12/14/23 “Ten Books That Mattered” with Dennis Warren

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All of us have experiences which change the direction of our lives.
Sometimes we know this at the moment it is happening. Other times, we only realize it later. One of those experiences can be encountering a book that causes us to question how we are living or helps us have a new vision of practice or life.
This evening will explore ten books that mattered in this way for SIM’s Founding Teacher, Dennis Warren. Each book will be discussed from the viewpoint of how it was encountered, its impact, and the change or shift in direction that followed.  Dennis will discuss why each book was helpful for him…and maybe for you.
The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice.

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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard – Pleasant, Unpleasant, Neutral, Numb: Exploring the Second Foundation of Mindfulness

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January 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard

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* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center

Pleasant, Unpleasant, Neutral, Numb: Exploring the Second Foundation of Mindfulness
We rightly place strong emphasis on mindfulness of the body and mindfulness of mind states in our practice of meditation and everyday awareness. These are the first and third ways of establishing mindfulness as described in the Satipatthana Sutta, one of the core teachings of our Insight tradition. Sometimes overlooked is the Second Foundation of Mindfulness: mindfulness of feeling tone (vedana in Pali). A feeling tone of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral accompanies every experience, physical or mental. Unnoticed, these feeling tones can escalate to desire, aversion, or delusion and cause us to suffer. When noticed, they can lead us to expand our range of situations where we can feel okay, regardless of outside circumstances. On this evening, we will explore vedana in our guided meditation and in the dharma talk and following discussion. Rich encourages you to practice noticing vedana in the week leading up to this evening, so you can report directly from your experience in the discussion session. If you are unfamiliar with the practice and need instruction, email Rich at rich@sactoinsight.org.

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Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Dennis Warren – The Left Wing & The Right Wing Belong to the Same Bird (Inclusion)

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January 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

The Left Wing & The Right Wing Belong to the Same Bird (Inclusion)

Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren

For biographical details about the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.

* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

The Left Wing & The Right Wing Belong to the Same Bird (Inclusion)

Our minds tend to see the world as dualistic. Life – personal, relationship, financial, political choices – seems to be limited to two dimensional competing alternatives, an either/or proposition.

Unless we pause and step back from the drama of the moment, we lose touch with the nuance, beauty, and multi-dimensional nature of life, and life choices. We fail to see and experience the underlying reality that the world operates on a wide continuum of related and inter-dependent events, experiences, and choices.

We lose access to the most important, skillful, and healing life option – collaborating with life as it is, and collaborating with others as they are.

This Thursday evening will explore this field of experiences through common situations in meditation and everyday living.

The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice. You can attend in person or by ZOOM. Dennis will be presenting in person and encourages you to be there in person as well.

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Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Tony Bernhard – Seclusion and Engagement: models of the dharma path

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January 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard

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* The teacher will present remotely via Zoom.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

Seclusion and Engagement: models of the dharma path
The monastic path of meditation and seclusion has been the primary image of awakened life as the west has encountered the Dharma. We will talk about how emerging Buddhist forms may take on more elements of engagement and the brahma viharas than of the monastic style of seclusion and renunciation.

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3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Heather Sundberg – Calling In Spiritual Support, and Letting Go of What No Longer Serves

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January 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Calling In Spiritual Support, and Letting Go of What No Longer Serves

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg

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* The teacher will present remotely via Zoom.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

Calling In Spiritual Support, and Letting Go of What No Longer Serves
In addition to a teaching on the topic, which will include simple practices you can do in daily life, the teaching will end with an optional short simple ritual to bring in the new year together.  If you are joining us via zoom, please have the following handy: a Kleenex or sock; 2 pieces of paper (any size, but small is fine), a pencil or pen.

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Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
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An Invitation from Valley Streams Zen Sangha

Valley Streams Zen is hosting a “Quietly Entering the New Year” event and inviting everyone; a special invitation to everyone and anyone who practices at the Sacramento Dharma Center with Sacramento Insight Meditation or the Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group. Starts at 7 pm, Sunday, Dec 31.
For details, visit https://valleystreamszen.org/event/welcoming-the-new-year-in-person/

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An Invitation from Valley Streams Zen Sangha

December 31, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm PST

Valley Streams Zen is hosting a “Quietly Entering the New Year” event and inviting everyone; a special invitation to everyone and anyone who practices at the Sacramento Dharma Center with Sacramento Insight Meditation or the Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group. Starts at 7 pm, Sunday, Dec 31.

Welcoming the New Year (In Person)

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3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
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12/07/23 “The Mental Attitude of Metta (Lovingkindness)” with Walt Opie

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