Thursday Night Talks Zoom Link (Oct-Nov-Dec)

Join Meeting Now

If you want to attend any of our Thursday night talks remotely via Zoom (October 3 through December 26), use this button at the time of the meeting to join in.

Optionally, you may download and import this iCalendar (.ics) file (click here) to your calendar system.

If you don’t have a computer/smartphone/internet access, you can still join a meeting by regular phone. Simply find your local number to dial (https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdpM87GSK7) and enter the Meeting ID of 898 3348 9002 with a Passcode of 806268.

Note: When Zoom is an option for any event at SIM, you can always locate the Join Meeting link by checking our calendar (click here) for the specific day and time of the event of interest. If a meeting link ever fails, try this alternate link https://www.zoom.us/join and manually enter the posted meeting ID and passcode.

(Jan-Feb-Mar)
Starting in 2025 the zoom meeting details will switch to the following. Meeting ID: 821 5948 5895  &  Passcode: 927093
with this Jan-Feb-Mar Zoom link.

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Community Potluck for all 3 Sanghas

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November 3 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm PST

A message from Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group (SBMG)
Let’s join together for lunch and a chance to get to know members of all of the sanghas that practice at SDC. All are welcome! RSVP and sign up to bring a dish to share, click here.

Sacramento Dharma Center Building

3111 Wissemann Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map
916-386-9844
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A Year to Live, 12-month course in 2025

For 2025, SIM is offering a 12-month course lead by SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde. Course participants meet in-person, monthly from January through December on the third Sunday of each month from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. There will be an introduction to the course on December 22, 2024 (2:00 pm to 4:00 pm). For more information, visit the course overview page at A Year to Live.

Click here for registration details.

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(Hybrid) Young Persons Sangha

Hybrid Hybrid Event

November 20 @ 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 every other Wednesday in a hybrid format. Attend in person at the Sacramento Dharma Center or online via Zoom.

Join Zoom Meeting

Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/join ( Meeting ID: 880 9521 0922) Passcode: 129532
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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Sacramento Dharma Center Building

3111 Wissemann Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map
916-386-9844
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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Diane Wilde

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Hybrid Hybrid Event

February 6, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Diane Wilde

For biographical details of the teacher Diane Wilde, click here.

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

Offer a Teacher Donation

Diane Wilde will receive at least 75% of your donation.

Use the following donate button and select Talk – Feb 06 Diane from the dropdown list.

How to Attend Remotely
Join Zoom Meeting

Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.

Sacramento Dharma Center Building

3111 Wissemann Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map
916-386-9844
View Venue Website
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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Kim Ellen

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Hybrid Hybrid Event

January 30, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Kim Ellen

For biographical details of the teacher Kim Ellen, click here.

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

Offer a Teacher Donation

Kim Ellen will receive at least 75% of your donation.

Use the following donate button and select Talk – Jan 30 Kim from the dropdown list.

KIM ALLEN has been practicing Insight meditation since 2003, and has trained intensively in the U.S. and Asia with cumulative years of silent retreat. She has practiced with primary teacher Gil Fronsdal and other Western teachers, Theravādan monastics, and a few Mahāyāna teachers, and now offers retreats, sutta study, and experiential Dharma engagement. A teacher and author, Kim aims to bring classical Dharma to a modern context and to encourage lay practitioners in fully living a life of Dharma. Her education includes a PhD in physics and a master’s degree in environmental sustainability, and her website is http://www.uncontrived.org.

How to Attend Remotely
Join Zoom Meeting

Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.

Sacramento Dharma Center Building

3111 Wissemann Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map
916-386-9844
View Venue Website
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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Walt Opie

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Hybrid Hybrid Event

January 23, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Senior Teacher Walt Opie

For biographical details of the teacher Walt Opie, click here.

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

Offer a Teacher Donation

Walt Opie will receive 100% of your donation.

Use the following donate button and select Talk – Jan 23 Walt from the dropdown list.

How to Attend Remotely
Join Zoom Meeting

Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.

Sacramento Dharma Center Building

3111 Wissemann Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map
916-386-9844
View Venue Website
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SIM Community Event

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January 16, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

We’ll post the details of this event soon.

Sacramento Dharma Center Building

3111 Wissemann Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map
916-386-9844
View Venue Website
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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Diana Clark – The Beauty of Beginnings

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Hybrid Hybrid Event

January 9, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Senior Teacher Diana Clark

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

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

The Beauty of Beginnings
The new year often stirs a focus on “beginnings.” How might we align this fresh outlook with our practice and life in a way that feels uplifting and free?

Offer a Teacher Donation

Diana Clark will receive 100% of your donation.

Use the following donate button and select Talk – Jan 09 Diana from the dropdown list.

How to Attend Remotely
Join Zoom Meeting

Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093 )
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.

Sacramento Dharma Center Building

3111 Wissemann Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map
916-386-9844
View Venue Website
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(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Heather Sundberg – Practices of Deep Refuge and Transformation for the New Year

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Hybrid Hybrid Event

January 2, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg

For biographical details of the teacher Heather Sundberg, click here.

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

Practices of Deep Refuge and Transformation for the New Year
Join us for a New Year’s teaching and simple ritual practice together!
Connecting with Deep Refuge Calls in Spiritual Support:

  • Exploring a somatic practice of the layers of Letting Go using a teaching from Ajahn Chah.
  • Changing the channel from self-based reactivity in the foreground to qualities of awakened mind in the foreground.
  • Use of a simple mantra out of Southern Thailand used to call in metta, benevolence, and energetic support and can be used in meditation or anytime
  • Dedication of Merit, to help connect us with the wider field of spiritual support always available

The Power of Letting Go & Transformation:

  • Learning how to Ground, Resource, and Discharge Reactivity all through the vehicle of the body.
  • Through developing the Refuge of Awareness of what is actually happening – clearing (releasing) perceptions distorted by reactivity, anxiety.
  • Exploring a somatic practice of the layers of Letting Go using a teaching from Ajahn Chah.
Offer a Teacher Donation

Heather Sundberg will receive 100% of your donation.

Use the following donate button and select Talk – Jan 02 Heather from the dropdown list.

How to Attend Remotely
Join Zoom Meeting

Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.

Join Zoom Meeting

Sacramento Dharma Center Building

3111 Wissemann Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map
916-386-9844
View Venue Website
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