The Qualities That Reshape Daily Life & Lead to Buddhahood
The Paramis: A Special Three-Month Series of Talks
The Paramis or “Perfections” are considered essential qualities of mind and heart that reshape our daily lives and lead to Buddhahood and awakening. The constitute a comprehensive path of practice which parallels and supports each of the practices of the Historical Buddha’s Eight-Fold Path.
The Paramis are: Ethics/Virtue, Generosity, Patience, Energy, Restraint/Renunciation, Resolve, Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Truthfulness and Wisdom.
SIM’s teachers will be presenting a 10-week series of coordinated talks exploring the Paramis and their application in practice and daily life. We invite you to this special opportunity to deepen your practice in community with others on Thursday evenings from March 14 through May 16, 2024.
Click here to see the upcoming Thursday line-up:
Each link shown below will direct you to the audio dharma recording for that date.
March 14 Ethics/Virtue Vance Pryor
March 21 Generosity Dennis Warren
March 28 Patience Diana Clark
April 04 Energy Vance Pryor (not recorded)
April 11 Renunciation J D Doyle
April 18 Resolve Dennis Warren
April 25 Equanimity Rich Howard
May 02 Loving Kindness Seth Castleman
May 09 Truthfulness Walt Opie
May 16 Wisdom Dennis Warren
This message was originally posted on Jan 29, 2024.
(Onsite) A Year to Live (8 of 13)
Study GroupJuly 21, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm PDT
This is part of an twelve month course lead by SIM’s community teacher Diane Wilde. The first introductory meeting was in December, 2023. For course details or to make a teacher donation while participating in the course, visit A Year to Live.
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(Onsite) A Year to Live (7 of 13)
Study GroupJune 16, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm PDT
This is part of an twelve month course lead by SIM’s community teacher Diane Wilde. The first introductory meeting was in December, 2023. For course details or to make a teacher donation while participating in the course, visit A Year to Live.
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The WAIT LIST for this course is currently closed.
(Onsite) A Year to Live (6 of 13)
Study GroupMay 19, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm PDT
This is part of an twelve month course lead by SIM’s community teacher Diane Wilde. The first introductory meeting was in December, 2023. For course details or to make a teacher donation while participating in the course, visit A Year to Live.
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The WAIT LIST for this course is currently closed.
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupJuly 3, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupJune 26, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Buddhist Recovery Sangha Monday switched to Wednesday
NewsPreviously meeting online (Zoom-only) on Monday nights, starting June 19th, the Buddhist Recovery Sangha meetings have switched to onsite (In-person only) on Wednesday nights. There will no meeting on Monday 6/3/24 and Monday 6/10/24. After Monday 5/27/24 the next meeting will occur Wednesday 6/19/24. For specific meeting details, you can check the Sacramento Insight Meditation calendar.
(Canceled) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupJune 10, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
The Buddhist Recovery Group meetings have changed their schedule. Previously meeting online (Zoom-only) on Monday nights, starting June 19th, the meetings have switched to onsite (In-person only) on Wednesday nights. During this transition, there will be a hiatus without a meeting until June 19th.
For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Canceled) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupJune 3, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
The Buddhist Recovery Group meetings have changed their schedule. Previously meeting online (Zoom-only) on Monday nights, starting June 19th, the meetings have switched to onsite (In-person only) on Wednesday nights. During this transition, there will be a hiatus without a meeting until June 19th.
For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Three Month Talk Series – The Paramis
NewsThe Qualities That Reshape Daily Life & Lead to Buddhahood
The Paramis: A Special Three-Month Series of Talks
The Paramis or “Perfections” are considered essential qualities of mind and heart that reshape our daily lives and lead to Buddhahood and awakening. The constitute a comprehensive path of practice which parallels and supports each of the practices of the Historical Buddha’s Eight-Fold Path.
The Paramis are: Ethics/Virtue, Generosity, Patience, Energy, Restraint/Renunciation, Resolve, Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Truthfulness and Wisdom.
SIM’s teachers will be presenting a 10-week series of coordinated talks exploring the Paramis and their application in practice and daily life. We invite you to this special opportunity to deepen your practice in community with others on Thursday evenings from March 14 through May 16, 2024.
Click here to see the upcoming Thursday line-up:
Each link shown below will direct you to the audio dharma recording for that date.
March 14 Ethics/Virtue Vance Pryor
March 21 Generosity Dennis Warren
March 28 Patience Diana Clark
April 04 Energy Vance Pryor (not recorded)
April 11 Renunciation J D Doyle
April 18 Resolve Dennis Warren
April 25 Equanimity Rich Howard
May 02 Loving Kindness Seth Castleman
May 09 Truthfulness Walt Opie
May 16 Wisdom Dennis Warren
This message was originally posted on Jan 29, 2024.
5/16/2024 “The Parami of Wisdom – Experiencing Self and Experiencing Emptiness of Self” with Dennis Warren
Audio DharmaThe form of Wisdom described as “Insight” is the decisive center piece of the Theravadan-Vipassana tradition in Buddhism. In the West, we refer to Vipassana meditation as “Insight Meditation” because it produces Insight – a spontaneous, sudden change in how we understand ourselves and the world based on direct experience. During this evening we’ll explore the nature of the Insight experience and the difference in Insight which cognitive and that based on direct experience. We’ll also consider its different types – Insight that arises, and is interpreted, thru the self or ego, and Insight which is “liberating” because it allows us to experience the world without the management, control and interference of the self or ego.
The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice and will be helpful for those attending Dennis’ one day retreat / workshop on 5/25/24 entitled “When Life Changes.”
(Part 10 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)