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Buddhist Recovery Group Dana [give_form id=”14562″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] “Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha Please use this form to donate by credit card or your PayPal account.
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This is a teaching and practice daylong that will include dharma talks alternating with sitting & walking meditation periods. Today’s theme will be the early Buddhist teachings on the aggregates and how they converge with the insights of modern neuroscience. There will be a particular focus on feeling (Vedanā), perception (Sañña), and intention (Saṅkhāra), and on ways of practicing with our experiences of these aggregates in meditation and in daily life.
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Envisioning the Future of SDC and Our Sanghas, Now and For the Next Generation
Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group, Valley Streams Zen Sangha, Sacramento Insight Meditation, and the Sacramento Dharma Center invite EVERYONE to an afternoon with Hozan Alan Senauke.
Hozan Alan Senauke will lead a discussion on the future among all of our sanghas and the Sacramento Dharma Center. Bring your questions, concerns, and thoughts about YOUR vision of the future of the Sacramento Dharma Center.
Hozan is also a musician, and as a bonus, promises some musical entertainment!
Hozan Alan Senauke has been an engaged Buddhist activist for many years. He is currently Abbott of the San Francisco Zen Center and was the director of Buddhist Peace Fellowship for many years. Alan was a founder of Think Sangha, a group of writers and intellectuals that are affiliated with the BPF and the International Network of Engaged Buddhists. Think Sangha is a group of individuals who meet together to identify some of the most pressing social issues that they feel engaged Buddhists should be addressing. He is also the founder of the Clear View Project, which focuses on social change and relief efforts in Asia, most recently in Burma.
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To download this talk, right-click and select ‘save audio as’ or select the 3-dot menu to the right of the speaker icon.
Saṅkhāra is a word with many levels of meaning in early Buddhism. This talk will focus on its meaning as one of the five aggregates (skandhas), where it is often translated with such terms as volitions and intentions. People often strongly identify with their volitions and intentions. The Buddha taught about the dangers of clinging to and identifying with sankharas. The Foam Sutta describes sankhara with the analogy of a carpenter in need of heartwood who goes to a forest and cuts down a plantain tree. But when he cuts into the tree trunk, he finds it is only layers of sheaths. There is no heartwood there. The perspective of modern neuroscience leads to a similar understanding of volition and intentions.
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To download this talk, right-click and select ‘save audio as’ or select the 3-dot menu to the right of the speaker icon.
Why do some people face serious challenges, then go on to persevere or thrive, while others collapse, give up or quit? Why does facing serious difficulties result in some becoming stronger and more resilient, while seeming to break others? Revolve or Determination is considered a pivotal skill in Buddhism. It implements and facilitates Intention and Aspiration. That’s what make 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. It is an elemental tool in working with difficulty, challenge, confusion, and doubt.
Dennis encourages you to watch a two-minute video entitled “Movements as Your Teacher Not as Taskmaster” by Ido Portal in preparation for this Thursday evening. Substitute “practice methods” for the word “movement” as you listen to the session. Then reflect on what, if anything, this has to do with your own meditation practice and your life.
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This Beginning Meditation is a 6-week course that provides the basic techniques for learning Insight Meditation (vipassana), both during sitting meditation and in daily life. This is insight meditation that has been handed down from the time of the Buddha. This course is intended as an introduction to the practice of meditation as it is taught at the Sacramento Insight Meditation group. As an introduction to meditation, it is meant to support and encourage you to take up the practice of meditation and to see if meditation is a worthwhile activity in your life. Visit our course overview page for more information about the course format and content.
An exciting development for this particular offering includes SIM’s Legacy Project teachers agreeing to join in teaching this meditation course.
Diana Clark
Vance Pryor
Walt Opie
Schedule
The class meets for six weeks on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm from February 13 through March19, with a daylong retreat on Saturday, March 16 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 pm.
Registration
$50.00 Registration fee
Select the “REGISTER” button to indicate you’ll be attending. If you have any questions, please contact the registrar for information or assistance.
Before registering to this course, click here to review the terms of use for this website.
