March 29, 2022
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7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
PDT
This class is currently taught by SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard (click here for his biography), assisted by SIM Community Member Sara Denzler and is part of a six-week meditation course offered twice a year. For details, visit the Course Overview page (click here). After you enroll, if you’d like to make a donation to support SIM and the course instructors, consider donating online (click here) via credit card or PayPal.
Registration
Pre-registration is necessary since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting.
Before making the $35 registration payment, click here to review the terms of use for this website. On Monday, January 3, online registration opens. Pay the registration fee online using the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this course and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one. After you’ve paid the fee, you’ll receive an email with the subject “You have tickets!” (but no need to print the ticket on paper).
Note that all registrants will receive an email communication from the course registrar on the following dates: Feb 28, and Mar 24. Before the course begins the registrar will ask if you’ll be attending in-person or on Zoom.
* Hybrid events can be attended via in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center or online via Zoom. You can read our attendance guidelines (click here). For tips on attending with Zoom (click here).
If you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions, click here.
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationOur 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/.
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJanuary 24, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PST
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/.
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(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationOur 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/.
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationOur 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/.
(Remote) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group, Online Remote, Weekly MeditationOur 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/.
Not too late to support SIM
NewsIt’s not too late to support Sacramento Insight Meditation! If you’ve already made a year-end donation to SIM, we send you our heartfelt appreciation!
If you’re still finishing up your year-end donations, please consider supporting SIM with a year-end donation or monthly donation for 2022! Your generosity is the key to our success in providing ongoing support for our teachers, community and those practicing in the Vipassana/Insight tradition.
May your New Year be healthy, peaceful and happy!
Sara Denzler, Treasurer
on behalf of SIM’s Board of Directors
It’s easy to donate using the form below or by sending a check to SIM at 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826.
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12/23/2021 “Beginnings and Endings” with Rich Howard
Audio DharmaWhile the end of a calendar year is somewhat arbitrary, it offers us a chance to look back on the previous year and to look forward to the year to come. In terms of practice, we can think of these activities as Wise Reflection and Wise Intention. For this evening, we will be using a beginning – the first section of the Dhammapada, which Jack Kornfield calls “the most beloved of all Buddhist texts, both poetic and profound.” Titled “Dichotomies” in Gil Fronsdal’s translation (Shambhala, 2008), this text contains reminders of the power of our thoughts and actions, and discernment in choosing a path of happiness and away from quarrels.
The placement of a text at the beginning of a collection was not arbitrary when the Pali Canon was assembled – important texts like this one were intentionally placed first. We will take a slow tour through this poem and see what it offers for our year-end reflection and intention. Feel free to have your own copy of the Dhammapada at hand; it is often fruitful to see how different translators approach a text.
(Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-Week Course)
Meditation Course, Online Remote, Upcoming ClassesMarch 29, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
This class is currently taught by SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard (click here for his biography), assisted by SIM Community Member Sara Denzler and is part of a six-week meditation course offered twice a year. For details, visit the Course Overview page (click here). After you enroll, if you’d like to make a donation to support SIM and the course instructors, consider donating online (click here) via credit card or PayPal.
Registration
Pre-registration is necessary since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting.
Before making the $35 registration payment, click here to review the terms of use for this website. On Monday, January 3, online registration opens. Pay the registration fee online using the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this course and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one. After you’ve paid the fee, you’ll receive an email with the subject “You have tickets!” (but no need to print the ticket on paper).
Note that all registrants will receive an email communication from the course registrar on the following dates: Feb 28, and Mar 24. Before the course begins the registrar will ask if you’ll be attending in-person or on Zoom.
* Hybrid events can be attended via in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center or online via Zoom. You can read our attendance guidelines (click here). For tips on attending with Zoom (click here).
If you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions, click here.
Details
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
12/16/2021 “Establishing the Wonderful Quality of Beginner’s Mind” with Dennis Warren
Audio Dharma“Beginner’s Mind” is a wonderful quality of mind. It has the potential to significantly improve our practice of meditation and the quality of our mindfulness and experience in daily life. Despite the widespread (and often confusing) coverage it receives in Buddhist, business, athletic, therapeutic and pop culture publications, it is something that remains elusive for many of us.
This evening will explore the following practical questions:
The subject matter of this evening is appropriate for all stages of practice.
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