Wisdom
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
NOTICE: Guest teacher Noliwe Alexander let us know she is ill and will not be able to join us as originally scheduled this Thursday. We will re-schedule her for the Fall or Winter, and SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard is the substitute for her this week.
The talk tonight concludes Rich’s series on the three root defilements (greed, hatred, and delusion) and their antidotes. Wisdom is the way out of Delusion, which we discussed on June 6. While we may picture wisdom as only available far away, it is right here inthis moment, waiting to be discovered. We will explore the different kinds of wisdom in the Buddhist tradition and the ways by which wisdom grows and benefits our practice and all beings.
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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“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha
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Meditation Course Almost Full
NewsThe six-week Beginning Meditation Course offered this fall and taught by SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren is almost full as there are only three spots left. To register or more information, visit https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-starts-sep2019/.
Request Your Input on Permanent Altar
NewsThe Sacramento Dharma Center Altar Committee (AC) is displaying a design concept for the permanent altar in the South Lobby. The committee wants your comments and participation!
The Altar Committee was formed in the fall of 2016 and includes representatives of the three sustaining sanghas. Its purpose is to gift the Dharma Center with a permanent altar and teacher side table. This gift symbolizes our three sanghas joining together to establish a permanent and historical home for our sanghas.
Please leave your written comments at the display site. You will also find AC representatives at their July 21st meeting (5pm) at the SDC. However, if you cannot attend in person to share your input, you can add your comments to this news post in the “Leave a Reply” section below.
06/27/2019 “Is Forgiveness Always the Right Response?” with Diane Wilde
Audio DharmaIf you would like to download this talk, please right click and select “save as” here.
We read often of the power of forgiveness and are inspired by those who, even after suffering the devastating loss of loved ones and community members, still forgive. Is this always the right response? In the Buddha’s teachings, patisaraniya-kamma or reconciliation — means a return to amicability, and that requires much more than forgiveness. What are the criteria for reconciliation that the Buddha set out and what do we do if we feel reconciliation is impossible?
There are right and wrong ways of attempting reconciliation: those that skillfully meet the necessary requirements for reestablishing trust, and those that don’t. To encourage right reconciliation among his followers, the Buddha formulated detailed methods for achieving it, along with a culture of values that encourages putting those methods to use.
We will discuss forgiveness, reconciliation and what needs to take place for these conditions to occur… or not.
06/20/2019 “Wisdom” with Rich Howard
Audio DharmaIf you would like to download this talk, please right click and select “save as” here.
This talk concludes Rich’s series on the three root defilements (greed, hatred, and delusion) and their antidotes. Wisdom is the way out of Delusion, which we discussed on June 6. While we may picture wisdom as only available far away, it is right here inthis moment, waiting to be discovered. We will explore the different kinds of wisdom in the Buddhist tradition and the ways by which wisdom grows and benefits our practice and all beings.
Noliwe Alexander Dharma Talk Rescheduled
NewsGuest teacher Noliwe Alexander let us know she is ill and will not be able to join us this Thursday, June 20, 2019. We will re-schedule her for the Fall or Winter, and SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard will substitute for her this week. The topic of Rich’s talk is “Wisdom” and details are posted on the calendar.
*Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard – Wisdom
Weekly MeditationWisdom
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
The talk tonight concludes Rich’s series on the three root defilements (greed, hatred, and delusion) and their antidotes. Wisdom is the way out of Delusion, which we discussed on June 6. While we may picture wisdom as only available far away, it is right here inthis moment, waiting to be discovered. We will explore the different kinds of wisdom in the Buddhist tradition and the ways by which wisdom grows and benefits our practice and all beings.
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.
06/13/2019 “Psychedelics and Buddhism…” with Matt Russell
Audio DharmaPsychedelics and Buddhism: Hindrance or Skillful Means?
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You may have heard, there is a “new science of psychedelics” and major studies are showing that these substances, when properly used, can help relieve human suffering, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction. Some proponents claim that psychedelics have the potential to revolutionize health care as well as our understanding of the mind.
Psychedelics and Buddhism have a long, if seldom discussed, overlapping history in this country that continues into the present day.
This talk will offer an inquiry into the implications of the current state of “psychedelic science” on dharma practitioners, exploring the possibilities as well as the potential dangers and perils.
We will inquire into topics such as: psychedelics and the 5th precept, the impact of psychedelics on the formation of the Dharma in the West, academic research into the effects of psilocybin on the brains of long term meditators, the current landscape of contemporary dharma teachers and practitioners who integrate psychedelic use into their dharma practice, how we might think about psychedelics in the context of addiction and recovery.
Cancellation of Wednesday Morning Sits
NewsThe Wednesday morning sitting meditation that Tom Hopkins has been hosting on SIM’s behalf has been canceled as of June 12. Thanks to Tom for his volunteer commitment in leading the sits and to those who have participated in the past.
Support Group – first meeting
SDCYoung Persons Sangha
SDC, Young Person SanghaMeeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in the SDC Library, a young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation.