The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
Dharma Teachers of Common Ground Meditation Center
Renie Howard

Rita Gross
Rita M. Gross was internationally known for her innovative work on gender and religion. She was also a Buddhist dharma teacher having been appointed to that position by Her Eminence Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche. Rita Gross taught on a wide variety of topics and led meditation retreats of varying lengths. She specialized in bringing together the values and perspective of academic research and Buddhist dharma teachings.

Robb Reed
Robb Reed discovered the peace and joy that comes with meditation after a week with Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village, France in 1993. Upon his return, he practiced at the Minnesota Zen Center. He came to Common Ground in 2002. Since his retirement from teaching in the Minneapolis Public Schools for 27 years, he has delighted in the freedom of taking longer retreats. Robb ordained as a monk for 6 weeks in Myanmar in 2015 and the following year spent 6 weeks on retreat at Insight Meditation Society followed by another 6 weeks at Temple Forest Monastery. He works part-time for the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).

Roger Jackson

Ruth King
Ruth King is an insight meditation teacher and emotional wisdom author and life coach. Mentored in Theravada Buddhism and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, King teaches at insight meditation communities nationwide and offers the Mindful of Race Training program to teams and organizations. King is on the teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and is the author of several publications including Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism From The Inside Out. www.RuthKing.net

Santikaro
Santikaro lived with Ajahn Buddhadasa during the last nine years of his life and became his primary translator. Ordained as a Theravada Bhikkhu in 1985, Santikaro spent most of his monastic life at Suan Mokkh. During this time he led Dawn Kiam, a small monastic community for foreigners. He is the founder of Liberation Park, a modern expression of Buddhist practice, study, and social responsibility, located in rural southwestern Wisconsin. There he continues to teach, explore nature, and translate the work of his teacher. He teaches Buddhism and meditation with an emphasis on the early Pali sources and is a lucid interpreter of the original teachings and discourses.

scottie hall

Sharon Salzberg
The most compelling part of my practice right now comes in the form of my writing. For a long time, I've focused my teaching and writing on lovingkindness. Now as I look more deeply into lovingkindness, I find that it actually rests on another foundation, the expression of faith.

Shelly Graf
Shelly Graf is Common Ground's Associate Director and is currently being trained by Insight Meditation Society as part of their four-year Teacher Training. They are a staff dharma teacher, like Mark Nunberg, the Guiding Teacher. Shelly provides direct support to the guiding teacher with developing and clarifying the center’s vision, policies, and priorities. Currently they teach the Wednesday night Weekly Practice Group, Daylong and Half-Day Retreats, and co-lead Living the Practice Workshops.

Shoshana Alexander

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