The Qualities That Reshape Daily Life & Lead to Buddhahood
The Paramis: A Special Three-Month Series of Talks
The Paramis or “Perfections” are considered essential qualities of mind and heart that reshape our daily lives and lead to Buddhahood and awakening. The constitute a comprehensive path of practice which parallels and supports each of the practices of the Historical Buddha’s Eight-Fold Path.
The Paramis are: Ethics/Virtue, Generosity, Patience, Energy, Restraint/Renunciation, Resolve, Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Truthfulness and Wisdom.
SIM’s teachers will be presenting a 10-week series of coordinated talks exploring the Paramis and their application in practice and daily life. We invite you to this special opportunity to deepen your practice in community with others on Thursday evenings from March 14 through May 16, 2024.
Click here to see the upcoming Thursday line-up:
Each link shown below will direct you to the audio dharma recording for that date.
March 14 Ethics/Virtue Vance Pryor
March 21 Generosity Dennis Warren
March 28 Patience Diana Clark
April 04 Energy Vance Pryor (not recorded)
April 11 Renunciation J D Doyle
April 18 Resolve Dennis Warren
April 25 Equanimity Rich Howard
May 02 Loving Kindness Seth Castleman
May 09 Truthfulness Walt Opie
May 16 Wisdom Dennis Warren
This message was originally posted on Jan 29, 2024.
Weekly Meditation & Dharma Talk with Dennis Warren
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationSeptember 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
We’ll post the details of this event soon.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
Weekly Meditation & Dharma Talk with Adam Stonebraker
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationSeptember 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
We’ll post the details of this event soon.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
Weekly Meditation & Dharma Talk
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationSeptember 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
We’ll post the details of this event soon.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
Join us to thank Mary Howard (Apr 25th)
NewsGratitude for Mary Howard
Weekly MeditationApril 25 @ 7:30 pm – 7:45 pm PDT
Join us on April 25, 2024 to honor and thank Mary Howard for her years of service as the St. John’s monthly dinner coordinator. As part of the regular evening program, we will take some time to show Mary our gratitude. Treats and tea will be offered during the break (some time between 7 and 8 pm). Hope to see you there!
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
SIM & BIG DAY OF GIVING
NewsMay 2 @ 12:01 am – 11:59 pm PDT
MARK YOUR CALENDARS – BIG DAY OF GIVING
From midnight to 11:59 p.m. on May 2! https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/
SIM is participating in the Big Day of Giving on May 2. If you plan on giving this day, consider donating to SIM. We have a generous donor who has pledged to match all donations up to $1000. This giving campaign is a continuation of SIM’s efforts to make the Legacy Teacher Project sustainable and to carry SIM’s mission well into the future. We hope you will think of SIM on the Big Day of Giving!
What is Big Day of Giving?
Big Day of Giving is a once-annual 24-hour giving challenge to help local nonprofits raise funds to make a difference in the Sacramento region. It’s the culmination of an entire year’s worth of community-building and collaboration led by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, with support from community partners like Western Health Advantage, and made possible by people like you!
How can I help?
GIVE: You can donate to SIM by visiting www.bigdayofgiving.org on Thursday, May 2, and making a gift with a credit or debit card.
4/18/2024 “The Paramis-Resolve In Daily Life as Practice” with Dennis Warren
Audio DharmaResolve or Determination is considered a pivotal skill in Buddhism. It is essential to implementing and sustaining our intention. It helps us mobilize and stabilize focus, attention, and effort. That’s what makes it a Parami, a special quality of mind essential to deepening and maturing our meditation practice, as well as living a full and satisfying life.
This evening will be devoted to exploring the nature of Resolve, how to develop it and specific ways to use it in meditation and daily life.
The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice.
(Part 6 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)
Three Month Talk Series – The Paramis
NewsThe Qualities That Reshape Daily Life & Lead to Buddhahood
The Paramis: A Special Three-Month Series of Talks
The Paramis or “Perfections” are considered essential qualities of mind and heart that reshape our daily lives and lead to Buddhahood and awakening. The constitute a comprehensive path of practice which parallels and supports each of the practices of the Historical Buddha’s Eight-Fold Path.
The Paramis are: Ethics/Virtue, Generosity, Patience, Energy, Restraint/Renunciation, Resolve, Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Truthfulness and Wisdom.
SIM’s teachers will be presenting a 10-week series of coordinated talks exploring the Paramis and their application in practice and daily life. We invite you to this special opportunity to deepen your practice in community with others on Thursday evenings from March 14 through May 16, 2024.
Click here to see the upcoming Thursday line-up:
Each link shown below will direct you to the audio dharma recording for that date.
March 14 Ethics/Virtue Vance Pryor
March 21 Generosity Dennis Warren
March 28 Patience Diana Clark
April 04 Energy Vance Pryor (not recorded)
April 11 Renunciation J D Doyle
April 18 Resolve Dennis Warren
April 25 Equanimity Rich Howard
May 02 Loving Kindness Seth Castleman
May 09 Truthfulness Walt Opie
May 16 Wisdom Dennis Warren
This message was originally posted on Jan 29, 2024.
4/11/2024 “The Paramis-Renunciation” with JD Doyle
Audio Dharma(Part 5 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)
Thursday Night Talks Zoom Link (Apr-May-Jun)
NewsIf you want to attend any of our Thursday night talks remotely via Zoom (April 4 through June 27, 2024), use this button at the time of the meeting to join in.
Optionally, you may download and import this iCalendar (.ics) file (click here) to your calendar system.
If you don’t have a computer/smartphone/internet access, you can still join a meeting by regular phone. Simply find your local number to dial (https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdGpHsWWCY) and enter the Meeting ID of 870 2524 1285 with a Passcode of 328267.
Note: When Zoom is an option for any event at SIM, you can always locate the Join Meeting link by checking our calendar (click here) for the specific day and time of the event of interest. If a meeting link ever fails, try this alternate link https://www.zoom.us/join and manually enter the posted meeting ID and passcode.