
Providing a refuge in the heart of Santa Cruz
ISC Guiding Teacher Installation Ceremony
Sunday October 15
1:00-3:00 PT; Outdoor Potluck at 3:00 PT
All may join via Zoom
Insight Santa Cruz will mark the installation of a new Guiding Teacher as we officially welcome Dawn Neal to her role as the new spiritual leader of the center and for Dawn to invite Sr. Teacher Tenzin Chogkyi to be her advisor and aide. We will be honoring the service of Bob Stahl and Mary Grace Orr in steering our Sangha during this transitional period. The ceremony will be followed by a potluck on the outdoor patio.
Meditating with Insight-Oriented Art
Friday and Saturday Nov 3 & 4
Fri 4:00-9:00; Sat 12:00-6:00 PT
In Center “Come and Go” Event
This event is an immersive experience with Meditative Minimalist Landscape Paintings. People will have a chance to sit in front of their chosen meditative painting and use the painting as an anchor of focus to start or to have eyes open throughout their meditation. The paintings were created by ISC Dhamma Leader, Shane Hill intended to facilitate meditation and expansion of awareness for the viewer.
Practicing Compassion with Ajahn Ñāniko
Saturday, October 21
9:00-4:30 PT
Online from Abhayagiri Monastary
Compassion, or karuna in Pāli, is an important foundational quality for our Dhamma practice. It helps us to nurture feelings of empathy for others, and is an antidote to thoughts of wanting to harm others. The day will include Taking the precepts, chanting, sitting, walking, observing the meal offering (before the break), a dharma talk and time for Q&A.
Daily Schedule
2023 September
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event
- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & OnlineFeatured 11:00 am - 12:30 pmA Year to Live
In Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:30 pmUnlocking True Happiness: Keys to Personal Healing and Global Transformation – First and Third Sundays
In Center & Online Scheduled Holiday
ͺSanta Cruz3:00 pm - 4:30 pmDharma Friends : Living with Disability or Chronic Illness
In Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:00 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online- 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Dhamma of Illness Support Group for those Living with Pain or Illness – 1st Tuesday
Online12:00 pm - 1:15 pmAll Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmWatsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event
- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & OnlineFeatured 1:00 pm - 3:30 pmEightfold Path Program
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
Online5:00 pm - 6:00 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
All Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmWatsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmRainbow Sangha Sit – 2nd Tuesday
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online5:30 pm - 7:00 pmDhamma Friends: Waking up to White Privilege – 2nd Thursday
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event
- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:30 pmUnlocking True Happiness: Keys to Personal Healing and Global Transformation – First and Third Sundays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
Online3:00 pm - 4:30 pmDharma Friends : Living with Disability or Chronic Illness
In Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:00 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Online7:00 pm - 8:45 pmPeer Led : Men’s Dharma Group – 3rd Monday
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
All Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmWatsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmBuddhism and Addiction Recovery – 3rd Tuesday
In Center - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event
- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online10:15 am - 10:30 amTaking of the Refuges and Precepts – 4th Sunday
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
Online5:00 pm - 6:00 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Online - 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Sitting with Grief – Last Tuesday of the Month
Online12:00 pm - 1:15 pmAll Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmWatsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event