The Buddhist Recovery Network Podcasts are a medium through which the BRN is sharing recovery wisdom and Dharma.
Podcasts are comprised of both BRN academy talks from some of the leading teachers in the field of Buddhist recovery, as well as original programming with themes like addiction, alcoholism, gratitude, joy, race, gender, and compulsive behaviours.
We have many exciting projects lined up including a series of conversations between Vimalasara, BRN President, and other leaders in Buddhist Recovery.
Listen at your leisure to any of the podcasts below, just click on the podcast title.
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#28 – Creating Safety in Meetings & Online Communities; Sangha Safety pt II
From the International Buddhist Recovery Summit in Lacey WA September 6th 2019. This is the second part of our Sangha Safety discussion where the community discusses question like “How do we as a sang ha set an intention for safety? What Safety Statements can we read at Meetings. What does safety look like in Online…
#27 – Sangha Safety ft Jean Tuller, Brian Dean Williams, Sue Neufeld-Ellis & Alex Holt
From the International Buddhist Recovery Summit 2019: Safe Sangha – Creating Safer Spaces. _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings, various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery.org/academy Though Dharmatalks are aplenty, it’s rare to find…
#26 – A Quivering of the Heart; Compassion
Compassion: A Quivering of the Heart w/ Kara Haney Compassion (Karuna) is one of the primary heart teachings. It is the felt experience in response to a being’s pain. When we understand this through practice, we are able to cultivate compassion for our own pain and the pain of others. Thus compassion becomes a vehicle…
#25 – Leaving Against the Stream, Hallucinogens & the Brahma Viharas
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. Hundreds of meetings, various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking…
#24 – Awareness Is the Key
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…
#23 – Recovery Dharma
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…