Grace and The Great Turning When you act on behalf Of something greater than yourself, you begin to feel it acting through you with a power greater than your own. This is grace. Today, as we take …
Category: Teachings & Reflections
Current Weekly Practice Group Theme: Lovingkindness
Metta, or lovingkindness, is the current weekly practice group theme. You can find many resources on the subject here, if you’d like to do additional study: Practices of Lovingkindness
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The Icy Couch by Charlotte Joko Beck
Here is the link to the article: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lIStVBxtzqOeNDnIJHbnwH3Jx82hL1e7ndJt0fwdypg/edit
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Resources on Relating Wisely with Thought for Weekly Practice Group study
Here are links to related articles: Taking Responsibility for Our Thoughts: Reflections on the Vitakkasanthana Sutta, by Mark W. Muesse, Insight Journal 2001 Meeting your thoughts at a resting place, By Jason Siff MN19, Dvedhavitakka Sutta: Two Sorts of Thinking, translated by …
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Dana, Freely Giving and Freely Receiving by John Dienhart
Much thanks to John Dienhart for taking the time to write down his reflections on generosity (dana), titled: Dana, Freely Giving and Freely Receiving When I first came to Common Ground in the summer of 2015 I did not understand the concept …
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A Community Member’s Reflections on Dana (Generosity)
Written by community member Laura Molde: I’m confident most of you know that Dana is most commonly defined as generosity. I agree with that definition and think generosity has a very important part in the concept of Dana, but it …
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Samadhi: The arising of the five jhanic factors and the abandoning of the five hindrances
Samadhi: The arising of the five jhanic factors and the abandoning of the five hindrances The Buddha teaches that the mind is radiant and pure, but as we all know, this essential clarity and freedom of mind is often …
Emptiness and Compassion Chapter from Guy Armstrong
Hi folks, Here is a scan of the Emptiness and Compassion chapter from Guy Armstrong’s book Emptiness. Mark and Shelly have been giving talks on this subject recently and will continue to use the book as a complementary text for …
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Gail Iverson’s Reflections on Dana
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 …
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 …
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