Meditation & Dharma Talk with Rick Maddock (Cultivating mindfulness, feeling tone...) Hybrid event

Name: Meditation & Dharma Talk with Rick Maddock (Cultivating mindfulness, feeling tone...) Hybrid event
Start: 2024-07-11T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-07-11T21:00:00-07:00
Location: Sacramento Insight Meditation

Schedule

Thu Jul 11 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Sacramento Insight Meditation | Sacramento, CA

Insight Meditation & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rick Maddock (Hybrid event)
Talk topic: The benefits of cultivating mindfulness of feeling tone (Vedanā)
* 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-2024jul11/. To attend in-person, which we encourage, visit 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA.
The benefits of cultivating mindfulness of feeling tone (Vedanā):
Vedanā is often defined as the feeling quality of any experience, which is felt along a spectrum from pleasant, through neutral, to unpleasant. The Buddha attributed great importance to cultivating mindfulness of Vedanā. Tonight's discussion will examine some of the beneficial effects of this practice, with reference to insights from both early Buddhism and modern neuroscience.
RICK MADDOCK, MD, is a professor of psychiatry who teaches and conducts neuroscience research at the UC Davis School of Medicine. A long-time dharma practitioner with a focus on the teachings of early Indian Buddhism, Rick has completed Spirit Rock’s training programs for senior students and teaches dharma in the Sacramento area and Sierra foothills. His teachings explore the convergence between contemporary scientific insights about the human brain and the wisdom traditions and practices of Buddhism.