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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Heather Sundberg – Hand in Hand: The 4 Noble Truths Meet the 4 Brahma Viharas
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationNovember 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST
Hand in Hand: The 4 Noble Truths Meet the 4 Brahma Viharas
Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg
Hand in Hand: The 4 Noble Truths Meet the 4 Brahma Viharas
In this talk we will explore ways that Wisdom and Heart practices inform each other, along with practical applications in our daily life practice.
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 + Google Map
(Hybrid) Special Event: Creating the Conditions for SIM’s Future
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationNovember 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Special Event: Creating the Conditions for SIM’s Future
Presenters: Amy Kovak, David Guerrieri, Diane Wilde, Dennis Warren, and Rich Howard
In this special presentation, we will look at the historical roots of SIM’s evolution, the concepts behind the current Legacy Project, and information on our current three “Legacy Project” teachers (Diana Clark, Walt Opie, and Vance Pryor), including some exciting news about upcoming offerings. We will also present SIM’s new Operations Manager position and look at how the Sangha might support these important steps in creating the conditions for SIM’s future. There will be time for discussion, questions, and responses.
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Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 862 2575 6048 and Passcode: 302015 )
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Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
No Meeting – Federal Holiday
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationNovember 23, 2023 All day
Happy Thanksgiving.
9/21/23 “The Buddha Summarizes the Dharma” with Diana Clark
Audio Dharma(Hybrid) Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Young Person SanghaOctober 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT
The Young Persons Sangha is a meditation group for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. The group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays in a hybrid format. Attend in person at the Sacramento Dharma Center or online via Zoom.
Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/join ( Meeting ID: 824 9854 6336) Passcode: 499851
Join by phone: Dial 1-669-900-6833. For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.
Young Person Sangha Dana
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Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Young Person SanghaOctober 11, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT
The Young Persons Sangha is a meditation group for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. The group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays in a hybrid format. Attend in person at the Sacramento Dharma Center or online via Zoom.
Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/join ( Meeting ID: 824 9854 6336) Passcode: 499851
Join by phone: Dial 1-669-900-6833. For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.
Young Person Sangha Dana
Please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to support our Young Persons Sangha.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteOctober 9, 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 )
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteOctober 2, 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 )
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Community Discussion – Retreat Practice
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationOctober 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Community Discussion – Retreat Practice: Facilitated by SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
For biographical details about the facilitator Rich Howard, click here.
Retreat: Deepening our Meditation Practice
Meditation practice has many components: daily sittings, attendance at a meditation community in person or online, study, daylong retreats, and longer residential retreats. Each supports the others, and together they deepen our practice and bring it more and more into everyday life. On this special evening, three SIM community members, Sho Kawano, Cedric Orange, and Amy Kovak, will discuss their experience with residential retreat. Community Teacher Rich Howard will moderate. We will touch on fitting retreats into a busy life, overcoming doubts about attending a first retreat, and how retreat practice has affected our meditation practice and life. Although the SIM Residential Retreat is full this year, you may be attending for the first time, or contemplating attending next year. All levels of experience are welcome to attend, ask questions, and share experiences. There will be plenty of time for questions, comments, and responses.
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
9/14/23 “Revisiting Fundamentals: Energy & Effort” with Dennis Warren
Audio DharmaEnergy and Effort are essential, and interdependent, elements of good meditation and daily living practice. They can be valuable tools for keeping the mind alert, focused and curious if we understand the difference between the two, and develop the ability to monitor and regulate both. And they can become confusing and disrupting aspects of practice if we don’t.
This evening we look at a framework for skillfully working with Energy and Effort using common situations in meditation, daily living, and relationships – becoming drowsy during meditation, losing focus of attention, being unable to sustain relaxed awareness, getting lost in thought or narratives.
The evening will also explore a practice approach using Energy as the primary focus of attention and exploration. Experientially understanding thought, emotions, and actions as fundamental expressions of different types of energy can be a door way to immediate, direct experience and insight.
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.