner’s Mind\, really?\n 	Why is it considered so valuable?\n 	Why does it seem elusive?\n 	How do we establish it in meditation practice? And in daily life?\n\nThe subject matter of this evening is appropriate for all stages of practice.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-52/
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:20211218T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211218T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211021T044737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T185405Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren - Living With\, and Without\, A Separate Self
DESCRIPTION:Year-End One Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\n 	Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\n 	Pre-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.\n 	To 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.\n 	If you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.\n 	The link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\n 	The Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\n 	The Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\n 	The Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 837 5090 8344 and Passcode: 135371\n\n\n 	To give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: The Possibilities & Deep Satisfaction of Living With\, and Without\, A Separate Self\nFrom a Buddhist perspective\, “Self” can be misunderstood as dualistic and problematic: “Self” equals bad & suffering. “No self” equals good and becomes a cure for all our ills.\nThis over-simplified model is guaranteed to result in confusion\, struggle and misery. “Self” and “ego” become sources of suffering rather than playing useful\, helpful\, valuable roles in life.\nBuddhist practice provides a larger\, inclusive\, unified view of identity and self that that fills life with endless possibilities\, satisfaction and reassurance. This one day will be a relaxed\, practical\, relevant look at our lives and practices from this perspective.\nWe’ll examine the teachings\, psychology and practices that support essential elements of practice that may seem confusing\, contradictory and distant – self\, no-self\, identity\, traumatic identity\, impermanence\, emptiness\, “non-dual” awareness\, transcendence\, karma\, awakening. We’ll explore how these foundational elements relate to\, and fit together into one seamless whole.\nYou’ll have the option of attending the day in person (absent a negative development with COVID) or online by Zoom. Dennis is encouraging as many people as possible to attend in person\, if you feel safe. Look forward to helpful day of practice together.\n DENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness\, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher\, Professional Level (CMT-P)\, by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ .\nDennis has been participating in residential meditation retreats\, and has maintained a daily meditation practice\, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. 2018 was his 20th year of teaching Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential\, retreat\, educational\, medical\, corporate and community settings. In 2007 and 2014\, Dennis led month long pilgrimages and moving retreats in Thailand\, India and Nepal. A third is being planned for late 2021.\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\n 	11/29/2021  – Registration opens.\n 	12/18/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n 	12/20/2021 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\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\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, 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.\n\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.\n\nHow to attend this retreat\nto be announced.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-dec-18/
LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211219T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211219T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20201228T053038Z
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SUMMARY:(Onsite) A Year to Live (12 month course)
DESCRIPTION:A Year to Live\nThis is part of an twelve month course lead by SIM’s community teacher\, Reverend Diane Wilde. This is not a remote offered course. For location\, schedule\, and other course details\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/a-year-to-live/.\n \nRegistration Details\nThis course and the waiting list is currently full. If you need to contact the course registrar for any reason\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/year-live-12-month-course/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Classes,Study Group,Upcoming Classes
ORGANIZER;CN="Diane Wilde":MAILTO:diane@sactoinsight.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211220T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211020T220413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T220733Z
UID:22942-1640025000-1640030400@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-322/
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:20211223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211223T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211116T223620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211208T052256Z
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SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:To participate\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86219248344\nPasscode: 516664\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 862 1924 8344 )\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-community-teacher-rich-howard-6/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211223T211500
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211021T043040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211224T051043Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Rich Howard - Beginnings and Endings
DESCRIPTION:Beginnings and Endings\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. The teacher will present on location.\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89485691687\nPasscode: 114183\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID:  894 8569 1687 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”10304″ 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 Rich Howard. \nTopic details: \nWhile the end of a calendar year is somewhat arbitrary\, it offers us a chance to look back on the previous year and to look forward to the year to come. In terms of practice\, we can think of these activities as Wise Reflection and Wise Intention. For this evening\, we will be using a beginning – the first section of the Dhammapada\, which Jack Kornfield calls “the most beloved of all Buddhist texts\, both poetic and profound.” Titled “Dichotomies” in Gil Fronsdal’s translation (Shambhala\, 2008)\, this text contains reminders of the power of our thoughts and actions\, and discernment in choosing a path of happiness and away from quarrels. \nThe placement of a text at the beginning of a collection was not arbitrary when the Pali Canon was assembled – important texts like this one were intentionally placed first. We will take a slow tour through this poem and see what it offers for our year-end reflection and intention. Feel free to have your own copy of the Dhammapada at hand; it is often fruitful to see how different translators approach a text.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-21/
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:20211227T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211227T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211020T220540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T220724Z
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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-323/
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:20211228T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211228T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20210917T165913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211206T201915Z
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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-57/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Weekly Meditation,Young Person Sangha
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211230T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211230T211500
DTSTAMP:20260408T032839
CREATED:20211021T043636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T191104Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk - Gullu Singh - 5 Subjects for Daily Recollection
DESCRIPTION:Five Subjects for Daily Recollection\nSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Gullu Singh \n* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center\nJoin online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83577477772\nPasscode: 552481\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 835 7747 7772 )\nFor tips and instructions to join the meeting\, check this news blog. \nGulwinder “Gullu” Singh is a corporate real estate attorney who also a Dharma teacher at InsightLA and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He has taught mindfulness at the University of Southern California\, been a guest lecturer at UCLA Law School and has taught mindfulness in law firms\, at bar associations and in law firm and corporate settings. Although he was exposed to meditation as a child\, he found his own practice when he started his legal career\, working at firms where the job was extremely stressful.\nGullu completed InsightLA’s one-year Mindfulness Facilitator Training\, Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s 2-year Dedicated Practitioner Program\, the training to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and the 4-year Spirit Rock Meditation Center Teacher Training Program which focuses on teaching in the silent retreat setting. Gullu is a core teacher in the Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training as well as the InsightLA Mindfulness Facilitator Training.\nGullu graduated from Duke University in 1990 and got his J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1993\, where he was on Law Review. He then worked at two preeminent BigLaw Firms before founding Landmark Law Group\, Inc. in 1998. He was recognized as a California Super Lawyer in 2009.\nGullu is deeply inspired to share meditation as a path to freedom and also as an antidote to stress\, a way to cope more effectively with the challenges of work and life and to inject more sanity\, compassion and wisdom into this world. \n\nThursday Night Talk Dana\n[give_form id=”16991″ 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 100% of your donation will be shared with Gullu Singh. \n\n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/sit-dharma-talk-visiting-senior-teacher-gullu-singh-3/
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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