Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel

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Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel.

We are fortunate to have NEESHA PATEL, PhD returning to SIM this evening.

NEESHA PATEL, PhD is deeply grateful for the liberative teachings of the Buddha. She has been fortunate to have practiced in both Asia and the US. Her practice has been influenced by the guidance of many wonderful teachers including Sayadaw U Tejaniya and Thai Forest Tradition teachers. She teaches mindfulness meditation at UC Davis and is a participant in the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program.

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.

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Cancelled – tonight’s Young Person’s Sangha

We apologize for the last-minute cancellation of tonight’s Young Person’s Sangha meeting, Dec 24th, 2019. Future meetings are posted to our calendar at https://sactoinsight.org/events/category/young-person-sangha/list/ .

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12/19/2019 “Craving and Clinging” with Dennis Warren

Craving and Clinging (Attachment) – Stepping Stones on The Path of Both Suffering and Awakening

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The historical Buddha taught that the primary cause of suffering is “Craving.” But a careful examination of his nuanced and interconnected teachings reveals that this basic, and apparently simple, teaching is really about a chain of reactions that lead to suffering. Why did the Buddha designate craving as the second Noble Truth, the origin of suffering? This seems like a surprising simple question, but isn’t?
This evening will involve an examination of the historical parameters defining “craving” and its role in the chain-reaction of suffering. We’ll explore the differences between craving and “clinging”? Should these two experiences be understood as separate and independent experiences? Are they related experiences on a continuum of experience that leads to suffering? Or does craving morph into clinging?
Why being able to feel the difference between craving and clinging – the moment of discernment that sets the conditions for everything that follows and what may be possible – is the key to both managing and being liberated from suffering.
Dennis discusses a new 2020 SIM course entitled “Living and Practicing on the Other Side of Suffering” that is directly related to these questions and their answers.

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A Year to Live – 12 month course NOTIFY

The 2020 Year to Live course has completed however if you are interested in the next course planned for 2021-22, you may add your name to the course interest list (wait list) at no cost. The meeting dates are to-be-determined but as soon as a registration opens, we’ll notify you via email and if you’re still interested, you can pay the registration fee to enroll in the course. For course details and registration fee information, click here.

Getting On the Wait List

At the bottom of this page, in the RSVP section, enter the number 1 and select the button “Confirm RSVP“. After you RSVP you’ll receive a wait list “Ticket” via email however there’s no need to print it. The email is your confirmation that your name is included on the notification list and the registrar will follow-up with you after the course schedule is finalized. If you’re not yet ready to RSVP and need to contact the course registrar for any reason, click here.

Thank you for your interest in this course offering.

 

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12/05/2019 “Mindfulness of Mind” with Greg Scharf

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This talk explores the nature of mind and will look at the Buddha’s instructions in the Third Establishment of Mindfulness in the Satipatthana Sutta.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most revered teachings in the Pali Canon and forms the Buddha’s single most comprehensive set of instructions for Vipassana Meditation. In the 3rd section of this discourse, Mindfulness of Mind, the Buddha describes simple but extremely powerful & liberating ways to bring awareness to the mind in meditation. This talk explores our direct experience of the mind as process, as well as offering reflections for the practical application of the Buddha’s instructions in this core teaching.

Additionally, here is a link to a similar Mindfulness of Mind talk that Greg Scharf gave last year at Spirit Rock (during a month-long intensive meditation retreat).

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A Year to Live (5 of 11)

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This session is part of an eleven month course lead by SIM’s community teacher Rev. Diane Wilde.

This course is FULL and registration is CLOSED.

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A Year to Live (4 of 11)

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A Year to Live

This session is part of an eleven month course lead by SIM’s community teacher Rev. Diane Wilde. For course details, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/a-year-to-live/.

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New eleven-month course starts Feb 2020

We are pleased to offer a new eleven-month course called A Year to Live: a practical course on living and dying. The course is lead by SIM’s community teacher Reverend Diane Wilde and registration opens December 18th. The class size is limited so register as soon as possible; the course fee is $35 (no one turned away due to lack of funds).

The course meets at the Sacramento Dharma Center from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM the third Monday of the month from February through December 2020. There are also smaller group meetings in between the larger group discussion. In the past, the smaller meetings have met in participants’s homes but this is still to be determined. To register to the course, click here.

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