Invitation to join – SIM Online Group

Introducing a new online community now available and open for you to join. Click on the image or Click Here to access your invitation to “SIM Online Group” which is a Google+ (GooglePlus) Community. As a member of the group, you can create or read posts on topics such as Carpooling, Hiking, Volunteering, or just “General” and we can create other post categories as the group needs change. You can access “SIM Online Group” from your mobile phone using the Google+ application.
Joining “SIM Online Group” will prompt you to login to your Google/Google+ account. If you don’t already have a Google/Google+ account you’ll need to create one so take note of the email address and password that you use during setup as you’ll need it later when you use your mobile phone or a different computer to access “SIM Online Group”.
We hope you’ll give it a try. Play around and check out some of the social media features that the SIM Online Group has to offer. If you have questions, feel free to contact Sabitre Rodriguez by email at webmaster@sactoinsight.org.

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06/21/2018 “Meaning and Practice of ‘Investigation’ part2” with Dennis Warren

If you’d like to listen to the part 1 talk, click here.

The principal purpose of Insight Practice is the creation of conditions that led to spontaneous, intuitive Insight that liberates the mind and heart from suffering. This occurs through “Investigation.”
This evening will be Part II in an exploration of the meaning of “Investigation” in the context of the Buddha’s teachings on the “Seven Factors of Awakening.”
It would be helpful to review the first 12 pages of the article on the Seven Factors by Piyadassi Thera at https://accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/piyadassi/wheel001.pdf .

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06/14/2018 “Commitment to Practice” with Rich Howard

Commitment to Practice: Hobby, Pastime, or Lifetime Aspiration?
We may come to the practice of meditative awareness as a curiosity or from an intense experience of suffering. We may practice continually from the first day or intermittently. As we progress, the role of practice in our lives may increase, shift or fall away completely. Just as we periodically look at why we practice, it is helpful once in a while to examine our level of commitment. Both are supported by the power of intention. On this evening, we will look at our level of commitment and the conditions that support or undermine our aspiration.

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06/07/2018 “Dependent Origination” with Tony Bernhard

The Buddha is said to have taught, “One who sees dependent origination sees the Dhamma; one who sees the Dhamma sees dependent origination.” What is this teaching that’s so central to Buddhist understanding and what does it mean for our practice? Join longtime friend of SIM Tony Bernhard for an exploration of this question.

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05/31/2018 “Starting Over AGAIN” with Diane Wilde

Starting Over AGAIN  –  No blame. No shame. Let’s start again.
Frequently, we need to remind ourselves about this practice; what we are doing and why are we doing it. It is so easy to slip into the stress and demands of everyday life, and put meditation and mindfulness WAY in the background… “When I have time.” By the time we get back to it, if we ever do, we may have lost our way. Where should we start, AGAIN? What do I need to do now? Am I failure as a Buddhist practitioner? Have my previous efforts been lost?
Tonight we will discuss the basics of this practice… the Three Trainings of virtuous behavior (sila), meditation or concentration (samadhi) and discernment or wisdom (panna), which make up the map that the Buddha encourages us to follow. Whether we follow a linear path or determine an area which needs more attention, we are practicing mindfulness and meditation and we are starting over again. The wonderful thing about the Dharma is when we focus on one aspect of the path, it automatically brings in the others. Tonight, let’s start again.

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*Sit & Dharma Talk – Laura Rosenthal – Poetry of the Eightfold Path

The topic of the evening is Poetry of the Eightfold Path.
*Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Member Laura Rosenthal

We will walk the path through a series of poems that bring us closer to the experience and meaning of practice.

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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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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