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		<title>Amma Thanasanti this weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us for a special weekend of programs with Amma Thanasanti.  (Amma) Thanasanti Bhikkhuni first encountered the Dhamma in 1979,  and in 1989, she joined the nun’s community in the Ajahn Chah Forest Tradition and lived there for 20 years. &#8230; <a href="http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/amma-thanasanti-this-weekend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Practitioners of Color Community Group</title>
		<link>http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/practitioners-of-color-community-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This on-going group meets bi-weekly on Thursday evenings and is intended as a space for practitioners of color to sit together, and share experiences and influences of the Dharma in our community and in our daily lives.   This group &#8230; <a href="http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/practitioners-of-color-community-group/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop Saturday:  Mindfulness and Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this workshop we will explore mindfulness practice in the context of leadership, considering questions such as: What does it mean to live out our awareness practice as leaders? How does the practice of mindfulness influence the way we understand &#8230; <a href="http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/workshop-saturday-mindfulness-and-leadership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Flicks:  Lars and the Real Girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join other spiritual truth seekers for a movie with inspiring dharma themes. Stick around afterward for discussion. We will be showing Lars and The Real Girl, directed by Craig Gillespie on Saturday, April 20th starting at 7 p.m.  No registration &#8230; <a href="http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/dharma-flicks-lars-and-the-real-girl/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poem by Rilke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Kaia Svien for sharing this little gem with us&#8230; Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you &#8230; <a href="http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/reflection/poem-by-rilke/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feeding the Retreatants</title>
		<link>http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/feeding-the-retreatants-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an ancient Buddhist tradition for the community to support those doing intensive retreat practice.  One way to support the retreatants is by providing food in the form of cooking, baking or donating groceries.  If you would like to &#8230; <a href="http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/feeding-the-retreatants-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop:  The Four Noble Truths-The Buddha&#8217;s First Teaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is still room in Saturday&#8217;s workshop with Rita Gross, The Four Noble Truths- The Buddha&#8217;s First Teaching. Please contact the center if you are interested in participating in this workshop with Rita who is an internationally known feminist scholar-practitioner.]]></description>
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		<title>Fence</title>
		<link>http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/reflection/fence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Woolley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: this is the piece that was read at the Festival of Giving on September 8.  Many thanks to Victoria Woolley for sharing this story. When I moved into my Seward neighborhood home there was an old but serviceable cedar &#8230; <a href="http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/reflection/fence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Half Day Retreat Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/half-day-retreat-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/half-day-retreat-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is still space available in the half day retreat with Merra Young on Saturday, September 1st from 1:00-5:00 p.m.  Contact info@commongroundmeditation.org to register.]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/fall-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/fall-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly Graf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone, The  Fall Newsletter is now available!  Feel free to peruse it on the web or pick up a paper copy at the Center.  We will be preparing the newsletter for mailing on Sunday right after the morning practice group.  If &#8230; <a href="http://www.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/fall-newsletter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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