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Resolving the conflict between a “healthy ego” and the Buddhist goal of experiencing the truth of “no permanent abiding self” can be a confusing process. Yet, if we don’t undertake the process, our suffering continues. For example, we sit on our cushions cultivating patience and tolerance, yet in our daily life we find ourselves frustrated with others’ opinions that do not reliably conform to our way of thinking. The Buddhist solution is to explore the path which leads towards understanding and experiencing “no permanent abiding self.” Not easy in a world which cannot even agree on basic scientific truths. We will discuss some practical applications for the cultivation of “no permanent self”, or “emptiness,” on the cushion and in daily life.
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Vesak is the most important holiday of the year for Buddhists. It celebrates the Buddha’s birth, awakening, and passing into nibbana (parinibbana) at death. In many countries, it is recognized on the Full Moon Day of May as a national holiday. We will look at how the day is celebrated throughout the world, and then look at how we might take inspiration from these celebrations and from the life of the Buddha for our own practice.
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Teachings and practices on the following expressions of Taking the One Seat will be offered: Somatically, Steadying the mind and Working with non-reactivity at the sense doors.
This evening Talk will serve as an introduction to the June 25th daylong retreat, covering foundational topics from which the daylong will deepen into and expand upon.
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Join Online: * https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86726367518 , Passcode: 995314 Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 867 2636 7518 ) For instructions on how to join the meeting, click here.
This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee.
DIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (aka Boundless Freedom Project) in 2010 and has been a prison chaplain for 18 years. She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program and graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership Training Program. She is a board member of Sati Center for Buddhist Studies at the Sacramento Dharma Center. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by Gil Fronsdal.
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. If you wish to make a donation, click here.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, YOU MAY ENTER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PLANNING TO ATTEND AND SELECT THE BUTTON “CONFIRM RSVP“.
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Join Online: * https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81739572195 , Passcode: 078701 Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 817 3957 2195 ) For instructions on how to join the meeting, click here.
This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee.
RICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren, Tony Bernhard, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi.
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. If you wish to make a donation, click here.
At the bottom of this page, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
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Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher plans to present via Zoom.
Thursday Night Talk Dana
“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha You may use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Dennis Warren.
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“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha Please use this form to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Rich Howard.
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Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman
* Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will present on location.
Thursday Night Talk Dana
“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha Please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 75% of your donation will be shared with Seth Castleman.
SETH CASTLEMAN is a teacher, writer, and storyteller with over twenty years experience teaching mindfulness and spiritual practice. Castleman is trained in both the Jewish and Buddhist traditions. After 20 years of meditation practice and two years of silent retreat as a lay-person in the US, India, and Nepal and as a monk in Burma, Seth was trained as a teacher by Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. He was authorized as a meditation/dharma teacher in 2008. Following eight years of rabbinical studies in the US and Israel/Palestine, Castleman was ordained in 2011 as a rabbi by one Orthodox, one Conservative, and one Reform rabbi. Castleman has published in two dozen newspapers, periodicals, and anthologies on the intersection of contemplative practice and social justice and the transformational power of brokenness. As a storyteller, Seth has performed in theaters, on radio and television, and at countless kitchen tables. Seth uses myth, storytelling, and humor as central tools in his teaching and counseling work. Seth Castleman is married to Reverend Elizabeth Griswold, making them, quite possibly, the only rabbi—Christian minister married couple in the US. Seth and Elizabeth live in Davis, CA with their three children.
“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha Please use the form above to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and 100% of your donation will be shared with Walt Opie.
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05/28/2022 “Practicing for Real Change: A day of deepening meditation” with Seth Castleman
Audio Dharma05/26/2022 “Is it possible to be ’empty’ of self in daily life?” with Diane Wilde
Audio DharmaResolving the conflict between a “healthy ego” and the Buddhist goal of experiencing the truth of “no permanent abiding self” can be a confusing process. Yet, if we don’t undertake the process, our suffering continues. For example, we sit on our cushions cultivating patience and tolerance, yet in our daily life we find ourselves frustrated with others’ opinions that do not reliably conform to our way of thinking. The Buddhist solution is to explore the path which leads towards understanding and experiencing “no permanent abiding self.” Not easy in a world which cannot even agree on basic scientific truths. We will discuss some practical applications for the cultivation of “no permanent self”, or “emptiness,” on the cushion and in daily life.
05/19/2022 “Vesak: Religious Celebration, Practice Opportunity” with Rich Howard
Audio DharmaVesak is the most important holiday of the year for Buddhists. It celebrates the Buddha’s birth, awakening, and passing into nibbana (parinibbana) at death. In many countries, it is recognized on the Full Moon Day of May as a national holiday. We will look at how the day is celebrated throughout the world, and then look at how we might take inspiration from these celebrations and from the life of the Buddha for our own practice.
05/12/2022 “Taking the One Seat: In the Body, In Stillness, With All Experience” with Heather Sundberg
Audio DharmaTeachings and practices on the following expressions of Taking the One Seat will be offered: Somatically, Steadying the mind and Working with non-reactivity at the sense doors.
This evening Talk will serve as an introduction to the June 25th daylong retreat, covering foundational topics from which the daylong will deepen into and expand upon.
(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Diane Wilde
Meditation Course, Online Remote, Upcoming ClassesMay 26, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT
To join this remote meeting, note the following:
This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee.
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. If you wish to make a donation, click here.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, YOU MAY ENTER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PLANNING TO ATTEND AND SELECT THE BUTTON “CONFIRM RSVP“.
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard
Meditation Course, Online Remote, Upcoming ClassesJune 23, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT
To join this remote meeting, note the following:
This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee.
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. If you wish to make a donation, click here.
At the bottom of this page, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJune 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm PDT
Talk Topic: to be announced
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83337025914 , Passcode: 789160
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 833 3702 5914 )
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJune 23, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm PDT
Talk topic: to be announced
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82213762290 , Passcode: 023272
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 822 1376 2290 )
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 with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJune 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm PDT
Talk Topic: to be announced
Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman
Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87578843777 , Passcode: 969804
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 875 7884 3777 )
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
SETH CASTLEMAN is a teacher, writer, and storyteller with over twenty years experience teaching mindfulness and spiritual practice. Castleman is trained in both the Jewish and Buddhist traditions. After 20 years of meditation practice and two years of silent retreat as a lay-person in the US, India, and Nepal and as a monk in Burma, Seth was trained as a teacher by Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. He was authorized as a meditation/dharma teacher in 2008. Following eight years of rabbinical studies in the US and Israel/Palestine, Castleman was ordained in 2011 as a rabbi by one Orthodox, one Conservative, and one Reform rabbi. Castleman has published in two dozen newspapers, periodicals, and anthologies on the intersection of contemplative practice and social justice and the transformational power of brokenness. As a storyteller, Seth has performed in theaters, on radio and television, and at countless kitchen tables. Seth uses myth, storytelling, and humor as central tools in his teaching and counseling work. Seth Castleman is married to Reverend Elizabeth Griswold, making them, quite possibly, the only rabbi—Christian minister married couple in the US. Seth and Elizabeth live in Davis, CA with their three children.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Walt Opie
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJune 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm PDT
Talk Topic: to be announced
Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Walt Opie
Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87885906521, Passcode: 564755
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 878 8590 6521 )
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