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Dear Common Ground Friends, I feel a great debt of gratitude to the people of Burma or Myanmar and more generally the Buddhist culture of Southeast Asia for being such faithful stewards of the Buddha’s teachings for so many centuries. We are the direct be...

Dear Common Ground Friends, The Buddha’s teachings on wise view can be a gift when our lives feel challenging or overwhelming. Wise view offers an opportunity to know that even in challenging moments, we are not broken, not beyond repair, and not separat...

Dear Common Ground Friends, I am out at Common Ground Retreat Center in Western Wisconsin leading a retreat and renewing my appreciation for this important human ritual of retreating. I am always impressed and grateful that folks are willing to voluntari...