THE CONDITIONS THAT NURTURE & SUSTAIN COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE – CONTEMPORARY MEDITATION COMMUNITIES AND THE SACRAMENTO INSIGHT MEDITATION MODEL
Please review the two following Sutta’s: Dispute & Cordiality
The community of practitioners that surrounded the historical Buddha were introduced to the teachings, methods and psychology through a consciously created organizational structure and well thought out components.
Western Buddhist meditation centers have begun to create a new model combining traditional structures and components with new elements designed to make practice more welcoming and relevant to Western practitioners.
This evening with SIM’s founding teacher Dennis Warren will examine this fascinating development in Buddhist history and development. He will focus specifically on the structure and components of the Sacramento Insight Meditation model as offering the potential for a combining practice and community into a nourishing, dynamic, unified whole.
Dennis’ presentation on this evening with be the second of two addressing the foundations of community and practice from a Buddhist perspective; what makes them work; and what conditions cause both community and practice to weaken and deteriorate.
Sit & Dharma Talk with Founding Instructor Dennis Warren
Weekly MeditationSit & Dharma Talk with Sangha Member Laura Rosenthal.
Weekly MeditationSit & Dharma Talk: “The Refuges” with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard
Weekly MeditationSt. John’s Women and Children Project Dinner Service
Community ServiceCooks arrive at 3 pm and leave by 5 pm. Servers arrive at 5 pm and leave by 6:30 pm after dinner service. Please contact Roseanne as space for volunteers is limited. She will also provide the location.
SIM Board of Director Meeting. All are welcome!
Board MeetingSit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Doug Kraft
Weekly MeditationInfinitely Expanding Self
When the Buddha spoke of selflessness and the impersonal, he never said we don’t have a self, only that we have no independent, permanent self that separates us. By allowing identity to gently expand, the boundaries between self and other thin out and disappear. This leads us to the core of the Buddha’s teaching. Because of the evolution of human consciousness, this practice of expanding our identity is more available to us in the 21st century CE than it was in the 5th century BC when the Buddha taught.
July 25th, One Day Retreat with Founding Instructor Dennis Warren.
RetreatThe theme of the one day will be Anatta. Remember that we are attempting to approach this from a hands-on, non-intellectual approach. That doesn’t mean that we don’t need to have a good conceptual understanding of Anatta and how it fits into the framework, the infrastructure of Buddhist psychology and practice. We do. But it means that we are not attempting to deal with this topic as philosophy or speculation. That approach is not consistent with the Buddha’s teachings.
For Reflection prior to the Retreat, please review and reflect on the following Questions.
For more information, please see the Flyer
Sit & Dharma Talk: “Compassion” with Community Mentor Sue Taylor
Weekly MeditationIntroduction to Meditation with Mentor Sue Taylor
Weekly MeditationSit & Dharma Talk with Founding Instructor Dennis Warren
Weekly MeditationTHE CONDITIONS THAT NURTURE & SUSTAIN COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE – CONTEMPORARY MEDITATION COMMUNITIES AND THE SACRAMENTO INSIGHT MEDITATION MODEL
Please review the two following Sutta’s: Dispute & Cordiality
The community of practitioners that surrounded the historical Buddha were introduced to the teachings, methods and psychology through a consciously created organizational structure and well thought out components.
Western Buddhist meditation centers have begun to create a new model combining traditional structures and components with new elements designed to make practice more welcoming and relevant to Western practitioners.
This evening with SIM’s founding teacher Dennis Warren will examine this fascinating development in Buddhist history and development. He will focus specifically on the structure and components of the Sacramento Insight Meditation model as offering the potential for a combining practice and community into a nourishing, dynamic, unified whole.
Dennis’ presentation on this evening with be the second of two addressing the foundations of community and practice from a Buddhist perspective; what makes them work; and what conditions cause both community and practice to weaken and deteriorate.