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		<title>Class: “The Path is the Way” with Patrice Koelsch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 6, 2010; 7:15 am to 8:30 am. April 13, 2010; 7:15 am to 8:30 am. April 20, 2010; 7:15 am to 8:30 am. ] This past winter I’ve been invigorated by listening to a series of talks by the heterodox Buddhist scholar and practitioner Stephen Bachelor ("Buddhism Without Beliefs," "Verses from the Center," and "Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist"). Inspired by Bachelor’s pragmatic approach to the Buddha’s most basic teachings about day-to-day living, this three-session class will examine the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrice Koelsch Dharma Talk: “The Vast Embrace of the Middle Way”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 4, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

-from "When Death Comes" by Mary Oliver

The Buddha’s Middle Way famously lies between the extremes of a life devoted to sensual gratification and a life focused on self-mortification. Often this Path [...]]]></description>
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		<title>-RESCHEDULED- Entering the World of Tibetan Buddhism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 16, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. February 23, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. March 2, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. March 9, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The class will introduce Tibetan Buddhism through four different lenses: history, cosmos, path, and mind. Each session will consist of an hour of lecture and discussion, followed by a half-hour of guided meditation.

1. February 16:

Lecture (1 hour): "History." An introduction to the major features of Tibetan Buddhism through a survey of its historical development, stressing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>-RESCHEDULED- &#8220;Who is the Dalai Lama?&#8221; Dharma Talk by Roger Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 7, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Roger is unable to be with us this Sunday due to a family emergency. Our thoughts are with Roger during this difficult time. 
 Who is the Dalai Lama?
The Dalai Lama is one of the world's best known religious figures, respected almost universally and revered by millions. The question of just who -- or what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monthly Practice Period with Mark Nunberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 16, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. February 20, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. March 20, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. April 17, 2010; 11:00 am; May 15, 2010; 11:00 am; June 19, 2010; 11:00 am; July 17, 2010; 11:00 am; August 21, 2010; 11:00 am; ] Monthly Practice Period with Mark Nunberg
Every Third Saturday of the month, 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Mark Nunberg, guiding teacher at Common Ground Meditation Center in Minneapolis, will give a mindfulness meditation workshop at the Northfield Buddhist Center (above Jenkins Jewelers on Division St.) from 9-11am this Saturday, January 16.  The theme will be "A Heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Talk with Banthe Sathi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 3, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Dharma Talk with Banthe Sathi

Bhante Sathi will help us start the New Year with the Precepts.    The Buddha handed down a Code of Ethics, known in the Buddhist canon as the Precepts.  Bhante Sathi will help us understand the Precepts and help us realize how we can apply them to our lives. Following his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Meditation For Dec. 24-25</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 24, 2009 8:00 am to December 25, 2009 2:00 pm. ] The NBMC will not be open for meditation December 24-25.]]></description>
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		<title>Patrice Koelsch Dharma Talk</title>
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		<comments>http://northfieldmeditation.org/patrice-koelsch-dharma-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 6, 2009; 9:40 am to 10:40 am. ] 

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Forgiveness and Freedom

Forgiveness is not a singular act of determination, but instead is a practice of abandoning ill-will toward ourselves and others. We do this by reflecting deeply on the vast web of causes and conditions and recognizing what in the past has moved us closer to freeing ourselves from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Talk with Myo-O Habermas Scher, Zen Teacher</title>
		<link>http://northfieldmeditation.org/dharma-talk-with-myo-o-habermas-scher-zen-teacher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 1, 2009; 9:40 am to 10:30 am. ]  
HOLY HOLY HOLY

Where is holiness in Zen practice?  When the Chinese emperor asked Bodhidharma the meaning of the highest of the holy truths why did Bodhidharma say, "No holy"?  What would you have said?  As we travel towards the dark of the year let's find the place of rest and holiness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Practice Meditation (according to the Buddha) Led by Bhante Sathi</title>
		<link>http://northfieldmeditation.org/how-to-practice-meditation-according-to-the-buddha-led-by-bhante-sathi/</link>
		<comments>http://northfieldmeditation.org/how-to-practice-meditation-according-to-the-buddha-led-by-bhante-sathi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ September 17, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. October 1, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. October 15, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. October 29, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. November 5, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] How to Practice Meditation (according to the Buddha)

[caption id="attachment_32" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Bhante Sathi"][/caption]

Thursdays, Sept. 17; Oct. 1, 15, 29; Nov. 5, at 6-7:30 p.m.

For beginners and folks with more experience practicing, these meetings with Sri Lankan monk Bhanti Sathi will offer some instruction in meditation and Buddhist practice in general, along with sitting time. We [...]]]></description>
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