“Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.”
—-the historical Buddha
Dear SIM Friends,
We hope that this letter finds you well. As we reflect back on 2019, we feel pride in and gratitude for our sangha. Together we have created a vibrant, generous community. We now have an active Young Persons’ Sangha, which promises that SIM will continue on with the next generations. Forty people attended our annual retreat, led by Kamala Masters and Vance Pryor. We continue to offer our monthly day-long retreats, Thursday night sits and Dharma talks.
Through these activities, we continue to fulfill our mission as an educational non-profit of providing support to those practicing in the Insight/Vipassana tradition. We are able to provide these activities and others because of the support of dedicated volunteers and generous donors like you.
At this time of year-end giving, we invite you to support two fundraising goals:
First, we want to express SIM’s gratitude to our existing faculty through a year-end dana contribution in recognition of their ongoing commitment and teaching. Without the dedication and wisdom of our faculty – Dennis Warren (SIM Founder), Diane Wilde, and Rich Howard – we would not be the community that we are now.
Second, we want to continue to build our Teaching and Development Initiative, which has increased support for our existing faculty, including additional dana and resources to support them in their practice, as well as dedicated funding to host new teachers for SIM offerings. For 2020, we aim to continue to maintain and nurture relationships with Senior Teachers, develop relationships with new teachers, and work to identify and support potential teachers from within the community.
As you plan your year-end giving, we hope that you will consider supporting SIM by making a one-time, year-end contribution to support our Teaching and Development Initiative and/or signing up for a monthly, automatic on-line contribution to SIM. Monthly contributions are key to our long-term financial health, covering basic operating expenses as well as sustaining our Teaching and Development Initiative.
Please make a donation today at Sacramento Insight Meditation.
Looking forward to continuing to strengthen our community and our practice together in the coming year.
Warmly,
Sara Denzler
Treasurer, SIM Board of Directors
Next Beginning Meditation Course
NewsThis month we’ll open the online registration to our six week Beginning Meditation Course that starts Tuesday, February 25, 2020. This course will be lead by SIM’s Community Teacher Rich Howard and Community Mentor Sandra Sigrist. Here is the Course Flyer in PDF format. Registration opens December 15.
Beginning Meditation Class (6 Week Course)
Meditation CourseThis class is currently taught by SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard and SIM Community Mentor Sandra Sigrist and is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. Classes meet Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on February 25, March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 plus a daylong retreat on Saturday, March 21, 2020 and details for this event are posted on the Course Overview page. If you have registered to this course and would like to make a donation to support SIM and the course instructors, consider donating online via credit card or Paypal.
Registration Details
Walk-in registrations are not available since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting.
Before making the $35 registration payment, click here to review the terms of use for this website. On Sunday, December 15, online registration opened. Pay the registration fee online using the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this course 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. After you’ve paid the fee, you’ll receive an email with the subject “You have tickets!” (but no need to print the ticket on paper).
Note that all registrants will receive an email communication from the course registrar on the following dates: Saturday, January 25 and Monday, February 17.
If you can’t attend the class in February please add your name to the wait list (click here) and we’ll contact you when the next course offering is scheduled. If you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions, click here.
(Status TBD) Beginning Meditation Class One-Day Retreat
Meditation Course, RetreatThis retreat is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat.
(Remote) Beginning Meditation Class (6 of 6)
Meditation Course, Online RemoteThis class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online, click here.
(Remote) Beginning Meditation Class (5 of 6)
Meditation Course, Online RemoteThis class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online, click here.
(Remote) Beginning Meditation Class (4 of 6)
Meditation Course, Online RemoteThis class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online, click here.
Beginning Meditation Class (3 of 6)
Meditation CourseThis class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online, click here.
Beginning Meditation Class (2 of 6)
Meditation CourseThis class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online, click here.
Your generosity helps SIM thrive!
News“Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.”
—-the historical Buddha
Dear SIM Friends,
We hope that this letter finds you well. As we reflect back on 2019, we feel pride in and gratitude for our sangha. Together we have created a vibrant, generous community. We now have an active Young Persons’ Sangha, which promises that SIM will continue on with the next generations. Forty people attended our annual retreat, led by Kamala Masters and Vance Pryor. We continue to offer our monthly day-long retreats, Thursday night sits and Dharma talks.
Through these activities, we continue to fulfill our mission as an educational non-profit of providing support to those practicing in the Insight/Vipassana tradition. We are able to provide these activities and others because of the support of dedicated volunteers and generous donors like you.
At this time of year-end giving, we invite you to support two fundraising goals:
First, we want to express SIM’s gratitude to our existing faculty through a year-end dana contribution in recognition of their ongoing commitment and teaching. Without the dedication and wisdom of our faculty – Dennis Warren (SIM Founder), Diane Wilde, and Rich Howard – we would not be the community that we are now.
Second, we want to continue to build our Teaching and Development Initiative, which has increased support for our existing faculty, including additional dana and resources to support them in their practice, as well as dedicated funding to host new teachers for SIM offerings. For 2020, we aim to continue to maintain and nurture relationships with Senior Teachers, develop relationships with new teachers, and work to identify and support potential teachers from within the community.
As you plan your year-end giving, we hope that you will consider supporting SIM by making a one-time, year-end contribution to support our Teaching and Development Initiative and/or signing up for a monthly, automatic on-line contribution to SIM. Monthly contributions are key to our long-term financial health, covering basic operating expenses as well as sustaining our Teaching and Development Initiative.
Please make a donation today at Sacramento Insight Meditation.
Looking forward to continuing to strengthen our community and our practice together in the coming year.
Warmly,
Sara Denzler
Treasurer, SIM Board of Directors
New six-week course starts April 2020
NewsWe are pleased to offer a new six week course called Living & Practicing On The Other Side of Suffering. The course is lead by SIM’s founding teacher Dennis Warren and registration opens December 20th. The course meets 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm for six Wednesdays starting April 22 plus one Saturday on May 23, 2020 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Session themes include: Sensory Awareness, Gratitude, Joy, Generosity, Kindness & Compassion, Equanimity, and Becoming More Fully Human. For more information, click here.