(Remote) Daylong Retreat – Rich Howard – Resting in Awareness – At Home

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An online, One Day Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard

Resting in Awareness – At Home

Awareness is always accessible, and it does not require special effort. As contemporary Burmese teacher Sayadaw U Tejaniya says, “Everything you need for understanding to arise is surrounding you in this moment. It is all on your doorstep: family, friends, work colleagues, and any other relationships you may have can all be powerful catalysts in your work of revealing wisdom.” What is difficult is to remember to be aware. With the pandemic limiting our opportunities to practice at retreat centers, it is more important than ever to remember to bring awareness into all activities.
In this simple day of practice, we will practice sitting, walking, and standing meditation wherever we are. Throughout the day, Rich will offer several options for promoting awareness in any posture or activity. There will also be opportunities for questions and sharing experiences.
All are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.)

Rich HowardRICH 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.

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 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.

Summary of Important Dates

  • 01/31/2021 – Registration opens.
  • 03/27/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Mar 27)

Registration Details

Registration 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.
For 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.

Before registering to this event, click here to review the terms of use for this website.

Questions for the Registrar?

If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.

How to attend this online retreat

Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally, the evening before or the morning of the retreat, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting.

Join online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )
For tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat, click here.
To give a donation after attending this retreat, click here.
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(Remote) Daylong Retreat – Diane Wilde – Working with “Mana”, the Pali Word for Conceit

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An online, One Day Retreat with SIM Community Teacher, Rev. Diane Wilde

Working with “Mana”, the Pali Word for Conceit

Conceit (“māna” in Pali) is one of the last defilements, and the most subtle process to fall away as we begin“waking up”. It is much more than a feeling of superiority, although that is certainly one aspect. Conceit in Buddhism can mean feeling superior, inferior, or the same as others. In this daylong retreat, we will look more deeply at its subtlety through the use meditation, “thought experiments” as well as informative daily experiences. We may begin to see how deeply integrated conceit is in all of our judgements of ourselves and others. The amount of suffering in our lives is in direct proportion to our inner conceit.
All are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.)

Diane WildeDIANE 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 (aka Boundless Freedom Project) in 2010 and has been a prison chaplain for 18 years. 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 at the Sacramento Dharma Center. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by Gil Fronsdal.

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 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.

Summary of Important Dates

  • 01/31/2021 – Registration opens.
  • 02/27/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Feb 27.)

Registration Details

Registration 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.
For 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.

Before registering to this event, click here to review the terms of use for this website.

Questions for the Registrar?

If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.

How to attend this online retreat

Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally, the Wednesday before or the morning of the retreat, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting.

Join online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )
For tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat, click here.
To give a donation after attending this retreat, click here.
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(Remote) Daylong Retreat – Greg Scharf – The Heavenly Messengers

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Virtual Event

January 30, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm PST

An online, One Day Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Greg Scharf

Retreat Theme: The Heavenly Messengers

In the story of the life of the Buddha his decision to undertake his spiritual quest was, at least in part, the direct result of contemplating the realities of the fundamental, existential realities of aging, sickness & death. In this daylong retreat we will explore ways that we can skillfully use reflections on what are sometimes called the “Heavenly Messengers” as a means for inspiring and energizing our practice and as a doorway to liberating insight. All are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.)
GREG SCHARF, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching.
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 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.

Summary of Important Dates

  • 12/01/2020 – Registration opens.
  • 01/30/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Jan 30.)

Registration Details

Registration 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. For 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. Before registering to this event, click here to review the terms of use for this website.

Questions for the Registrar?

If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.

How to attend this online retreat

Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally, the evening before or the morning of the retreat, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. 
Join online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )
For tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat, click here.
To give a donation after attending this retreat, click here.

Details

  • Date: January 30, 2021
  • Time:
    10:00 am – 5:00 pm PST
  • Cost: $15.00 – $35.00
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(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Gullu Singh

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Talk Topic: to be announced

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Gullu Singh

Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/95568360365
Passcode: 417647
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 955 6836 0365 )
For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.

Gulwinder “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.
Gullu 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.
Gullu 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.
Gullu 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.

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Topic details:
to be announced.

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(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Diane Wilde

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To join this remote meeting, note the following:

Join Online: https://zoom.us/j/92176939080
Passcode: 112832
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 921 7693 9080 )
For instructions on how to join the meeting, click here.

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.

Diane Wilde

REV. DIANE 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 (aka Boundless Freedom Project) in 2010 and has been a prison chaplain for 18 years. 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 at the Sacramento Dharma Center. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by Gil Fronsdal.

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 support our Sangha. If you wish to make a donation, click here.

At the bottom of this page, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
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(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard

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Note that this session begins at 5:30 PM, which is 30 minutes earlier than our regular program time.

To join this remote meeting, note the following:

Join Online: https://zoom.us/j/97311177689
Passcode: 787612
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 973 1117 7689 )
For instructions on how to join the meeting, click here.

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.

Rich Howard

RICH 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.

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 support our Sangha. If you wish to make a donation, click here.

At the bottom of this page, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
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(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Off-Week Session

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To join this remote meeting, note the following:
Online access: https://meet.google.com/kdy-grbf-mhe

Although the ​young persons group typically meet the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings, they have recently extended the meeting schedule to include more Tuesday night sitting practices, followed by short discussions where members talk about their experiences as dharma practitioners. Please join us.

Young Person Sangha Dana
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(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Off-Week Session

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To join this remote meeting, note the following:
Online access: https://meet.google.com/emg-tcpz-whi

Although the ​young persons group typically meet the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings, they have recently extended the meeting schedule to include more Tuesday night sitting practices, followed by short discussions where members talk about their experiences as dharma practitioners. Please join us.

Young Person Sangha Dana
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(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Off-Week Session

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To join this remote meeting, note the following:
Online access: https://meet.google.com/bfy-acre-ghe

Although the ​young persons group typically meet the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings, they have recently extended the meeting schedule to include more Tuesday night sitting practices, followed by short discussions where members talk about their experiences as dharma practitioners. Please join us.

Young Person Sangha Dana
[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha
For 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.

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(Remote) Young Persons Sangha Off-Week Session

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To join this remote meeting, note the following:
Online access: https://meet.google.com/kxy-ahcp-bdp

Although the ​young persons group typically meet the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings, they have recently extended the meeting schedule to include more Tuesday night sitting practices, followed by short discussions where members talk about their experiences as dharma practitioners. Please join us.

Young Person Sangha Dana
[give_form id=”15771″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha
For 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.

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