Events

CANCELLED – Sharing the Dharma with Venerable Tenzin Chogkyi

Diamond Light Meditation Center 2791 24th Street, Room 14 (upstairs), Sacramento, CA

Sharing the Dharma Sunday morning “Sharing the Dharma” at Diamond Light is an opportunity for newcomers and old friends to explore the Buddha’s teachings as they are applied in our daily lives, and share in community fellowship. “Sharing the Dharma” topics combine ideas from Buddhism with those from the fields of positive psychology, Western philosophy, […]

The Way of Compassion with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim

Sierra 2 Center, Room 14 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

The Way of Compassion with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim 4 Wednesdays 7/18-8/8 6:30pm-8:30pm "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." - His Holiness Dalai Lama XIV The Way of Compassion is the way of happiness. Research studies show that meditation strengthens brain connections and functioning that […]

Seven Point Mind Training with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim

Sierra 2 Center, Room 14 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

Seven Point Mind Training with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim 5 Tuesdays 7/17-8/14 6:30pm-8:30pm Seven Point Mind Training or Lojong are teachings to transform the mind through the practice of bodhicitta (the compassionate wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings). The practice involves refining and purifying one's motivations and attitudes. In this series […]

Event Series Breakfast for the Homeless

Breakfast for the Homeless

Friendship Park 1351 North C Street, Sacramento, CA

Each month, through YOUR generosity we are able to offer a hot, hearty, nutritious breakfast to a portion of the population living among us that might otherwise go hungry. Our breakfast includes hot coffee and oatmeal with fixings, two hard-boiled eggs, and two or three pieces of fresh fruit. Each month we depend on YOU […]

Tibetan Art Symbols with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim

Sierra 2 Center, Room 14 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

Tibetan Art Symbols with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim Tuesdays 8/21 6:30pm-8:30pm Join us as Geshe Tsultrim, a highly-skilled artist, leads us on an exploration of Tibetan Art Symbols. Tibetan Buddhist art is created using Buddhist symbolism to represent certain aspects of the dharma. Buddhist figures and sacred objects tend to be esoteric and symbolic in meaning. […]

Meditations for Cultivating Stillness and Revealing Insight – with Doug Veenhof

Diamond Light Meditation Center 2791 24th Street, Room 14 (upstairs), Sacramento, CA

The close observation of individual moments of experience combined with inquiry can reveal experiential insights about the nature of the self, the mind, and the world of phenomena that have greater transformational power than conceptual analysis alone. Join Doug Veenhof as we examine how these empirical insights are what actually cut through the subtlest obscurations […]

Meditations for Cultivating Stillness and Revealing Insight – with Doug Veenhof

Diamond Light Meditation Center 2791 24th Street, Room 14 (upstairs), Sacramento, CA

The close observation of individual moments of experience combined with inquiry can reveal experiential insights about the nature of the self, the mind, and the world of phenomena that have greater transformational power than conceptual analysis alone. Join Doug Veenhof as we examine how these empirical insights are what actually cut through the subtlest obscurations […]

Our Shared Humanity – with Sunil Joseph

Diamond Light Meditation Center 2791 24th Street, Room 14 (upstairs), Sacramento, CA

In response to the busyness of our lives, we operate in doing-mode which is often disconnected from beingness. When our tasks are done, it can be difficult to let go of the doing, relax and drop back into being human again. Our humanity can feel uncomfortable, vulnerable, and unpleasant with all its complexity and messiness. […]

Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim

Sierra 2 Center, Room 14 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim 4 Tuesdays 8/28-9/18 6:30pm-8:30pm The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva is an important Lojong text containing thirty-seven verses with instructions on following the Bodhisattva path. A Bodhisattva is a person who has cultivated bodhicitta, the compassionate wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. […]