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What is Dana?
Dana is a Buddhist word that means generosity or heart. Nearly all Sacramento Insight Meditation activities are offered on a dana (donations) basis. This means our programs 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. Practice dana, please support our Sangha. DONATE NOW
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupOctober 22, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Online Donations – Buddhist Recovery Group
Use the following donate button and select Buddhist Recovery Group from the dropdown list.
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Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupOctober 15, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Online Donations – Buddhist Recovery Group
Use the following donate button and select Buddhist Recovery Group from the dropdown list.
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Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupOctober 8, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Online Donations – Buddhist Recovery Group
Use the following donate button and select Buddhist Recovery Group from the dropdown list.
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Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupOctober 1, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Online Donations – Buddhist Recovery Group
Use the following donate button and select Buddhist Recovery Group from the dropdown list.
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Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupSeptember 24, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Online Donations – Buddhist Recovery Group
Use the following donate button and select Buddhist Recovery Group from the dropdown list.
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Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Onsite) Young Persons Sangha
Young Person SanghaNovember 5, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PST
The Young Persons Sangha is a meditation group for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. The group meets in-person every other Wednesday at the Sacramento Dharma Center.
Offer a Donation
Use the following donate button and select Young Persons Sangha from the dropdown list.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Onsite) Young Persons Sangha
Young Person SanghaOctober 22, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT
The Young Persons Sangha is a meditation group for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. The group meets in-person every other Wednesday at the Sacramento Dharma Center.
Offer a Donation
Use the following donate button and select Young Persons Sangha from the dropdown list.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Onsite) Young Persons Sangha
Young Person SanghaOctober 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT
The Young Persons Sangha is a meditation group for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. The group meets in-person every other Wednesday at the Sacramento Dharma Center.
Offer a Donation
Use the following donate button and select Young Persons Sangha from the dropdown list.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Onsite) Young Persons Sangha
Young Person SanghaSeptember 24, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT
The Young Persons Sangha is a meditation group for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. The group meets in-person every other Wednesday at the Sacramento Dharma Center.
Offer a Donation
Use the following donate button and select Young Persons Sangha from the dropdown list.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
8/14/2025 “The Wisdom of Release: Trusting the Flow of Impermanence” with Adam Stonebraker
Audio DharmaJust as a lump of foam is empty, void, and without substance…” — Phena Sutta (SN 22.95)
In this powerful teaching, the Buddha invites us to see the impermanent, insubstantial nature of all experience—not as a reason for despair, but as a gateway to freedom. When we meet the changing flow of life with wisdom and care, the burden of clinging begins to dissolve. This talk will explore the Phena Sutta’s radical view of the five aggregates as empty like foam, bubbles, mirages, and illusions—and how this vision can guide us toward release, peace, and the unshakable heart.