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10/19/23 “Noting and Naming” with Dennis Warren
Audio Dharma“Noting” or “Naming” is the practice of making a soft mental note to highlight the present experience that is unfolding in meditation or in daily life. It has a number of different purposes and uses. Among others, it can interrupt the distorting grip of reactivity, reframe present moment experiences, and create a new context for working with events, particularly difficult or challenging ones.
Noting/Naming is frequently misunderstood or undervalued even though it has the potential to be one of the most helpful, practical, and powerful tools of practice available to us.
This evening we look at the different purposes and applications of the Noting/Naming process through practical illustrations of common situations in meditation and everyday situation. We will also place the practice into the larger framework of Buddhist psychology, teachings, and methods.
The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice.
(Hybrid) Climate Sangha
October 18, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PDT
Climate sangha resumes!
Details about the Climate Sangha are included in this announcement from the Sacramento Dharma Center – click here.
The first full meeting of the group is scheduled for Wednesday, October 18th, from 6:00 to 7:30 in the Library at the Sacramento Dharma Center or on Zoom.
Meeting agenda:
– 6:00 pm Brief reading and 15-20 minute meditation
– 6:30 pm Watch and discuss a short video “Uncertainty & Possibility: Meeting the Climate Future” (chapter 1 only) a conversation with Christiana Figueres, Roshi Joan Halifax, and Rebeca Solnit
– 7:15 pm Announcements & Dedication of Merit
The next meetings are scheduled for November 15th, December 20th, January 17th. Contact Diana Cassady (dlcassady@comcast.net) for questions or to get the Zoom link.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
2025 SIM Residential Retreat
RetreatMarch 30, 2025 – April 6, 2025 PDT
Sunday March 30-Sunday April 6, 2025
Our 2025 residential retreat with SIM faculty Diana Clark, Walt Opie, and Vance Pryor is set for March 30 through April 6 at the Mercy Center in Auburn, CA. Registration will open in early January.
For general information about our retreats, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreats/residential-retreat/.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
The Climate Sangha is Back
NewsAfter a long break, the SDC-sponsored Climate Sangha will begin meeting again each month in the library and on Zoom. The Sangha meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 6-7:30 pm to explore the intersection of the climate crisis and Buddhism. Diane Wilde and Rich Howard, dharma teachers who led the first version of the Climate Sangha for many years, were an important part of planning and encouragement for version 2.0. Read more …
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationOctober 30, 2023 @ 6:30 am – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets online every Monday evening. For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 882 2800 5739 ) (Passcode: 711414 )
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteOctober 23, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets online every Monday evening. For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 882 2800 5739 ) (Passcode: 711414 )
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteOctober 16, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets online every Monday evening. For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 882 2800 5739 ) (Passcode: 711414 )
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
10/05/23 “Community Discussion, Retreat Practice”
Audio Dharma(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Dennis Warren – “I Feel More Comfortable When I’m Tense”
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationNovember 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST
“I Feel More Comfortable When I’m Tense”
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details about the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
“I Feel More Comfortable When I’m Tense”
One insight that unfolds in many layers is how we hold, brace, and defend against experiences that make us feel vulnerable, uncertain, confused or at risk. These form into deeply embedded patterns in both the body and mind. These patterns are the result of years of self-protective thoughts, habits, assumptions, projections, and actions.
Understanding these patterns brings the practical real-life problems associated with fixed views, and attachment to outcomes, into focus. It frames the common difficulties and challenges of being human, including self-sabotage, into a more workable Buddhist framework. And it provides a basis for opening to, and experiencing, more accessible and meaningful forms of empathy and compassion.
This evening will explore this field of experiences through practical 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.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 862 2575 6048 and Passcode: 302015 )
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Vance Pryor – An Overview of the Four Noble Truths
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationNovember 16, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST
An Overview of the Four Noble Truths
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Legacy Project Teacher Vance Pryor
For biographical details about the teacher Vance Pryor, click here.
An Overview of the Four Noble Truths
In the first talk following his awakening, the Buddha spoke about the Four Noble Truths. This is an essential teaching for understanding the situation we are in as human beings, the causes of distress, realizing freedom from distress, and a pathway we can practice trending towards peace. This talk will be an overview of this essential framework.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 862 2575 6048 and Passcode: 302015 )
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States