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Dharma Talks given at Common Ground Meditation Center
2017-07-30 Recognizing and Opening to What is Good 1:12:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2017-07-24 Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances - Week 3 1:37:38
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances

2017-07-23 Kindness as a Wise View 2:46:16
Mark Nunberg
For the Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection Chant please see page 26 of Common Ground Meditation Center Chant Book.
Common Ground Meditation Center
Attached Files:
  • Common Ground Meditation Center Chants (PDF)

2017-07-22 Workshop: The Happiness of Forgiveness - Living the Practice 3:21:11
with Mark Nunberg, Wynn Fricke
The practice of forgiveness releases an authentic happiness. So why do we ignore or resist it? In this workshop we will acknowledge our stories of resentments and disappointments and how they often imprison us. Forgiveness is not imaginary or hopeful, it is a deepening understanding and acceptance of what is already true. The goal of this workshop is to recognize the limitations of ill will as a strategy for life, and to appreciate letting go as the expression of deep wisdom and compassion.
Common Ground Meditation Center

2017-07-17 Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances - Week 2 69:29
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances

2017-07-12 What's So Important About Mindful Awareness? 58:00
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2017-07-10 Buddhist Studies Course - Week 1 - The Five Hindrances 1:27:49
Mark Nunberg
This seven-week course examines the Buddha’s teachings on the five hindrances that undermine the clarity and stability of mind. These afflictive states are often regular visitors for meditators. With practice, sense desire, aversion, dullness, restlessness, and doubt can be more quickly recognized with a non-judging awareness in a way that neutralizes their disturbing and obscuring effect on the mind. Developing these skills goes to the heart of calming the mind and living in a skillful and compassionate way Here are some study resources that you can use: -Gil Fronsdal’s new book, Unhindered: A Mindful Path Through the Five Hindrances, is now available. Of course, you can order a copy through Amazon. But you could support one of our local independent book stores. I have asked Moon Palace Books at 3260 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis (612) 454-0455 to order some copies for us. It might take them several days to have them in stock. I'll send an email when they are in. Gil's book provides a detailed discussion of each of the five hindrances. The book also provides instruction on how to turn the light of mindfulness directly on the hindrances so to transform them from obstructions to steps along the path of freedom. Overcoming the hindrances reveals the beauty of our hearts and the wisdom of a clear mind.
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances

2017-07-09 Keeping Practice Simple 1:23:14
Ramesh Sairam
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2017-07-09 The Pearls and Perils of Retreat Practice 1:10:27
Robb Reed
Curious about going on a meditation retreat? Robb will talk about the pearls and perils of retreat practice. He will share stories from his time in Myanmar with Sayadaw U Tejaniya, IMS, and Temple Forest Monastery in NH. At the end of June, he will have just returned from a month at The Forest Refuge with Sayadaw U Vivekananda.
Common Ground Meditation Center

2017-07-02 The Suffering that comes from Fear and the Fear that comes from Suffering 1:29:05
Patrice Koelsch
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

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