Practicing the Paramis: Support in a Pandemic Course w/ Patrice Koelsch - Week 6: Patience 6/17/2020
Channel: Common Ground Meditation Center
Date: 02/05/2022

Grounding ourselves in the ten Paramis (the Perfections of the Heart) can be especially beneficial during this stressful time of isolation and illness*. Each week we’ll take one of the ten – generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, determination, lovingkindness, and equanimity – and explore how we can practice it in our lives right now.  *This video was recorded early in the COVID pandemic (on June 17, 2020) and has been edited for participant privacy.

Patrice Koelsch Bio:
Formally trained with a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Patrice Koelsch began sitting at Common Ground Meditation Center in 1995. Patrice is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Program, and completed a year-long Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies. She has practiced meditation at monasteries in Thailand and Myanmar. Patrice has provided hands-on care for persons in the last stages of HIV/AIDS, and worked for many years in HIV education and client support services. She has been facilitating meditation groups in correctional facilities since 1999, and has a special interest in offering mindfulness and loving kindness practice in non-traditional settings.

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