September 28, 2024
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8:30 am
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4:30 pm
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Daylong In-person Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Retreat Theme
Working with Memory, Remembering, Repetitive Thinking and Suffering
Almost all of us have had this experience: After an encounter with someone, we reflect on the situation and think they are upset with or mad at us. Repetitive thought sets in re-enforcing and strengthening our concern. We become anxious and this affects our behavior. We feel uncomfortable when we see the person, or maybe avoid them.
And then…we talk with the person and find out they were never upset or mad in the first place. This is a wonderful illustration of the Historical Buddha’s teaching that we make not just the world, but our suffering and happiness, with our thoughts.
This one-day workshop will explore the pivotal and major role that memory, remembering and related repetitive thinking play in our identity and suffering. We will investigate and learn how to work skillfully with these qualities of mind from the perspectives of Buddhist psychology and modern memory research. It will involve meditations, reflections, dharma talks, and small and large group discussions.
The day is appropriate for all levels of practice experience. Please bring a pen/pencil and paper, and your own lunch. Plan on staying on-site at the Sacramento Dharma Center all day during the retreat.
About This Onsite Retreat
- The teacher will present in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Participants will attend this event in-person at the SDC. It’s not available via zoom.
- Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance using the registration ATTEND button shown below. Since your registration choice indicates that you’ll be attending in-person, registering early helps us determine how many people the meditation room should accommodate.
- After you’ve registered you may later offer a donation in gratitude of the teacher. To offer teacher dana, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreat-dana-online/.
Summary of Important Dates
- 08/24/2024 – Registration opens.
- 09/28/2024 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.
- 09/28/2024 – For registration after the retreat, send a message to the registrar to arrange payment.
Registration
Select the following registration “ATTEND” button to indicate that you’ll be attending in-person. The fee is $25.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially, you have the option of a registration fee of either $35 or $50 dollars. For the registration fee, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information.
Before registering to this event, click here to review the refund policy and terms of use for this website.
Questions for the Registrar?
If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.
Teacher Dana
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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account, click here to DONATE ONLINE.
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – John Travis – The Five Aggregates in Daily Life
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationSeptember 26, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with Senior Teacher John Travis
For biographical details of the senior advisor teacher John Travis, click here.
The Five Aggregates in Daily Life
I will go through the five aggregates — they are the essential explanation of the human condition: Body, feeling, perception, and mental formations…in the elusive consciousness.
I’d look at these as the description of our human condition.
Offer a Teacher Donation
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How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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 – Dennis Warren – Practice: A Path and Safety Net or Confusing Puzzle?
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationSeptember 19, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Practice: A Path and Safety Net or Confusing Puzzle?
The Historical Buddha’s teaching, psychology and practice methods are frequently referred to as a Path or The Path. Sometimes, they are presented as a vast inter-connected net that provides us with safety and stability. For many, however, the elements of practice sometimes feel more like a confusing puzzle or a basket of seemingly contradictory principles and recommendations.
How do the elements of practice fit together in a cohesive system of meditation and life practices that are relevant, useful, helpful?
This evening will explore some of the fundamental principles that help us to shift from uncertainty and confusion about practice, to an understanding of how the elements fit together and support each other. It will examine a model of doing this where core principles help us move from a sense of separation to one of connectedness and inter-relationship.
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.
Offer a Teacher Donation
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How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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 – Adam Stonebraker – Revealing the City Within: A Journey to Insight and Freedom
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationSeptember 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Adam Stonebraker
Revealing the City Within: A Journey to Insight and Freedom
In this talk, we’ll explore the metaphor of the ancient city as described in the City Sutta, reflecting on how our journey toward liberation unfolds step by step. By integrating teachings from the Dhammapada and the principles of Ehipassiko and Opaniyiko, we’ll examine how the path invites us to look within, dismantle delusion, and cultivate insight, ultimately revealing the freedom already present within us.
Offer a Teacher Donation
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ADAM STONEBRAKER, a dedicated practitioner of Yoga and Meditation since 1999, serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation, in Nevada City, CA. Adam’s teachings are deeply rooted in his extensive training in Yoga and a long-standing devotion to Buddhadharma, which inspire him to guide others towards realizing their unique potential in mind and body. His primary goal is to help individuals trust their innate wisdom and embrace the profound sense of interconnection that defines our existence.
