Events

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. […]

Being A Game Changer: Taking Our Practice Into the World with Winston McCullough

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

Learn to be happier, healthier and more peaceful while living an engaged spiritual life. Discover how to make a real difference in the well-being of others. We will focus on cultivating and applying mindfulness, wisdom and compassion in our relationships with others, serving beneficial causes in the world, relating to our technology and how we […]

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. […]

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 […]

Hurry Up and Wait: Radical Meditation for Modern Times with Keith Dowman

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

Looking to deepen your meditation practice or learn new meditation techniques? Join Keith Dowman as he leads us through the principles of the Dzogchen path, a profound and effective tradition of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism enabling us to attain perfect enlightenment for the benefit of ourselves and all living beings. Considered to be the heart […]

Event Series Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

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

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation The benefits of meditation are vast. It calms the mind and is the foundation for every spiritual realization. Meditating 5 minutes a day and more can change our brains, our minds and our view of the world we live in. Buddhist meditation is part of a tradition of techniques that go […]