Dear Common Ground Friends, We are sometimes confused by the emphasis Buddhism places on daily meditation and retreat practice given our intuition that running from the messiness in our lives is not a lasting answer to either our global or …
Author: Ashley Berry
Weekly Email 5-18-23
Dear Common Ground Friends, In her book, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, Sharon Salzberg describes faith as “The willing suspension of disbelief.” So, rather than thinking of faith as taking up a belief, in Buddhist terms, faith is a willingness …
Weekly Email 5-11-23
Dear Common Ground Friends, Dear Common Ground Friends, After spending much of April teaching at Common Ground’s Retreat Center, I am newly inspired by what we as a community have been able to do together over these past ten years …
Weekly Email 5-4-23
Registration Open for Upcoming Residential Retreats Dear Common Ground Friends, We might think of intentions as a powerful force that guides and shapes our lives. Reflecting on our values or intentions can keep our lives moving in the direction we want them …
Weekly Email 4-26-23
Dear Common Ground Friends, Although we can probably agree that compassion is good, there is often confusion about what compassion actually is. Buddhist practice emphasizes a clear and intimate connection with our internal and external conditions, moment by moment. This …
Weekly Email 4-14-23
Dear Common Ground Friends, Just a week ago I noticed signs of life sprouting in the rain garden at Common Ground’s city center and then just a couple of days ago, the subtle green popping through the earth had grown …
Weekly Email 4-19-23
Dear Common Ground Friends, We share an Earth Day Invitation from Common Ground Teacher Kaia Svien: Earth Day 2023 calls us to community to attend to the state of our beloved blue planet. Weather changes of so many kinds all …
Weekly Email 4-6-23
Dear Common Ground Friends, The Buddha taught, “Whoever is addicted to society and worldly bustle, they will not partake of the happiness of renunciation, dispassion, peace, awakening.” Our awareness practice is an invitation to wholeness. We practice recognizing the activities …
Weekly Email 3-31-23
Dear Common Ground Friends, This week we share words from community member Charlie Birge, who recently began a new Common Ground community group called Learning to Approach Social and Political Conflict with Skill and Kindness, co-facilitated with Gabe Keller Flores: …
Weekly Email 3-22-23
Dear Common Ground Friends, As students of the Buddha’s teachings, we learn to return over and over again to the direct immediate and intimate study of dukkha, the pervasive and inherent unsatisfactoriness of existence. This insight does not discount the …
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2700 East 26th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406, 612-722-8260