Events

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 […]

Event Series Our Shared Humanity – with Sunil Joseph

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. […]

Event Series Learn Tibetan Buddhist Meditation!

Learn Tibetan Buddhist Meditation!

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

Evidence shows that even 5 minutes of meditation a day can go a long way to reduce stress, increase happiness, and sharpen focus. Sometimes it seems just getting to the cushion is the biggest obstacle! Join long time meditator and Tibetan Buddhist practitioner David Drabble as he shows us what it takes to set up […]

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. […]

Escaping Uncertainty, a Study of Buddhist Ethics with Heather Breault

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

The Buddha taught that to reduce suffering and live a happy life, you must watch your actions and live a life of virtue. Luckily, he laid out a code of ethics to follow that would do just that. In a world where morality seems to be declining, in this course will learn the reasons to […]