July 18, 2024
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7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
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Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Rich Howard
For biographical details of the teacher Rich Howard, 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.
Boredom: Door to Awakening?
As the dog days of summer arrive, we may not be filling our days with as many activities. We may even be facing periods of boredom. Or we may have children who are BORED!! Dr. Katie Hurley (Happy Kid Handbook) says, “We have a tendency to treat boredom as a sign of distress, or a sort of call for help. It is uncomfortable, but it’s not necessarily negative.” Like any hindrance (restlessness, sleepiness, etc.), we can take up boredom as an object of awareness, and by learning about an apparently negative mind state, learn about ourselves and our suffering. On a meditation retreat, John Travis has recommended looking closely at boredom. What might we find? This talk will explore boredom and related mind states.
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Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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2/22/2024 “Three Truths and One Path” with Rich Howard
Audio DharmaIn his latest book, “Noble Truths, Noble Path” (Wisdom Publications, 2023), American monk and translator Bhikkhu Bodhi describes the four noble truths as “the matrix of the teachings” and “not merely as one Buddhist doctrine among others, but more broadly as the implicit framework of the whole teaching.” The Thursday talk and discussion will address the first three Truths: 1) Dukkha (unsatisfactoriness/vulnerability/suffering), 2) the Cause of Dukkha (tanha, or craving/leaning in/turning away), and 3) the Cessation of Dukkha (nirodha, extinction, liberation). We will look at each Truth in detail, discuss how they are “ennobling,” and see how understanding them can be found in formal practice and daily life. This evening will lead us into the February 24 daylong retreat, where we will explore the fourth truth, the noble eightfold path, in both theory and practice.
PENDING EVENT – Mini Commuter Retreat (Rich Howard & Dennis Warren)
Online Remote, RetreatNovember 30, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm PST
We’ll post the details of this event soon.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
PENDING EVENT – Mini Commuter Retreat (Rich Howard & Dennis Warren)
Online Remote, RetreatNovember 29, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm PST
We’ll post the details of this event soon.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
PENDING EVENT – Mini Commuter Retreat (Walt Opie)
Online Remote, Retreat, Weekly MeditationNovember 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST
We’ll post the details of this event soon.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard – Walking the Path
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationAugust 22, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Rich Howard
For biographical details of the teacher Rich Howard, click here.
Walking the Path
A community like SIM will have folks with a broad spectrum of experience and commitment to meditation and the teachings of the historical Buddha. Living into this way of mindful awareness has been likened to walking on a path. Where are you on the path? Is meditation an occasional hobby or a daily necessity? Does your practice include generosity and ethical behavior or do those qualities raise your hackles as “too religious?” What about cultivating other qualities like patience, renunciation, truthfulness, kindness and equanimity (collectively known as the “paramis”). Wherever you are on the path, you are welcome at SIM. And, we encourage you to reflect on your practice(s) and living in harmony with your highest values. We will do just that on this evening by meditating together and discussing where we are along the path. Be prepared to ask and answer questions!
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( Meeting ID: 850 979
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Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Diane Wilde – The Buddha’s To-Do List for a Happier Life
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationAugust 15, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Diane Wilde
For biographical details of the teacher Diane Wilde, click here.
The Buddha’s To-Do List for a Happier Life
Discursive, subtle states of mind are difficult to isolate which makes it difficult to utilize methods to lessen their negative impact on us. They just seem to be “us”, who we are. Even though they are almost always “invisible”, you can count on experiencing their results… anxiety and more anxiety! The Buddha describes these troubling subtle states of mind as the Ten Fetters. He offers an approach, a sort of “To-Do List” on how to mentally address the Fetters, and what happens when we undertake the process of recognizing them. Tonight we will do a brief overview of the Ten Fetters and their unique properties. We’ll spend additional time on the first fetter, which is the illusion we each have concerning our own personality, or “personality view”. We will explore this first fetter through a few brief mental exercises.
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Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Diana Clark – Finding Freedom Amidst Difficulties
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationAugust 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Legacy Project Teacher Diana Clark
For biographical details of the teacher Diana Clark, click here.
Finding Freedom Amidst Difficulties
In this talk we will explore a well-known Buddhist story, inquiring how we can apply the learnings in the story to our own lives.
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( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Seth Castleman – These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things…
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationAugust 1, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman
For biographical details of the teacher Seth Castleman, click here.
These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things…
How can we find balance and acceptance in the face of suffering, loss, and injustice, in our lives and in the world? Through our practice we find the middle path between complacency and worry.
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( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard – Boredom: Door to Awakening?
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJuly 18, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Rich Howard
For biographical details of the teacher Rich Howard, click here.
Boredom: Door to Awakening?
As the dog days of summer arrive, we may not be filling our days with as many activities. We may even be facing periods of boredom. Or we may have children who are BORED!! Dr. Katie Hurley (Happy Kid Handbook) says, “We have a tendency to treat boredom as a sign of distress, or a sort of call for help. It is uncomfortable, but it’s not necessarily negative.” Like any hindrance (restlessness, sleepiness, etc.), we can take up boredom as an object of awareness, and by learning about an apparently negative mind state, learn about ourselves and our suffering. On a meditation retreat, John Travis has recommended looking closely at boredom. What might we find? This talk will explore boredom and related mind states.
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( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Rick Maddock – The benefits of cultivating mindfulness of feeling tone (Vedanā)
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJuly 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rick Maddock
For biographical details of the teacher Rick Maddock, click here.
The benefits of cultivating mindfulness of feeling tone (Vedanā)
Vedanā is often defined as the feeling quality of any experience, which is felt along a spectrum from pleasant, through neutral, to unpleasant. The Buddha attributed great importance to cultivating mindfulness of Vedanā. Tonight’s discussion will examine some of the beneficial effects of this practice, with reference to insights from both early Buddhism and modern neuroscience.
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( Meeting ID: 850 9796 2731 and Passcode: 136792 )
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Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States