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SUMMARY:Breakfast for the Homeless
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur 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 to provide the eggs and fruit and to help serve breakfast\, often to as many as 275 people\, at Friendship Park. \nTo sign up to donate food\, supplies and other resources\, or to help serve breakfast follow this link: https://tinyurl.com/DL-BreakfastProgram ***The downtown Sacramento drop off location is listed within each food donation description.*** \nYou can also email us at breakfastprogramsac@gmail.com \nFood donations can be dropped off any time during the day prior to the breakfast. \nNot near or unavailable to help out in person??? Cash donations help us to purchase supplies when donations run low – which they sometimes do – and also to provide a special breakfast on Christmas morning. Online donations may be made on our website (http://www.diamondlightsac.org/donate/)\, please select “Homeless Breakfast ” from the drop-down menu. \nIf you prefer you can mail a check to Diamond Light\, 2791 24th St\, Sacramento 95818. \nAlong with breakfast we often handout other supplies as well. We are always on the lookout for reusable bags to serve breakfast in\, rain ponchos\, and reusable hot cups to distribute. Next time you’re cleaning out your closets and cupboards keep us in mind if you find a stash of conference giveaway bags\, an old duffle bag or backpack\, perhaps even a small overnight bag or cache of unused large purses. Send us an email at breakfastprogramsac@gmail.com you can drop those off anytime at our easy-to-park-at downtown location 😉 \nQuestions? Please email breakfastprogramsac@gmail.com \nThank you so much for all you do to support the program. \n#BreakfastProgramSac
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/breakfast-for-the-homeless-12/2018-10-08/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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SUMMARY:Learn Tibetan Buddhist Meditation!
DESCRIPTION: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 and keep a daily practice! Each class will have instruction\, discussion and meditation.  \nMondays 10/1-10/29 6:30-8:00pm\nat Diamond Light Meditation Center\n2791 24th Street\, Room 14 (upstairs)\nSacramento\, CA 95818\nparking lot in back\, ADA accessible \nsuggested donation: $10-$20 per class\, no one turned away for lack of funds \nwww.diamondlightsac.org
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/learn-tibetan-buddhist-meditation-3/2018-10-08/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181009T183000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Introduction to Buddhist Meditation \nThe 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. \nBuddhist meditation is part of a tradition of techniques that go back at least 5\,000 years. Like any other skill\, proper technique makes meditation easier\, more productive and saves you a lot of time. This class is perfect for those who are new to meditating and would like an introduction to the fundamental practices: posture\, types of meditation\, progressive stages of meditation and how to develop a meditation practice. Each class will have teaching\, discussions\, and practice. \n3 Tuesdays: 10/2\, 10/9\, 10/23*\n6:30-8:30pm\nat Diamond Light Meditation Center\n271 24th Street\, Room 14 (upstairs)\nSacramento\, CA 95818 \nHome \n\nAll classes are donation based\, drop ins welcome!\n*please note on 10/16 there will be a special meditation event with another teacher! Please join us for that event! \nMarc Ross was introduced to Buddhism and meditation through the study of yoga in the mid 1990’s. Since then he has been blessed to study the teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche\, Geshe Michael Roach\, Alan Wallace along with several other wonderful teachers. He has been teaching meditation in the US and Europe for 15 years and is delighted to once again have the opportunity to pass on this delightful practice.
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/introduction-to-buddhist-meditation/2018-10-09/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181010T183000
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SUMMARY:Escaping Uncertainty\, a Study of Buddhist Ethics with Heather Breault
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn a world where morality seems to be declining\, in this course will learn the reasons to choose an ethical life. How this leads to deeper happiness and fulfillment\, and ultimately freedom from suffering.  \nThe Ethical Life covers the Buddhist code of ethics and the relationship between an ethical way of life\, meditating deeply\, and experiencing ultimate reality.  \nTopics include: the three trainings; one day vows; the five lifetime lay vows; the individual freedom vows; an outline of novice\, intermediate\, and fully ordained monastic vows; the essence of vows; the basic nature of vows; reasons to live an ethical life; reasons to take vows; why morality is the key to meditation and seeing emptiness directly; how to keep vows from being damaged; how vows are lost; the specific karma resulting from each of the ten non-virtues; how to find a teacher; the characteristics of a qualified teacher; taking refuge; the four forces of karmic purification; the four truths; and the six perfections.  \nThis class is for students who have taken introductory Buddhist classes. This course is open for the first three weeks\, afterwards please wait for the next course to begin attending. \nEach class will have a dharma teachings\, discussion and meditations. There are optional readings\, homework and quizzes for deeper study and understanding.  \n10 Wednesdays September 5-November 7\, 6:30pm-8:30pm\nat Diamond Light Meditation Center\n2791 24th Street\, Room 14 (upstairs)\, Sacramento CA 95818\nparking lot in back\, ADA accessible \ncost: suggested donation $10-$20 per class\, no one turned away for lack of funds \nwww.diamondlightsac.org \n \nHeather started practicing yoga in 2001 and finished her teacher training in 2008. Yoga is what led her to Buddhism\, with her first class taught by Lama Marut in 2008. She has studied with many amazing teachers over the years\, her closest teacher being Amie Diller. Heather’s passion is the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition\, in the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She recently finished a six year\, eighteen course intensive and is excited to share these classes with others.  \nHeather grew up in Northern California and received her Bachelor of the Arts in Communication at San Diego State University. She also has an Associate of the Arts degree in Visual Communication from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/escaping-uncertainty-a-study-of-buddhist-ethics-with-heather-breault/2018-10-10/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hurry Up and Wait: Radical Meditation for Modern Times with Keith Dowman
DESCRIPTION: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. \nConsidered to be the heart of all Buddhist teachings\, Dzogchen has been practiced throughout history by masters of all different schools of Buddhism\, including by the current Dalai Lama and his predecessors. \nThe Dzogchen view and meditation recognize the perfection of the here and now\, regardless of one’s emotional or intellectual state of mind\, inducing satisfaction in the moment by demonstrating the non-duality of reality. There is no distinction between the goal and the starting point\, and each moment achieved is also an achievement of the goal.  \nThis weekend seminar will include teachings and meditations. \nSaturday and Sunday October 13 and 14\, 10:00am-4:00pm (with a lunch break)\nat Diamond Light Meditation Center\n2791 24th Street\, Room 14 Sacramento CA 95818\n[upstairs\, ADA accessible\, parking lot in the rear]\ncost: $100-$150 for full weekend. No one turned away for lack of funds. Scholarships available\, please email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com for information. \nPlease pre-register here: https://goo.gl/forms/1nrSRywgkfrT7tfs2 \nWe encourage attendees commit to the entire weekend.  \n \nKeith Dowman\, a cultural exile from England\, has spent his life since the mid-sixties living in India and Nepal. During this time he has led a renunciate lifestyle within the ethos of Dzogchen which he learned primarily from the first generation of Nyingma Lamas to teach and practice outside of Tibet\, in particular Dudjom Rinpoche and Kanjur Rinpoche. He is familiar with the Tibetan Literary Language and has translated a battery of Dzogchen texts which are both manuals and poems of realization. He teaches “Radical Dzogchen” which embodies the essential Dzogchen view and meditation and yet is free of cultural embellishment. Living a nomadic lifestyle\, Keith has taught in Asia\, Europe\, and America’s since the early 1990s.
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/hurry-up-and-wait-radical-meditation-for-modern-times-with-keith-dowman/2018-10-13/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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