The course is currently full however you may use this form to add your name to the wait list. Plans do change and spaces may open up prior to the start of the class.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM) Sacramento,
CA
95826United States
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteSeptember 25, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets online every Monday evening. For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 841 9412 0052 ) (Passcode: 975138 )
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteSeptember 18, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets online every Monday evening. For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 841 9412 0052 ) (Passcode: 975138 )
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteSeptember 11, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets online every Monday evening. For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 841 9412 0052 ) (Passcode: 975138 )
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Zoom) Buddhist Recovery Group – weekly
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online RemoteSeptember 4, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets online every Monday evening. For additional information, visit the 12 Step Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 841 9412 0052 ) (Passcode: 975138 )
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Canceled) All Sangha Event Sunday 9/10/23
NewsEnvisioning the Future of SDC and Our Sanghas, Now and For the Next Generation
Hozan Alan Senauke will lead a discussion on the future among all of our sanghas and the Sacramento Dharma Center. Read More …
08/26/23 “Mind and mirage – A neurodharma perspective on the five aggregates (skandhas)” with Rick Maddock
Audio DharmaThis is a teaching and practice daylong that will include dharma talks alternating with sitting & walking meditation periods. Today’s theme will be the early Buddhist teachings on the aggregates and how they converge with the insights of modern neuroscience. There will be a particular focus on feeling (Vedanā), perception (Sañña), and intention (Saṅkhāra), and on ways of practicing with our experiences of these aggregates in meditation and in daily life.
Invitation to All Sanghas – an afternoon with Hozan Alan Senauke (Canceled)
SDCSeptember 10, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 5:30 pm PDT
Envisioning the Future of SDC and Our Sanghas, Now and For the Next Generation
Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group, Valley Streams Zen Sangha, Sacramento Insight Meditation, and the Sacramento Dharma Center invite EVERYONE to an afternoon with Hozan Alan Senauke.
Hozan Alan Senauke will lead a discussion on the future among all of our sanghas and the Sacramento Dharma Center. Bring your questions, concerns, and thoughts about YOUR vision of the future of the Sacramento Dharma Center.
Hozan is also a musician, and as a bonus, promises some musical entertainment!
Hozan Alan Senauke has been an engaged Buddhist activist for many years. He is currently Abbott of the San Francisco Zen Center and was the director of Buddhist Peace Fellowship for many years. Alan was a founder of Think Sangha, a group of writers and intellectuals that are affiliated with the BPF and the International Network of Engaged Buddhists. Think Sangha is a group of individuals who meet together to identify some of the most pressing social issues that they feel engaged Buddhists should be addressing. He is also the founder of the Clear View Project, which focuses on social change and relief efforts in Asia, most recently in Burma.
08/24/23 “How intentions shape our experience: Converging views from neuroscience and early Buddhism” with Rick Maddock
Audio DharmaSaṅkhāra is a word with many levels of meaning in early Buddhism. This talk will focus on its meaning as one of the five aggregates (skandhas), where it is often translated with such terms as volitions and intentions. People often strongly identify with their volitions and intentions. The Buddha taught about the dangers of clinging to and identifying with sankharas. The Foam Sutta describes sankhara with the analogy of a carpenter in need of heartwood who goes to a forest and cuts down a plantain tree. But when he cuts into the tree trunk, he finds it is only layers of sheaths. There is no heartwood there. The perspective of modern neuroscience leads to a similar understanding of volition and intentions.
08/17/2023 “Revisiting Fundamentals: Resolve/Determination” with Dennis Warren
Audio DharmaWhy do some people face serious challenges, then go on to persevere or thrive, while others collapse, give up or quit? Why does facing serious difficulties result in some becoming stronger and more resilient, while seeming to break others?
Revolve or Determination is considered a pivotal skill in Buddhism. It implements and facilitates Intention and Aspiration. That’s what make 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. It is an elemental tool in working with difficulty, challenge, confusion, and doubt.
Dennis encourages you to watch a two-minute video entitled “Movements as Your Teacher Not as Taskmaster” by Ido Portal in preparation for this Thursday evening. Substitute “practice methods” for the word “movement” as you listen to the session. Then reflect on what, if anything, this has to do with your own meditation practice and your life.
(Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-week course)
Meditation Course, Online Remote, Upcoming ClassesFebruary 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST
Overview
This Beginning Meditation is a 6-week course that provides the basic techniques for learning Insight Meditation (vipassana), both during sitting meditation and in daily life. This is insight meditation that has been handed down from the time of the Buddha. This course is intended as an introduction to the practice of meditation as it is taught at the Sacramento Insight Meditation group. As an introduction to meditation, it is meant to support and encourage you to take up the practice of meditation and to see if meditation is a worthwhile activity in your life. Visit our course overview page for more information about the course format and content.
An exciting development for this particular offering includes
SIM’s Legacy Project teachers agreeing to join in teaching this meditation course.
Schedule
The class meets for six weeks on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm from February 13 through March19, with a daylong retreat on Saturday, March 16 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 pm.
Registration
Select the “REGISTER” button to indicate you’ll be attending. If you have any questions, please contact the registrar for information or assistance.
Before registering to this course, click here to review the terms of use for this website.
Registration – Beginning Meditation Course
$50.00
Sold OutWait List
The course is currently full however you may use this form to add your name to the wait list. Plans do change and spaces may open up prior to the start of the class.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States