In 2019, Adam completed a Master’s degree in the pioneering Mindfulness Studies Program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, further enriching his understanding and teaching of mindfulness practices.
How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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 Tony Bernhard
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationSeptember 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tony Bernhard
For biographical details of the teacher Tony Bernhard, click here.
Offer a Teacher Donation
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How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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
Join us to thank Mary Howard (Apr 25th)
NewsGratitude for Mary Howard
Weekly MeditationApril 25, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 7:45 pm PDT
Join us on April 25, 2024 to honor and thank Mary Howard for her years of service as the St. John’s monthly dinner coordinator. As part of the regular evening program, we will take some time to show Mary our gratitude. Treats and tea will be offered during the break (some time between 7 and 8 pm). Hope to see you there!
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
SIM & BIG DAY OF GIVING
NewsMay 2, 2024 @ 12:01 am – 11:59 pm PDT
MARK YOUR CALENDARS – BIG DAY OF GIVING
From midnight to 11:59 p.m. on May 2! https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/
SIM is participating in the Big Day of Giving on May 2. If you plan on giving this day, consider donating to SIM. We have a generous donor who has pledged to match all donations up to $1000. This giving campaign is a continuation of SIM’s efforts to make the Legacy Teacher Project sustainable and to carry SIM’s mission well into the future. We hope you will think of SIM on the Big Day of Giving!
What is Big Day of Giving?
Big Day of Giving is a once-annual 24-hour giving challenge to help local nonprofits raise funds to make a difference in the Sacramento region. It’s the culmination of an entire year’s worth of community-building and collaboration led by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, with support from community partners like Western Health Advantage, and made possible by people like you!
How can I help?
GIVE: You can donate to SIM by visiting www.bigdayofgiving.org on Thursday, May 2, and making a gift with a credit or debit card.
4/18/2024 “The Paramis-Resolve In Daily Life as Practice” with Dennis Warren
Audio DharmaResolve or Determination is considered a pivotal skill in Buddhism. It is essential to implementing and sustaining our intention. It helps us mobilize and stabilize focus, attention, and effort. That’s what makes it a Parami, a special quality of mind essential to deepening and maturing our meditation practice, as well as living a full and satisfying life.
This evening will be devoted to exploring the nature of Resolve, how to develop it and specific ways to use it in meditation and daily life.
The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice.
(Part 6 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)
4/11/2024 “The Paramis-Renunciation” with JD Doyle
Audio Dharma(Part 5 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)
(Onsite) Daylong Retreat – Dennis Warren – Working with Memory, Remembering, Repetitive Thinking and Suffering
Online Remote, RetreatSeptember 28, 2024 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm PDT
Daylong In-person Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Retreat Theme
Working with Memory, Remembering, Repetitive Thinking and Suffering
Almost all of us have had this experience: After an encounter with someone, we reflect on the situation and think they are upset with or mad at us. Repetitive thought sets in re-enforcing and strengthening our concern. We become anxious and this affects our behavior. We feel uncomfortable when we see the person, or maybe avoid them.
And then…we talk with the person and find out they were never upset or mad in the first place. This is a wonderful illustration of the Historical Buddha’s teaching that we make not just the world, but our suffering and happiness, with our thoughts.
This one-day workshop will explore the pivotal and major role that memory, remembering and related repetitive thinking play in our identity and suffering. We will investigate and learn how to work skillfully with these qualities of mind from the perspectives of Buddhist psychology and modern memory research. It will involve meditations, reflections, dharma talks, and small and large group discussions.
The day is appropriate for all levels of practice experience. Please bring a pen/pencil and paper, and your own lunch. Plan on staying on-site at the Sacramento Dharma Center all day during the retreat.
About This Onsite Retreat
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select the following registration “ATTEND” button to indicate that you’ll be attending in-person. The fee is $25.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially, you have the option of a registration fee of either $35 or $50 dollars. For the registration fee, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information.
Before registering to this event, click here to review the refund policy and terms of use for this website.
Sep Daylong registration – Attend in-person
$25.00 – $50.00
Attend In-PersonQuestions for the Registrar?
If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.
Teacher Dana
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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account, click here to DONATE ONLINE.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States