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Dharma Talks
2025-04-06 Appreciative Joy - Meditation 30:54
Mark Nunberg
The weekly practice groups are designed to be a cornerstone for one's practice by providing ongoing instruction and teachings that will help illuminate the simple but challenging practice of mindfulness. The Buddha taught that mindfulness is the way to go beyond habits of distraction and grasping. To walk this path of wisdom and compassion, we need the support of a community that shares this intention. Each session includes a guided meditation, dharma talk, and discussion. Both experienced and beginning meditators are welcome. No registration necessary. Led by Mark Nunberg and guest teachers. Mark Nunberg began his practice in 1982 and has been teaching meditation since 1990. He co-founded Common Ground Meditation Center in Minneapolis in 1993 with Wynn Fricke and continues to serve as the center’s Guiding Teacher. Mark has studied with both Asian and Western teachers and finds deep inspiration in the teachings of the Buddha. Mark practiced as a monk for five months in Burma and completed four three-month retreats at Insight Meditation Society Retreat Center, as well as many months of intensive retreat practice at The Forest Refuge. Mark continues to be a grateful student of Buddhist practice.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2025-04-06 Appreciative Joy - Talk 36:42
Mark Nunberg
The weekly practice groups are designed to be a cornerstone for one's practice by providing ongoing instruction and teachings that will help illuminate the simple but challenging practice of mindfulness. The Buddha taught that mindfulness is the way to go beyond habits of distraction and grasping. To walk this path of wisdom and compassion, we need the support of a community that shares this intention. Each session includes a guided meditation, dharma talk, and discussion. Both experienced and beginning meditators are welcome. No registration necessary. Led by Mark Nunberg and guest teachers. Mark Nunberg began his practice in 1982 and has been teaching meditation since 1990. He co-founded Common Ground Meditation Center in Minneapolis in 1993 with Wynn Fricke and continues to serve as the center’s Guiding Teacher. Mark has studied with both Asian and Western teachers and finds deep inspiration in the teachings of the Buddha. Mark practiced as a monk for five months in Burma and completed four three-month retreats at Insight Meditation Society Retreat Center, as well as many months of intensive retreat practice at The Forest Refuge. Mark continues to be a grateful student of Buddhist practice.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2025-04-06 Dharma in Daily Life: Parenting as a Path of Growth 45:26
Johnathan Woodside
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-04-06 Overcoming Fear and Dread 13:18:17
Ayya Santussika
This dhamma talk and Q&A was offered on April 5, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2025-04-06 Morning instructions: Mindfulness of mind states 56:20
Yuka Nakamura
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students – 25AMW

2025-04-05 Participatory intelligence 34:02
Ajahn Sucitto
Dhamma Stream Online Sessions

2025-04-05 Unpacking Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:25
Cara Lai
The deepest kind of peace: what it is, what it isn't, how it relates to boundaries and action in the world, and how to find it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2025-04-05 Saddhā - Trust 61:17
Yuka Nakamura
Saddhā - trust or confidence - is a fundamental quality that we need on our path. Why can it be difficult to trust? What is actually trustworthy? How does it manifest in our mind and in our actions?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students – 25AMW

2025-04-05 Guided Meditation 18:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Dhamma Stream Online Sessions

2025-04-05 Dhamma transmission is based on a mutual openness 38:05
Ajahn Sucitto
A review of the Channa Sutta (S.22:90) in which Bhikkhu Channa receives Dhamma through being open and welcomed - despite his bad reputation. The teaching he receives from Ven. Ananda points to the openness beyond affirmation or denial of conditioned existence. This instructs us to handle our intentions, interpretations and perspectives carefully without fixation.
Cittaviveka

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