We have the Buddha’s teachings on awakening due to the practice of generosity. Without the Indian tradition of giving alms to mendicants the Buddha would not have had the means to pursue his path to liberation. Over the past 2500 …
Category: Teachings & Reflections
Sue Cochrane’s Four favorite Dharma Quotes
Sue Cochrane came to Common Ground over fifteen years ago to learn mindfulness– she was facing her first serious cancer diagnosis while parenting three young boys and working in her judicial career. When Sue first came to Common Ground she …
Meditation Instructions from Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Practice instructions from Sayadaw U Tejaniya, a Burmese meditation teacher and monk whose teachings have been influencing Mark Nunberg and other teachers in our tradition. Mark will be basing his Weekly Practice Group talks off of Sayadaw’s teachings. Here are more …
Generosity: The Art of Being Happy
Generosity: The Art of Being Happy By Mark Nunberg It’s nice to reflect on how Common Ground and this whole tradition is built on wholesomeness and the generosity of those who have come before us. It’s unfortunate that all of …
Why and How We Sit
Why and How We Sit April 19, 2017 Mark Nunberg There’s an old saying: “If we always do what we’ve always done, we’ll always get what we’ve always got.” This old proverb helps us understand why a person might want …
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What is our practice?
Dear Friends, Mindfulness is the practice of opening to and understanding the moment just as it is, whether we are practicing sitting meditation, cooking dinner, or advocating for justice. To begin we make the necessary effort to calm the mind …
Sutta Study Reflection Theme 5-6-17
From Craving to Liberation, From Grasping to Emptiness: Excursions into the Thought-World of the Pali Discourses by Bhikkhu Analayo, Chapter 24, Liberation / Vimutti To be read out loud: 24.2 Third paragraph on page 289 to the last full paragraph …
Wisdom from Kabir, Mark Nunberg, and Agnes De Mille
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap …
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Thoughts from Myoshin Kelley and Mark Nunberg
Hi all, Thanks to Andrew for taking these notes at recent weekly practice groups! A paraphrase from Myoshin’s talk: The Buddha did teach that the nature of all phenomena is emptiness, but this does not mean a void. It is …
Letting Go
Letting go happens, but it’s not something we decide to do. It happens because there is understanding, and understanding brings change. An excerpt from The Way It Is by Ajahn Sumedho: The Buddha pointed to the way of seeing things …
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