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  • My Journey Into Recovery and Dharma

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FqWZR2g8Ps Since this is my first time speaking at the BRN Academy, I thought I would share some stories about my personal journey with you. I've been in recovery from drugs and alcohol since 1987, and there have been plenty of ups and downs along the way. Finding the practice of insight meditation and the...

  • Topic: My Journey Into Recovery and Dharma

    BRN Academy

    Since this is my first time speaking at the BRN Academy, I thought I would share some stories about my personal journey with you. I've been in recovery from drugs and alcohol since 1987, and there have been plenty of ups and downs along the way. Finding the practice of insight meditation and the Buddha's...

  • Bringing the New Year in with Wisdom

    BRN Academy

    Every day is a new year, and it’s an opportunity to do something different because the past has gone . However so many of us hold onto the past or cling onto a future that hasn’t even arrived. Today we will explore letting go and discovering a freedom in the present moment. Let’s leave behind...

  • Vince Cullen – Higher Truths & Advanced Understandings

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBSGDTNgIaM The Buddha's first official teaching was given to ‘noble ones’, that is the five ascetics who trained alongside Gautama, seeking an end to the suffering of this existence and an end to future rebirths. The way out of suffering, the Buddha said, was the Middle Way; the middle path between the extremes of sensual existence....

  • Kevin Griffin – Deepening Attunement to Body, Feelings, and Mind

    In this talk we will explore how recovery and mindfulness can make us more sensitive internally and externally. Such increasing awareness allows us to let go on profound levels and wake up to our inherent wisdom and wholeness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHhFXYcUoBI      

  • How ‘Not Wanting’ is the Key

    BRN Academy

    Next BRN Academy teaching with Walt Opie -- June 2nd 2024 @ 10:00am US Pacific Time https://youtu.be/zR1lSWytJ-E I once heard the teacher Joseph Goldstein say on a retreat that what we are really practicing is "not wanting." He added that this is the Third Noble Truth (of the Four Noble Truths). In this talk I...

  • Gary Sanders – Just assume the answer to every question is compassion

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TglK7eM4csU "Just assume the answer to every question is compassion” - Father Greg Boyle in his book Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion In Buddhism, compassion is the appropriate response to pain and whether we are new to sobriety and suffering the special kind of newcomer pain, or in long term recovery...

  • The Power of Choice

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bkltSUmaaA Choices guide the manner in which we walk the path of Dharma. Can we use suffering to build joy? Can we turn the obstacles in our lives into good medicine for our growth? Prayer Nama Butsu, Nama Hou, Nama Sou We honor our teachers, our teachings, and our communities, Knowing that as we do...

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