PENDING EVENT – Mini Commuter Retreat (Rich Howard & Dennis Warren)

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November 29 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm PST

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PENDING EVENT – Mini Commuter Retreat (Walt Opie)

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November 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard – Walking the Path

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Hybrid Hybrid Event

August 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Rich Howard

For biographical details of the teacher Rich Howard, click here.

* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

Walking the Path
A community like SIM will have folks with a broad spectrum of experience and commitment to meditation and the teachings of the historical Buddha. Living into this way of mindful awareness has been likened to walking on a path. Where are you on the path? Is meditation an occasional hobby or a daily necessity? Does your practice include generosity and ethical behavior or do those qualities raise your hackles as “too religious?” What about cultivating other qualities like patience, renunciation, truthfulness, kindness and equanimity (collectively known as the “paramis”). Wherever you are on the path, you are welcome at SIM. And, we encourage you to reflect on your practice(s) and living in harmony with your highest values. We will do just that on this evening by meditating together and discussing where we are along the path. Be prepared to ask and answer questions!

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Diane Wilde – The Buddha’s To-Do List for a Happier Life

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Hybrid Hybrid Event

August 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Diane Wilde

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* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

The Buddha’s To-Do List for a Happier Life
Discursive, subtle states of mind are difficult to isolate which makes it difficult to utilize methods to lessen their negative impact on us. They just seem to be “us”, who we are. Even though they are almost always “invisible”, you can count on experiencing their results… anxiety and more anxiety! The Buddha describes these troubling subtle states of mind as the Ten Fetters. He offers an approach, a sort of “To-Do List” on how to mentally address the Fetters, and what happens when we undertake the process of recognizing them. Tonight we will do a brief overview of the Ten Fetters and their unique properties. We’ll spend additional time on the first fetter, which is the illusion we each have concerning our own personality, or “personality view”. We will explore this first fetter through a few brief mental exercises.

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Diana Clark – Finding Freedom Amidst Difficulties

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August 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Legacy Project Teacher Diana Clark

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Finding Freedom Amidst Difficulties
In this talk we will explore a well-known Buddhist story, inquiring how we can apply the learnings in the story to our own lives.

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Seth Castleman – These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things…

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Hybrid Hybrid Event

August 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman

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* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things…
How can we find balance and acceptance in the face of suffering, loss, and injustice, in our lives and in the world? Through our practice we find the middle path between complacency and worry.

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard – Boredom: Door to Awakening?

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July 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Rich Howard

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* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

Boredom: Door to Awakening?
As the dog days of summer arrive, we may not be filling our days with as many activities. We may even be facing periods of boredom. Or we may have children who are BORED!! Dr. Katie Hurley (Happy Kid Handbook) says, “We have a tendency to treat boredom as a sign of distress, or a sort of call for help. It is uncomfortable, but it’s not necessarily negative.” Like any hindrance (restlessness, sleepiness, etc.), we can take up boredom as an object of awareness, and by learning about an apparently negative mind state, learn about ourselves and our suffering. On a meditation retreat, John Travis has recommended looking closely at boredom. What might we find? This talk will explore boredom and related mind states. 

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Rick Maddock – The benefits of cultivating mindfulness of feeling tone (Vedanā)

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July 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rick Maddock

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The benefits of cultivating mindfulness of feeling tone (Vedanā)
Vedanā is often defined as the feeling quality of any experience, which is felt along a spectrum from pleasant, through neutral, to unpleasant. The Buddha attributed great importance to cultivating mindfulness of Vedanā. Tonight’s discussion will examine some of the beneficial effects of this practice, with reference to insights from both early Buddhism and modern neuroscience.

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma – Tony Bernhard – Dissatisfaction, Suffering and Precept Practice

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June 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Seth Castleman

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June 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman

For biographical details of the teacher Seth Castleman, click here.

* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

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