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		<title>Children&#8217;s Circle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ September 19, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. October 17, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. November 21, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. December 19, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] This year once again the NBMC will offer a Children’s Circle class for kids 3-9 years old and their parents. Classes will meet on the third Sunday of each month from 3-4:30pm at the NBMC.  Children will learn to meditate, do yoga with a certified instructor, and learn about Buddhism in a fun, peaceful atmosphere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn To Meditate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ September 21, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. September 28, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. October 5, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. October 12, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Learn to Meditate is a four week course that will provide a practical, hands on approach to mindfulness meditation. This class is for anyone wishing to learn meditation or for anyone wishing to broaden and deepen their meditation practice. Each class will cover new techniques, so feel free to come if you missed an earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satima Bhikkhuni, Dharma Talk &#8220;The Mind&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 3, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] What is the mind? What is its function and its importance? What does Buddhism have to say about the mind? And how can we come to know the mind and tame it? The Buddha taught that a mind, once taimed, can be purified, and a purified mind is what will lead us to final  liberation.

 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myo-O Habermas-Scher, Mini Retreat: Working Through Strong Emotions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 7, 2010; 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. ] Rev. Myo-O Marilyn Habermas-Scher is an ordained priest and senior  practitioner in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, teaching classes,  lecturing and leading retreats.  Her root teacher was Dainin Katagiri  roshi, the first Japanese Zen teacher in Minnesota, with whom she  studied from 1975 to 1990.  Now affiliated with Hokyoji Zen Community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Four Dignities and the confidence of the Shambhala Warrior, Dharma Talk by Patrick Dallas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 5, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The four dignities are meek, perky, outrageous, and inscrutable.   All human beings experience the four dignities in some form.  Meekness  is basically experiencing a humble and gentle state of being, while  perkiness is connected with uplifted and youthful energy.   Outrageousness is being daring and entering into situations without hope  and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bhante Sathi, Dhammapada Sutta Study Class</title>
		<link>http://northfieldmeditation.org/bhante-sathi-dhammapada-sutta-study-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ September 30, 2010; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. October 14, 2010; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. October 28, 2010; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. November 11, 2010; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] The Dhammapada is the most beloved of the ancient texts of Buddhism. This  collection of little poems is both beautiful and profound. Every class we will look at two suttas. from the first chapter.

Bhante Sathi is a frequent teacher  at NBMC.



Bhante Sathi is  the Guiding Teacher  of Triple Gem of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bhante Sathi Dharma Talk: The Dhammapada</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ September 19, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] In his Dharma Talk, Bhante Sathi will talk about the  significance of this most important Buddhist text that collects the most  fundamental sayings by the Buddha himself in poems. This talk also  functions as an introduction to Bhante Sathi’s Fall class.

Bhante Sathi is a frequent teacher  at NBMC.



Bhante Sathi is  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hatha Yoga for Meditators</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ July 10, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. 9:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Hatha Yoga for Meditators
1 1/2 hour workshop
1/2 hour meditation
 
Yoga teacher Gracia Gimse McKinley is offering  a workshop to teach meditators a series of hatha yoga poses that will improve and support a seated practice.

If your sitting practice is causing your feet to fall asleep, your knees to ache, or your lower back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Circle at the Arb</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 18, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] For our next Children's Circle special guest teacher this time Drew Weis, a psychologist, writer, and parent of two wonderful boys, will lead our group this time on a special field trip through the Carleton Arb. Drew will teach us about Taoism through looking at nature, especially water.

Meet at the parking lot on the western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Mustard Seeds: Suffering, Faith, and the Spiritual Life by Lisa Ebert</title>
		<link>http://northfieldmeditation.org/dharma-talk-a-tale-of-two-mustard-seeds-suffering-faith-and-the-spiritual-life-by-lisa-ebert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 2, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Sunday, May 2, 10 a.m.
Dharma talk: A Tale of Two Mustard Seeds:
Suffering, Faith, and the Spiritual Life
by Lisa Ebert

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The very small and very common mustard seed plays a leading role in  important teachings within both the Buddhist and Christian traditions.   In one teaching, the Buddha asks a grieving [...]]]></description>
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