Living The Buddhist Vows Tuesdays August 1-29, 2023 6:30pm-8:30pm PDT Join Heather Breault and Sunil Joseph for a compassionate reflection into your relationship with the 10 non-virtues and their opposite virtues. We will look at how to bring the practice alive in our lives, making it relevant to us through our personal experience. This is […]
The term 'karma' is used a lot in our society, but how does karma really work? Join Jay Nair as he continues the Dharma Essentials courses with an explanation of karma. Tuesdays, November 7th – 28th 6:30pm-8:30pm Hybrid options for attending: You can attend in person: 2791 24th Street, Room 14 Sacramento CA 95818 (parking […]
Cultivating Emotional Balance Six-Week Online Course With Anand Parikshak and Lani Potts October 19th through November 30th (no class November 23 due to Thanksgiving) Thursday evenings, 6:30-8:30 PM PDT Cost: $195-$235 Scholarships available, email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com to request a scholarship Preregistration Required, Space is limited! Register now: https://bookwhen.com/diamondlightsac/e/ev-s8kg-20231005183000 Join us in developing skills and learning tools […]
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 […]
Sunil Joseph leads transformative groups in California prisons, aiding incarcerated individuals to diminish their reactivity by employing mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices. Join Sunil to discover how these powerful tools can be leveraged to help us live in greater harmony with our moral and ethical values. Explore the profound impact that mindfulness and emotional intelligence […]
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 […]
Exploration of Emptiness Tuesdays February 6-27, 2024 6:30pm-8:30pm PDT Join Heather Breault and Pamela Rasada for an exploration into emptiness and gain insight into the ultimate nature of our reality. We will look at how to bring this abstract idea into our everyday lives, and how to absorb the idea of the infinite potential we […]
POSTPONED Clarifying our Relationship to Power: A Vajrapani Retreat with Rob Preece 4-Day Online Retreat Friday April 12, 2024-Monday April 15, 2024 7am-5pm PDT Please plan to attend all days, no partial retreat available Sliding scale $200-$300 Scholarships available, please email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com to request a scholarship. Space is limited so register now: https://bookwhen.com/diamondlightsac/e/ev-sek2-20240412070000 This retreat […]
Becoming a Spiritual Warrior: The Pledges of a Bodhisattva Being a Bodhisattva is such a powerful idea that the word itself has in recent years become synonymous with acts of kindness and generosity. Yet many aren’t aware of what Bodhisattva truly means. We’ll explore why a Bodhisattva is a Spiritual Warrior, and learn the vows […]
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 […]