BRN Podcast: Buddhist Recovery Network

Gary Sanders and Vimalasara speak about Gary's choice to leave Against the Stream and Refuge Recovery, using Hallucinogens in addiction recovery & the importance of the Brahma Viharas. _____________________________________ 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list ....

Joan has had personal experience with alcohol addiction, a fingerbiting compulsion (classified as an impulse-control disorder), compulsive thinking, and depression. She does not believe there is one recovery model that fits everyone, and she encourages people to find what works for them. What she offers is an approach rooted in open awareness – giving nonjudgmental attention to the whole happening...

Amy Reed is an Asheville, NC based writer. She got sober in Oakland, CA in 2008 in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and dabbled a little in Buddhism via Kevin Griffin and Spirit Rock. When she moved to Asheville with her family in 2014, she found herself drifting away from 12-steps and struggled to find a recovery community in her new town. Then she saw a flyer for Refuge Recovery in a café, went...

Living an Authentic Life A life free from craving, addictions and compulsions isn’t just about avoiding intoxicants, it invites the opportunity to live a full and authentic life with creativity and joy. This isn’t just a possibility. Research suggests that although people in recovery from substance misuse often suffer more in the first year, in the longer term they are on average happier than the...

Trauma, whether connected to early childhood, an event as an adult or to social oppression, changes our nervous system, our physiological responses to life and impacts our self image, relational capacities, perception and self regulatory abilities. It is, in my view, a core underlying cause for the arising of addiction patterns. Looking through the trauma lense, addiction could be viewed as a mean...

This episode features a conversation between Vimalasara and Sue Neufeld-Ellis covering the topic of sexual misconduct in spiritual communities and creating safer spaces. _____________________________________ 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list . Hundreds of meetin...

A Conversation with Kevin Griffin & Vimalasara on the Buddhist Sutta's and more... Listen for a sneak peak into what to expect at the upcoming Buddhist Recovery Summit. Check out Kevin's Website http://www.kevingriffin.net/ _____________________________________ 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, compreh...

A Conversation with Kevin Griffin & Vimalasara on Kevins books, Buddhist Sutta's and more... Listen for a sneak peak into what to expect at the upcoming Buddhist Recovery Summit. Check out Kevin's Website http://www.kevingriffin.net/ _____________________________________ 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-dat...

A Conversation with Deborah Grace & Vimalasara on sex & love addiction and more... Part 3 of a 3 part series giving a sneak peak into what to expect at the upcoming Buddhist Recovery Summit. Register at _____________________________________ 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist r...

A Conversation with Deborah Grace & Vimalasara on sex & love addiction and more... Part 2 of a 3 part series giving a sneak peak into what to expect at the upcoming Buddhist Recovery Summit. Register at _____________________________________ 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist r...

A Conversation with Vimalasara & Deborah Grace on interracial adoption, sex & love addiction and more... Part one of a 3 part series giving a sneak peak into what to expect at the upcoming Buddhist Recovery Summit. _____________________________________ 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, comprehensiv...

Suffering and Happiness – Both are Present, Embrace Them “Living Happily with things as they are (Drishta dharma sukha viharin) encourages an ancient Buddhist teaching. Those of us who have lived with addiction, struggled with recovery and found our common bonds: trauma and toxic shame, may find that teaching simplistic or even dismissive. As Buddhists, we know that suffering is part of life. We a...

🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list . Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery.org/academy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Though Dharmatalks are aple...

🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list . Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery.org/academy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Though Dharmatalks are aple...

🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list . Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery.org/academy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Though Dharmatalks are aple...

As soon as we’re born we’re faced with what life throws at us and we develop ways of coping that may or may not be beneficial. We’re also bombarded with messages from family, friends, school and society at large about who we are and what we should or shouldn’t be. These habits and messages become embedded and we may not even be aware of them, but they influence us on a daily basis. This is what th...

In a time of great conflict and contention in our society, it’s helpful to look to the Buddhist teachings on loving-kindness for guidance. In this evening talk, Kevin will introduce the themes of his latest project, how to live with wisdom and open-heartedness in the world. Drawing from several early suttas he will talk about the challenges of living in harmony, free from ill-will and the sufferin...

Racism remains one of the most rooted and painful impasses of our time. It is fed through unawareness and the misuse of power. Embedded in racism is the skeletal shape of all oppressions. To understand the dynamics of racism and the flesh we put on its bones is to also understand other forms of oppression and our relationship to differences, divisions, and diversity. Too many of us want racial suf...

Recovery and gratitude seem to go hand in hand. In the heat of our addictions, whether substance or process, we all tend to really focus on the hardships of our lives, our trials and tribulations and get stuck in the old comparison game, comparing our insides to others outsides, a line heard frequently in 12 step meetings. That's probably a big reason why we drink, use or act out. We get stuck in...

Exploring one of the seminal text in the Buddhist teachings -‘ Non-Self’. Paraphrasing the late Pat Parker – she once wrote ‘first you remember I’m a person of color and second you forget I’m a person of color’. What would it be like to be free from all our labels and not attached to the identities we give ourselves and identities forced upon us? Join senior teachers Shahara Godfrey – Vimalasara (...

The Pearl in Sorrows Hand I have recently been considering the nature of 'Dukkha' or 'suffering' or 'stress' in a Buddhist context, particularly how it plays itself out in my life. One ancient talk goes along the lines... "Now what, friends, is the noble truth of stress? Birth is stressful, illness is stressful, aging is stressful, death is stressful..." Birth, sickness, old-age and death are all...

Support BRN https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/donate Regional Buddhsit Recovery Summit in Oakland CA @ Eastbay Meditation Center. Jean Tuller, Kevin Griffin, Vimalasara, Stephen Teirney, Agusta Hopkins, Carol EBMC discuss what the World needs in the midst of the current addiction crisis. 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The larges...

Support BRN https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/donate Regional Buddhsit Recovery Summit in Oakland CA @ Eastbay Meditation Center. Jean Tuller, Kevin Griffin, Vimalasara, Stephen Teirney, Agusta Hopkins, Carol EBMC discuss what the World needs in the midst of the current addiction crisis. 🗺️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Need a Meeting? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The larges...

Support BRN https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/donate Imagine not being able to find your way home to your loved one’s, to your friends and family. Imagine how traumatic this would be. And this is the same trauma we experience when we have split from our body and can not find our way back into the body. We have to find our way back home to our body if we want freedom from the prison of our minds. Th...

Support BRN https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/donate Seeing Past the Impulse Tuere Sala, Guiding Teacher for Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS), is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 25 years. She has been an active member and volunteer at SIMS since 2001. In 2009, she was appointed to be a Local Dharma Leader and has often supported SIMS in unconv...