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From Separation to Seamless Reality
Buddhist teachings emphasize the link between dukkha, an inner dissatisfaction that keeps us from enjoying life and the delusive view of the self that we are separate from others. During this meditation day, we will explore the conceptual proliferation that generates the sense of self and turn towards the fullness, peace and potential that is our ever-present nature. Ending conceptual proliferation reveals a seamless reality at the heart of everything and fundamentally changes our way of being and living. The day will be informed by mindful investigation of our direct experience, and framed within teachings on emptiness, pervasive awareness and love.
Lunch will be a potluck. Please bring a non-meat dish as well as your own plate, napkin, and eating utensils. Offerings will be made to Amma. (Amma welcomes plenty of vegetables, eggs, cottage cheese and foods low in carbohydrates, low inflammation, and gluten free. She tries to avoid rice or other grains, potatoes and other nightshades, and gluten.)
The daylong will be dana only. We are sharing travel and lodging expenses with SBMG, so cost should be minimal. Your RSVP will help our volunteers plan and setup the event space appropriately.
(Amma) Thanasanti Bhikkhuni was born in California. She was first introduced to Buddhism and insight meditation in 1979 in a class taught by Jack Engler. From that time she consciously committed to awakening and envisioned living her life as a nun. After completing a BA in Biology from UC Santa Cruz, she worked as an analytical chemist. In 1987 she went on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal and Thailand to meet Dipa Ma, HIs Holiness Dalai Lama, Ajahn Chah, and Ajahn Buddhadasa. She joined the comunity of nuns living at both Amaravati and Chithurst Buddhist Monasteries in England. She received ordination in 1991. As part of her monastic life she has spent extensive time in retreat in the remote bush of Australia. She founded Awakening Truth whose mission is to combine Forest traditions teachings with modern teachings on integration to allow greater capacity to meet what is arising in ourselves, our relationships and the world. Eventually, she aims to create a Bhikkhuni training based on these principles. In August 2010, after 19 years of being a nun, she formally joined the Bhikkhuni Sangha at Aranya Bodhi Forest Hermitage, Sonoma CA, in the first Theravada Bhikkhuni ordination to be conducted in North America. Ayya Tathaaloka is her preceptor. She blends rigor with gentle loving encouragement to find your own way – finding a balance between fierce holding of the Dhamma and compassion, tenderness, humor and empowerment. Currently she is based at the Shakti Vihara hermitage in Santa Rosa, California as a solitary alms mendicant nun where her time is interspersed between writing, teaching, time meditating in the nearby Annadale State Park and caring for her elderly Mom, Marley Fein.
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*Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Mentor, Rich Howard
Weekly MeditationYou Don’t Have to Be Buddhist
Rich just returned from Thailand, where Theravada Buddhism is interwoven with Hinduism and native folk religion. Once again, the question arises: Am I a Buddhist? Another question follows: Do I have to be Buddhist to practice at SIM? Spoiler Alert: No and No. Join Rich and the SIM community to explore how investigating these questions may shed light on why and how we 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.
10/13/2016 “Better Than, Worse Than, The Same As” with Diane Wilde
Audio DharmaBetter than, worse than, the same as…
The habit of fault-finding and comparison is part of a larger pattern of insecurity in which we always feel the need to judge ourselves in regards to other people. It is as though we need to convince ourselves that we are okay, which we can only do indirectly, in comparison to people who we feel are superior, are less okay or just like us.
The point is not to dwell on our own faults—or our own virtues, for that matter. It is to see ourselves and others in a clear and unbiased way. It is to see, but not to dwell on the seeing. The first step in this practice is awareness of what we are doing, actually seeing and experiencing the discontent of the comparing mind! We will discuss the judging mind and the Buddha’s advise on how to abandon it.
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January Instructor Schedule Posted
NewsThe SIM Calendar now includes the instructor schedule for January.
Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Weekly MeditationOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826 .
For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/
Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Weekly MeditationOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826 .
For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/
Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Weekly MeditationOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826 .
For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/
Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Weekly MeditationOur Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826 .
For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/
Grand Opening of Sacramento Dharma Center
News, SDCIt’s the “Grand Opening” of the Sacramento Dharma Center. This event will include neighbors, supporters, and others in addition to the sustaining sanghas (Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group, Sacramento Insight Meditation, and Valley Streams Zen Sangha). SDC plans to show the neighbors the new building and grounds and give everyone a chance to learn a bit about the Sacramento Dharma Center (who the SDC is and what the SDC does.)
This event will start off with a period of mingling, followed by an exchange of gratitude, welcoming, and blessing by invited teachers and neighborhood leaders. We’ll conclude with more socializing and table hopping. Everyone is invited.
Day-long Retreat with Visiting Teacher, Amma Thanasanti
RetreatFrom Separation to Seamless Reality
Buddhist teachings emphasize the link between dukkha, an inner dissatisfaction that keeps us from enjoying life and the delusive view of the self that we are separate from others. During this meditation day, we will explore the conceptual proliferation that generates the sense of self and turn towards the fullness, peace and potential that is our ever-present nature. Ending conceptual proliferation reveals a seamless reality at the heart of everything and fundamentally changes our way of being and living. The day will be informed by mindful investigation of our direct experience, and framed within teachings on emptiness, pervasive awareness and love.
Lunch will be a potluck. Please bring a non-meat dish as well as your own plate, napkin, and eating utensils. Offerings will be made to Amma. (Amma welcomes plenty of vegetables, eggs, cottage cheese and foods low in carbohydrates, low inflammation, and gluten free. She tries to avoid rice or other grains, potatoes and other nightshades, and gluten.)
The daylong will be dana only. We are sharing travel and lodging expenses with SBMG, so cost should be minimal. Your RSVP will help our volunteers plan and setup the event space appropriately.
(Amma) Thanasanti Bhikkhuni was born in California. She was first introduced to Buddhism and insight meditation in 1979 in a class taught by Jack Engler. From that time she consciously committed to awakening and envisioned living her life as a nun. After completing a BA in Biology from UC Santa Cruz, she worked as an analytical chemist. In 1987 she went on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal and Thailand to meet Dipa Ma, HIs Holiness Dalai Lama, Ajahn Chah, and Ajahn Buddhadasa. She joined the comunity of nuns living at both Amaravati and Chithurst Buddhist Monasteries in England. She received ordination in 1991. As part of her monastic life she has spent extensive time in retreat in the remote bush of Australia. She founded Awakening Truth whose mission is to combine Forest traditions teachings with modern teachings on integration to allow greater capacity to meet what is arising in ourselves, our relationships and the world. Eventually, she aims to create a Bhikkhuni training based on these principles. In August 2010, after 19 years of being a nun, she formally joined the Bhikkhuni Sangha at Aranya Bodhi Forest Hermitage, Sonoma CA, in the first Theravada Bhikkhuni ordination to be conducted in North America. Ayya Tathaaloka is her preceptor. She blends rigor with gentle loving encouragement to find your own way – finding a balance between fierce holding of the Dhamma and compassion, tenderness, humor and empowerment. Currently she is based at the Shakti Vihara hermitage in Santa Rosa, California as a solitary alms mendicant nun where her time is interspersed between writing, teaching, time meditating in the nearby Annadale State Park and caring for her elderly Mom, Marley Fein.
Scroll down to RSVP/Register to the event.
*Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher, Heather Sundberg
Weekly MeditationTalk Topic: See, Care, Respond!
This talk will not be recorded.
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.