(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat with Diana Clark

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Hybrid Event

January 30, 2027 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm PST

Daylong Retreat with SIM Teacher Diana Clark

For biographical details of the teacher Diana Clark, click here.

Note – The retreat schedule of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm is currently tentative.

About This Hybrid Retreat
  • The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center. Participants may attend this Hybrid event via Zoom or in-person at the SDC.
  • Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance using the registration button shown below. Since your registration choice indicates if you’ll be attending via Zoom or in-person, registering early helps us determine how many people the meditation room should accommodate.
  • After you’ve registered you may later offer a donation in gratitude of the teacher. To offer teacher dana, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreat-dana-online/.
Summary of Important Dates
  • mm/dd/2026 – Registration opens approximately six weeks prior to the start of the daylong.
  • 1/30/2027 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.
  • 1/30/2027 – For registration after the retreat, send a message to the registrar to arrange payment.
Registration
$25 – $50 Registration fee

After registration opens, select one of the following registration “ATTEND” buttons to indicate if you’ll be attending via Zoom or in-person. The fee is $25.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially, you have the option of a registration fee of either $35 or $50 dollars. For the registration fee, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information.
Before registering for this event, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy.

After we receive your registration payment, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. Thanks for your patience.

Questions for the Registrar?

If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.

Teacher Dana

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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account, click here to DONATE ONLINE.

How to Attend Remotely via Zoom
  • The link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places: The Zoom link is on this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.
  • The Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your “Attend on Zoom” registration.
  • The Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join, with Meeting ID: to be announced and Passcode: to be announced

Hybrid (in-person and online)

3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States

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11/5/2026 “When Holding On Doesn’t Help” with Diana Clark

To download this talk, right-click and select ‘save audio as’ or select the 3-dot menu to the right of the speaker icon.

When life feels uncertain, our instinct is often to hold on a little tighter. Yet sometimes the very things we do to feel secure leave us more vulnerable. This talk explores an alternative understanding of safety, inspired by the wisdom of an early Buddhist nun.

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10/29/2026 “The Legend of Mass-Murderer Angulimala … it probes some very deep issues” with Diane Wilde

To download this talk, right-click and select ‘save audio as’ or select the 3-dot menu to the right of the speaker icon.

The redemption of the mass murderer Angulimala, is memorialized in the Pali Canon in Majjhima Nikaya 86. Angulimala’s brutality and his ultimate liberation has long been an inspiring story to Buddhist practitioners. There is a deeper meaning behind the legend of this serial killer whose story is found in both Buddhist and Hindu traditions. While the acts committed by Angulimala caused unspeakable suffering, a question which is often ignored is how did he contend with the karma resulting from the harm he caused? In our own lives, how do we contend with the harm we have caused, both in regards to ourselves and others? How do we respond to others who have harmed us? We will look at this legend of Angulimala from a variety of vantage points and the lessons it offers.

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10/22/2026 “Dharma Practices of Engagement” with Tony Bernhard

To download this talk, right-click and select ‘save audio as’ or select the 3-dot menu to the right of the speaker icon.

This evening we will explore some particular practices for engagement to compliment the practices of seclusion like mindfulness and monastic practice.

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Film Screening: Departures

October 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT

Family Sangha Program

Sacramento Dharma Center Movie Night – Departures
We invite you to join us for the film DEPARTURES – A film by Yojiro Takita

Please stick around after the movie to share and discuss it! We also appreciate donations of popcorn, drinks or other snacks and assistance setting up and breaking down the room. For screening details, click here.

Hybrid (in-person and online)

3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
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Library webpage is now available

The Sacramento Dharma Center Library webpage is now available!

Information about our library is now found on the Sacramento Dharma Center website at https://sacdharma.org/library/

The page includes:

  • A link to the online catalog of more than 1,600 books
  • Information on how to use the library
  • A form to provide feedback or ask a question

The library sits at the heart of the Sacramento Dharma Center community to support those who wish to learn more about Buddhist meditation practice and the study of the Dharma. All are welcome to visit and borrow books. The library is open when there are events and meetings at the Dharma Center.

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10/15/2026 “The First Practice” with Dennis Warren

To download this talk, right-click and select ‘save audio as’ or select the 3-dot menu to the right of the speaker icon.

Among the vast treasury of teachings offered by the Historical Buddha, there was one practice he would return to again and again as the place to begin. This foundational practice illuminates the path ahead, grounding us in direct experience, and opening the door to the deeper practices of relationship, mental cultivation, the heart’s higher emotions, and wisdom itself.

We’ll explore this familiar practice this Thursday evening from a different perspective, as the first practice, guided by a few questions:

What is this foundational practice?
How do we practice it?
Why did the Buddha so often recommend it first?
How does it represent a model that shapes the entire path?

Final – Essay – The First Lay Practice – GenerosityDownload

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(Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-week course)

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Hybrid Event

January 19, 2027 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Overview

Rich Howard
Sara Denzler
Diana Clark
Walt Opie

Participants meet for six weeks on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm from January 19 through February 23, with a daylong retreat on Saturday, February 20 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 pm. For more information, visit the course overview page.

Registration

$50.00 Registration fee

Select the “REGISTER NOW” button to indicate you’ll be attending. For the registration fee, we also accept personal checks; please contact the registrar for more information.
Before registering for this course, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy.

Beginning Meditation 6-week Course

$50.00

Register Now

Contact the Registrar

If you have any questions, please contact the registrar for information or assistance.

Hybrid (in-person and online)

3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
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10/8/2026 “Standing Inside and Outside of Time” with Heather Sundberg

To download this talk, right-click and select ‘save audio as’ or select the 3-dot menu to the right of the speaker icon.

Through teaching and short guided practice, we’ll explore the mind which leans forward, pulls back, and tries to make a stand on controlled OKness; and then open up to a conceptual tongue-twister of a teaching from Ajahn Chah which invites us to experience the OKness revealed through resting outside of these conditioned patterns, without negating them. Be prepared for moments when the conceptual mind stops in its tracks… 🙂

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(Onsite) Young Persons Sangha

January 13, 2027 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PST

The Young Persons Sangha is a meditation group for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. The group meets in-person every other Wednesday at the Sacramento Dharma Center.

Offer a Donation

Use the following donate button and select Young Persons Sangha from the dropdown list.

Hybrid (in-person and online)

3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
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