MBSR Course One-Day Retreat

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MBSR Course in August Cancelled

This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction retreat is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat.

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*Sit & Dharma Talk – Ayya Santacitta – Feminine Perspectives in Buddhism

September 19, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm PDT

Talk topic: Feminine Perspectives in Buddhism

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Monastic Ayya Santacitta
AYYA SANTACITTA was born in Austria and has a multifaceted background in hotel management, ethnology and avant-garde dance theater. Her first teacher was Ajahn Buddhadasa, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She has practiced meditation for 30 years and trained as a nun in both the East and West since 1993, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah. Since 2002 she has also received teachings in the lineage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Ayya Santacitta is co-founder of Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery, where she has resided since 2009 and took Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. She is particularly interested in creating sanctuary close to nature, practicing in community, and bringing wisdom traditions to the environmental movement.

Details

  • Date: September 19, 2019
  • Time:
    7:00 pm – 9:15 pm PDT
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*Sit & Dharma Talk – Diane Wilde – “Just let it go!”

“Just let it go!”

Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde

 

Where have you heard that before? These words have become as ubiquitous a phrase as “Have a nice day!” How seriously should we take it, and is this directive even possible OR desirable?

This rather prosaic statement is stating in colloquial terms the core Buddhist practice of “non-attachment” — which is often viewed as one of the most confusing and seemingly impossible Buddhist injunctions… especially as a lay practitioner. How can we become non-attached to our children? Personal relationships? The state of the world? The confusion may come from our misunderstanding about what this teaching really means. We will discuss the deeper meaning of this statement, and methods for its practical application — both on and off the cushion.

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.

Thursday Night Talk Dana
“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha
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Young Persons Sangha

Meeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation.

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Young Persons Sangha

Meeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation.

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Young Persons Sangha

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Meeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation.

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Young Persons Sangha

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Meeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library, a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation.

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*Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard, John Phelps – Pilgrimage, Devotion, and Uposatha

Pilgrimage, Devotion, and Uposatha

Sit & Dharma Talk with with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard and SIM Community Member John “Boogie” Phelps.

How does our practice include the warmth of heart, expressed freely in devotion? Sometimes it may seem as if Buddhism’s intention to relieve suffering and be awake to the way things are, in Western practice centers, sidesteps the personal intimacy of devotion that we see in Asian temple life, and in other faith traditions. To whom and what is devotion given? What can we learn from others, and from attending to our own longings and gratefulness? Rich and John have been exploring this topic and will invite our participation in that exploration.

After the presentation, Rich and Boogie will host an evening of meditation and chanting as long as people would like to stay (up to midnight). In many Theravada countries, special practice days are observed in line with phases of the moon, called Uposatha. On this full moon day, you are also invited to practice the eight precepts. Chanting books will be provided.

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 with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard
The topic of the talk is to be announced.

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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