The purpose of this session is to review ritual practices in Tibetan Buddhism. We will spend time to understand how to integrate them into your daily practice, and enrich the meditation experience. This will include the basics of setting up a home altar, water bowl offerings, and preliminary practices.
Saturday, February 3, 2024
9:00 am – 12:30 pm (PST)
This class will be held in-person only (no hybrid option). Location:
Sierra 2 Center, Room 14
2791 24th Street, Sacramento CA 95818
There is a parking lot off 4th Ave, behind the Sierra 2 Center; the room is on the second floor.
Suggested donation: $10-$30 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.
Ways to Donate:
Website: www.diamondlightsac.org/donate/
PayPal: Diamond Light on PayPal
Venmo: Diamond Light on Venmo
About the Teacher: David Drabble is a long-time meditator and Buddhist practitioner. He leads the Monday evening meditation classes for Diamond Light, has been a sangha member for over 14 years, and is the President of Diamond Light’s Board of Directors.
After meeting on Zoom the past few years, we are excited to get together with Diamond Light community in person and meditate together! We will review the basics of Calm Abiding meditation, and the structure of a traditional Tibetan Buddhist daily practice, known as “Sadhana”. We will end our morning by practicing together a guided Calm Abiding and a Tibetan Sadhana meditation.
Saturday, January 20, 2024
9:00 am – 12:30 pm (PST)
This class will be held in-person only (no hybrid option). Location:
Sierra 2 Center, Room 14
2791 24th Street, Sacramento CA 95818
There is a parking lot off 4th Ave, behind the Sierra 2 Center; the room is on the second floor.
Suggested donation: $10-$30 to cover expenses, which include ongoing rent for our Center, fees to provide online services and supporting our teachers. No one turned away due to lack of funds.
Ways to Donate:
Website: www.diamondlightsac.org/donate/
PayPal: Diamond Light on PayPal
Venmo: Diamond Light on Venmo
About the Teacher: David Drabble is a long-time meditator and Buddhist practitioner. He leads the Monday evening meditation classes for Diamond Light, has been a sangha member for over 14 years, and is the President of Diamond Light’s Board of Directors.
The Path to Genuine Happiness
with Dr. B. Alan Wallace and co-teacher Eva Natanya
Saturday & Sunday, January 11 & 12, 2020, 9am-5pm at Curtis Hall at the Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community
Where is the path to genuine happiness? Would you like to go deeper, explore the way and know more about the Buddhist view of genuine happiness?
Join author, scholar, scientist, Buddhist and founder of the Center for Contemplative Research, Dr. B. Alan Wallace, as he shares insights gleaned from decades of contemplation and work with such spiritual leaders as His Holiness the 14th Dali Lama. Dr. Wallace will be assisted by co-teacher Eva Natanya, PhD, scholar, lecturer, writer and translator.
Meditations offered during this two-day weekend workshop present a path to inner fulfillment and human flourishing. This is a happiness through the awareness of our own inner obstacles and the realization of the inherent resources in our hearts and minds. You will probe the nature of awareness itself, following the path of genuine happiness to its source and probing into the nature of consciousness.
Aimed at people inspired to explore the path in more detail and to gain insights into the Buddhist view of genuine happiness, this weekend retreat will include an introduction to the path (known as the nine stages of shamatha) with guided meditations and Buddhist perspectives useful for both beginning and experienced practitioners. The afternoons will introduce compassion and heart-opening practices and the days may conclude with Q&A, if time permits.
Cost: General admission starts at $80 per day*; scholarships available; no one turned away due to lack of funds
*Base fee of $80 per day primarily covers event costs and teachers’ expenses; higher fee amounts support scholarships; teachers are not paid and rely solely on donations (see explanation of Dana on event information page)
**If you want to attend the entire weekend workshop, you must register for both days!!
For details and to register, go to www.diamondlightsac.org and click on the event link. (https://mailchi.mp/c17c587f32b5/balanwallacesacramento)
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Dr. Wallace, a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970, has taught Buddhist theory and meditation worldwide since 1976. Having devoted fourteen years to training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, ordained by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, he went on to earn an undergraduate degree in Physics and the Philosophy of Science at Amherst College and a doctorate in Religious Studies at Stanford.
Since 1987, Dr. Wallace has been a frequent translator and contributor to meetings between the Dalai Lama and prominent scientists. He has written and translated over forty books and is regarded as one of the West’s preeminent meditation teachers. In 2002, he founded the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, which is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and education to advance understanding of the nature and potentials of consciousness.
The Center for Contemplative Research in Tuscany, Italy, is a current project of the Santa Barbara Institute and was established as a nexus for advancing interdisciplinary and cross-cultural understanding that joins scientific knowledge and spiritual practice. It is a non-sectarian organization that reaches out to the scientific and academic communities, a variety of contemplative traditions, and the general public.
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Eva Natanya is a scholar of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, an academic lecturer, writer, translator and retreat leader. She has earned an masters degree in Christian Systematic Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and a doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia. For over twenty years, she has studied mediation, yoga, and philosophy in both the Christian and Buddhist traditions with master teachers in the United States, England, and India.
Join a community of meditators to learn meditation techniques and practices. Led by long time meditator and Buddhist practitioner David Drabble, join a supportive group to grow your meditation practice. Every Monday from 6:30pm-7:30pm PT, January 22 thru December 16, 2024 Offered on Zoom: Click the link to join: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115 Meeting ID is: 224 735 […]
Join a community of meditators to learn meditation techniques and practices. Led by long time meditator and Buddhist practitioner David Drabble, join a supportive group to grow your meditation practice. Every Monday from 6:30pm-7:30pm PT, January 22 thru December 16, 2024 Offered on Zoom: Click the link to join: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115 Meeting ID is: 224 735 […]
Join a community of meditators to learn meditation techniques and practices. Led by long time meditator and Buddhist practitioner David Drabble, join a supportive group to grow your meditation practice. Every Monday from 6:30pm-7:30pm PT, January 22 thru December 16, 2024 Offered on Zoom: Click the link to join: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115 Meeting ID is: 224 735 […]
Diamond Light Meditation Center
2791 24th Street, Room 14 (upstairs), Sacramento, CA
Join a community of meditators to learn meditation techniques and practices. Led by long time meditator and Buddhist practitioner David Drabble, join a supportive group to grow your meditation practice. […]
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2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA, United States
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