Meditation & Dharma Talk with Diane Wilde - Hybrid event

Name: Meditation & Dharma Talk with Diane Wilde - Hybrid event
Start: 2025-12-11T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-11T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Sacramento Insight Meditation

Schedule

Thu Dec 11 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Sacramento Insight Meditation | Sacramento, CA

Insight Meditation & Dharma Talk with SIM Teacher Diane Wilde (Hybrid event)
Talk topic - to be announced
* The teacher will present in-person at the Dharma Center.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person.
Approximate Schedule:
- 7:00 pm Announcements & Greetings
- 7:10 pm Sitting Meditation
- 7:40 pm Break
- 7:50 pm Dharma talk / discussion
- 9:00 pm End talk / discussion
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This hybrid event is free however donations are gratefully accepted as SIM is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Donations may be tax deductible consistent with current state and federal guidelines.
To offer a donation or to join this event via Zoom visit https://sactoinsight.org/event/weekly-meeting-2025dec11/. To attend in-person, which we encourage, visit 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA.
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DIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project in 2010 and has been a prison chaplain for 22 years. Along with teaching in prisons, she also teaches at retreats for “returning citizens.” She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program, Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership Training Program and in 2015 was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by her teacher, Gil Fronsdal. Gil gave her the Pali name “Vimuttipala”, which means “Defender of Freedom.” She is a board member of Sati Center for Buddhist Studies located in Redwood City.