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(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
July 10, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets 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: 841 9412 0052 ) (Passcode: 975138 )
Remote Meeting Zoom
07/06/2023 “Questions and Answers” with Dennis Warren
Audio DharmaThis evening will be all questions and answers. During this session we’ll explore questions you’ve been wanting to ask about Buddhism, practice, different traditions, a situation you’re dealing with or the follow up to a previous talk by Dennis. The topics are open to what would be helpful for you.
You can send questions to Dennis in advance at dennis@sactoinsight.org; show up on Thursday with questions; or spontaneously respond to the discuss that unfolds that night. The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice.
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteJuly 3, 2023 @ 6:30 am – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets 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: 841 9412 0052 ) (Passcode: 975138 )
Remote Meeting Zoom
Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Young Person SanghaJuly 12, 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: 870 3074 5197) Passcode: 501883
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 + Google Map
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Dennis Warren – Questions and Answers
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJuly 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT
Questions and Answers
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
Questions and Answers
This evening will be all questions and answers.
During this session we’ll explore questions you’ve been wanting to ask about Buddhism, practice, different traditions, a situation you’re dealing with or the follow up to a previous talk by Dennis. The topics are open to what would be helpful for you.
You can send questions to Dennis in advance at dennis@sactoinsight.org; show up on Thursday with questions; or spontaneously respond to the discuss that unfolds that night..
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.
Remote Meeting Zoom
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 874 0623 9886 ) ( Passcode: 843332 )
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
Memorial Service for Kyōji Linda Dekker
July 9, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm PDT
Valley Streams Zen Sangha invite folks from Sacramento Insight Meditation to attend the memorable service for Kyōji Linda Dekker. For details, visit their calendar or click below:
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States 916-386-9844
View Venue Website
(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk – Tony Bernhard – Compassion and the Eightfold Path
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJuly 13, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT
Compassion and the Eightfold Path
Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard (click here for biographical details).
Compassion and the Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path is most frequently talked about in terms of the wisdom element of the Buddha’s teaching. This discussion, will highlight how the elements of the Eightfold Path play out in the context of the compassion element of the path.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 874 0623 9886 and Passcode: 843332 )
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
Offer a Teacher Donation
Remote Meeting Zoom
06/22/2023 “The Clarifying & Healing Power of ‘Right’ View” with Dennis Warren
Audio Dharma“Right” View is considered the North Star of practice. It can guide the mind, and mobilizes our attention and effort, in nourishing, enriching and healing directions. It is the first condition in the chain of causation that leads to deep peace and satisfaction. But the Historical Buddha also insisted in multiple discourses that there is “Wrong” view. It points our mind and heart in a different direction – into confusion, dissatisfaction and suffering.
During this evening we will explore the meaning and differences between these two contrasting aspects of practice. Dennis, SIM’s Founding Teacher, will illustration the real-life value and power of Right View in the context of dealing with the aging and disability of a member of his family and his recent experience of being hospitalized after a major accident involving fractures to his back and ribs.
This subject is 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.
06/08/2023 “The Skandhas and the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness” with Tony Bernhard
Audio DharmaCultivation of the fourth foundation of mindfulness offers distinct insights into the non-self (anatta) aspect of our experience. In our talk, we will explore the practice of mindfulness of mind objects and their relationship to the process of awakening.
(Hybrid) Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Young Person SanghaJune 27, 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 Tuesdays 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: 842 9053 3701) Passcode: 573641
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 + Google Map