(Remote) Living & Practicing On The Other Side of Suffering

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Living And Practicing On The Other Side of Suffering:
An Experiment In Balancing Practice And Becoming More Fully Human

A Six Week Course and One Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren

For more information about this course, visit the course overview page.

Registration Details

Before making the $35 registration payment, click here to review the terms of use for this website.  Online registration is open and you may pay the registration fee using the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this course. Click the button “Get Tickets” and 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. You’ll then receive a confirmation ticket emailed to you and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper.

If the course is full (you’ll see a message SOLD OUT), please add your name to the wait list (click here) and we’ll contact you about any spots that may have opened up. If you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions, click here.

Online Donations
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“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha
For remote meeting courses, registrants may use the form above to donate by credit card or a PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and your donation will be shared with Dennis Warren and SIM.

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Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Neesha Patel

Talk topic to be announced
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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Change in Dharma Talk Presenter Nov 21

We’re sorry to announce that Dennis Warren will be unavailable November 21, 2019. SIM has cancelled the Introduction to Meditation class scheduled for that evening and the November 21st dharma talk will be presented by Neesha Patel instead.

Thank you for your understanding.

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NO Family Sangha TODAY

No Family Sangha in December

Family Sangha meets monthly on the second Sunday. If you have children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or young friends with whom you’d love to share the path of kindness and mindfulness – please bring them and stay for the morning. This program includes a child-friendly introduction to mindfulness, art projects, snacks, and outdoor exploration and fun. The curriculum is inspired by Awakening Joy with Kids, by James Baraz.

Family Sangha is sponsored by the Sacramento Dharma Center.

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No Family Sangha in December

There will be no Family Sangha on Sunday, December 8. Family Sangha will resume on January 12.

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Family Sangha

Family Sangha meets monthly on the second Sunday. If you have children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or young friends with whom you’d love to share the path of kindness and mindfulness – please bring them and stay for the morning. This program includes a child-friendly introduction to mindfulness, art projects, snacks, and outdoor exploration and fun. The curriculum is inspired by Awakening Joy with Kids, by James Baraz.

Family Sangha is sponsored by the Sacramento Dharma Center.

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Family Sangha

Family Sangha meets monthly on the second Sunday. If you have children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or young friends with whom you’d love to share the path of kindness and mindfulness – please bring them and stay for the morning. This program includes a child-friendly introduction to mindfulness, art projects, snacks, and outdoor exploration and fun. The curriculum is inspired by Awakening Joy with Kids, by James Baraz.

Family Sangha is sponsored by the Sacramento Dharma Center.

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Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Noliwe Alexander

Talk topic to be announced

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Noliwe Alexander

NOLIWE ALEXANDER has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 15 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner, teacher of various sitting groups around the Bay Area, facilitator of community workshops and Buddhist meditation day longs and class series programs. She is a Life & Business Coach dedicating both her coaching & Dharma practice to the POC, LGBT, At Risk and Elder communities. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s CDL4 program and completed EBMC’s Commit 2 Dharma program in 2010. Noliwe is participating in the Spirit Rock Teacher Training from 2017-2020. Noliwe is a wisdom keeper and humbled by the presence of her ancestor’s spirit that lives within and walks beside her.

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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*Sit & Dharma Talk – Tony Bernhard – Suburban Arhats

Suburban Arhats
— exploring the possibilities of full awakening for those of us living a lay lifestyle

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard

Tony 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.

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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*Sit & Dharma Talk – Tony Bernhard – Suburban Arhats

Suburban Arhats — exploring the possibilities of full awakening for those of us living a lay lifestyle

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard

Tony 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.

 

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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