It is said that the historical Buddha started his journey to awakening after being shaken by encountering the “heavenly messengers” old age, sickness and death. He recommended reflecting on these life experiences often. We will take this evening to reflect on and discuss our relationship to these messengers and how they might enliven our practice.

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As May 13 is Mother’s Day, there will be no Family Sangha this month. Enjoy the day!

Examining this core teaching of the historical Buddha. We’ll look, specifically, at how the past creates the present, and the present creates the future, in our daily lives. And we’ll focus on how a good hear, with clear thinking, creates a positive future.

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This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here.

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here.

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here.

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here.

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here.

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. Classes meet Tuesday evenings, September 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, with a daylong retreat Saturday, October 13, 2018 and details for this event are posted on the Course Overview page.

Registration Details

Walk-in registrations are not available since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting.

Before making the $35 registration payment, click here to review the terms of use for this website. Note that all registrants will receive an email communication from the course registrar on the following dates: Jun 18, Aug 6, Sep 3.

Pay Now

Use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page to pay the registration fee now.  Tickets will be available on Thursday, May 3, 2018 when the course online registration opens. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.

If there are no tickets available, the course is full but you can still add your name to the waitlist (click here).

Pay Later

If you are not prepared to pay the registration fee online, please contact the course registrar and request your name be added to the class roster. At your earliest convenience

  1. Write a check payable to “SIM” and note in the check memo “Reg Fee – BMC“.  The amount is $35 per person.
  2. If the name of the person(s) registering differs from the name(s) on the check, please include a note indicating whose registration fee the check covers.
  3. Mail the check to
      Sacramento Insight Meditation
      c/o SDC
      3111 Wissemann Dr.
      Sacramento, CA 95826