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Dana is a Buddhist word that means generosity or heart. Nearly all Sacramento Insight Meditation activities are offered on a dana (donations) basis. This means our programs 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. Practice dana, please support our Sangha. DONATE NOW

04/23/2022 “Recognizing Natural Awareness” with Greg Scharf
Audio DharmaMeditation can be seen as the process of learning to recognize and trust a natural quality of awareness that is available to all of us in any moment no matter what is happening in our experience. This awareness allows us to open to and connect with the truth of each moment.
As we gain confidence in the mind’s ability to recognize this natural awareness, we begin to release the burden of trying to control, manipulate, or fix experience so that it meets our ideas of the way it should be, and relax into the truth of the way it actually is.
We start to see directly for ourselves what leads to well-being and freedom and what leads to suffering, both in our own life and in the world around us. Through this process we begin to live our lives from a place of greater balance, integrity, confidence, and connection.
04/21/2022 “Walking The Path” with Greg Scharf
Audio DharmaSenior Teacher Weekend
NewsApril 21, 2022 @ 6:59 pm – April 23, 2022 @ 4:31 pm PDT
Each year a Senior Teacher visits Sacramento Insight Meditation for a weekend of teaching. For further details, click any of the events listed below:
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Greg Scharf – Walking The Path
(Onsite) Tea with Senior Teacher Greg Scharf
(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat – Greg Scharf – Recognizing Natural Awareness
(Onsite) Tea with Senior Teacher Greg Scharf
NewsApril 22, 2022 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm PDT
Come join us for an informal gathering at the Sacramento Dharma Center (in-person, mostly outside) – Bring snacks that are easily shared and your own tea/coffee mug if you like (tea will be available), and your Dharma or personal practice questions for Greg.
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationMay 16, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets 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://us06web.zoom.us/j/81284794280
Passcode: 638196
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 812 8479 4280 ) For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationMay 9, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets 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://us06web.zoom.us/j/81284794280
Passcode: 638196
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 812 8479 4280 ) For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationMay 2, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets 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://us06web.zoom.us/j/81284794280
Passcode: 638196
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 812 8479 4280 ) For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationApril 25, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets 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://us06web.zoom.us/j/81284794280
Passcode: 638196
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 812 8479 4280 ) For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationApril 18, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets 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://us06web.zoom.us/j/81284794280
Passcode: 638196
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 812 8479 4280 ) For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationApril 11, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets 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://us06web.zoom.us/j/81284794280
Passcode: 638196
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 812 8479 4280 ) For tips and instructions on how to participate, check this news blog.
Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
Remote Meeting Zoom