Buddhist Recovery Network

Staying Sober During Turbulent Times - with Vimalasara Mason-John and Shawna Adkins
2025-04-27 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sunday, April 27th 2025
9AM – 1PM PT
HYBRID at EBMC (285 17th St. Oakland, CA) and online via Zoom
With Vimalasara Mason-John and Shawna Adkins
Closed Captioning Provided on Zoom
The center is fragrance-free and wheelchair accessible
N95/KN95 masks required
https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/hybrid-staying-sober-during-turbulent-times/

Kevin Griffin - Zoom Classes
2025-04-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-06-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-06-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-06-17 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 2 more dates
One hour Zoom classes, Tuesdays at 10am Pacific Time. Fridays at 5pm Pacific are now community classes with rotating leaders (except 2nd Fridays which are hosted by Spirit Rock). These classes are casual, drop-in events. We start with 20 minutes of guided meditation, followed by a short talk on Buddhism and recovery. Offer dana through Paypal or Venmo.

Eight Step Recovery BIPOC meeting
2025-05-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-31 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 2 more dates
8 Step Recovery Meeting for Black Indigenous People of Color and Black Asian Minority Ethnic
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 679 413 6360
Passcode: brn

Contact: Email- eightstepsrecovery@gmail.com

Who Is Myself?
2025-05-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | BRN Academy
Exploring identity in the context of Dharma and recovery.

Meditation and Dharma Talk with time for Q & A

Walking the Path of Recovery: Buddhism & the 12 Steps
2025-05-13 - 2025-05-18 | Dorje Denma Ling, 2280 Balmoral Road, The Falls, NS, B0K 1V0, Canada
with Margaret Jones Callahan and Brian Callahan
The path of Dharma and the path of recovery complement each other and work together to support and deepen sobriety. Buddhism and the 12 Steps each offer a template or method for one’s personal, spiritual journey. Both Buddhism and the 12 Steps begin with looking at life on its own terms: either acknowledging life’s unmanageability (as in Step 1) or acknowledging the truth of suffering. Both paths lead to the discovery of joy, compassion, and a deeper spiritual relationship to the world. Both Buddhism and the 12 Steps shine a light onto the path towards freedom.
Registration and more information

Heartful Practices During Divisive Times
2025-05-17 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

Building a Foundation for Freedom
2025-06-01 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | BRN Academy
When we are caught in addictive behaviors, we’re often acting from habits that have been strengthened over the years, and which can be difficult to break. The Buddha’s teaching on liberation and awakening, the Eightfold Path, also offers us a path to freedom from these habits. When we intentionally use this path as a roadmap for how we move through the world, we are building a foundation that is strong and serves us in all aspects of our lives. It’s a foundation that offers freedom from addiction.

Refcon 2025 - Refuge Recovery Conference
2025-06-05 - 2025-06-08 | Craigville Retreat Center, 39 Prospect Avenue, Centerville, MA, 02632, United States

Online: A Verified Kind of Faith – Buddhism & Addiction Recovery with Walt Opie
2025-06-05 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Online: A Verified Kind of Faith – Buddhism & Addiction Recovery
with Walt Opie
Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET (via Zoom)
For many of us in recovery from addiction, the word “faith” can conjure up memories of being forced to participate in organized religion or it can feel related to a so-called “higher power.”
When Buddhist teachings refer to faith, it’s different. The Buddha himself discouraged people from acting out of blind faith. Instead, Buddhism describes three ways that faith, or confidence, can manifest or build over time, including: bright faith, verified faith, and unshakeable faith.
According to the well-known teacher Gil Fronsdal, faith in Buddhism is not a belief system but a faculty or a capacity we have that we can develop further. In fact, faith, just like recovery, can be a kind of empowerment. With support from the teachings and others on similar journeys, we learn how to trust our inner wisdom. We gain a new kind of inner confidence.
During this program, we will explore the three different types of faith, as well as how faith in the Buddhist teachings and practices can help keep us on the path of recovery. There will be guided meditation, a dharma talk, and time for sharing and discussion.
Please join us for this special evening of learning to strengthen our inner resources through the Buddhist teachings.

Insight Recovery Sangha
2025-06-19 21:30 - 22:45 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Insight Recovery Sangha will meet monthly on Zoom and is for anyone (self-identified) who is working with strong cravings or addictions. We will meditate, hear short dharma talks related to Buddhist teachings and recovery, and share candidly with each other in community. The purpose of this group is to foster community and learn how to apply teachings on mindfulness, compassion and wisdom to our recovery program.
The emphasis will be on how craving causes suffering and how cultivating insight into the nature of craving can greatly ease our suffering, and help us lead more peaceful and contented lives. We have no affiliations with any other organizations and this is not a 12-Step group, although various known addiction recovery modalities may be referred to from time to time.
This group is open to everyone. There is no need to qualify for membership when you introduce yourself to the group. However, we do believe this group will work best for those committed to a life free from substance abuse and harmful addictive behaviors.
The teachers, Walt Opie and Dalila Bothwell, will serve as group facilitators, dharma teachers, and sangha (community) members. Over time, there will be guest teachers, as well.
There is no fee to enroll in the Insight Recovery Sangha. If you would like to support this program or your teachers, you may make an offering within the program platform after you enroll.
Enroll at
ims.dharma.org/courses/insight-recovery-sangha-2025

Metta: Cultivating A Boundless Heart with Gary Sanders
2025-06-21 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
A day-long workshop with Gary Sanders of Boundless Heart Dharma hosted by Recovery Dharma Pennsylvania

Saturday, June 21 · 10am – 4pm EDT. Doors at 9:15am

Recovering the Heart: Loving Kindness as a Path to Addiction Recovery
2025-07-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Mikey Livid (he/him) is a Buddhist teacher, author, and counselor. Mikey is the guiding teacher at Wild Heart Meditation Center in Nashville, TN. He regularly brings Buddhist meditation classes into addiction treatment centers, prisons, and a variety of settings. Mikey is the author of his upcoming book Blood, Guts, & Buddhism: The Dharma of Horror Movies, Heartbreak, and The Nature of Suffering. Mikey is the co-host of the punk rock, mental health podcast Punks On Hope and is the singer for the punk band The Rip Taylors.
Mikey is a Buddhist teacher who has been empowered to teach in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions through the authorization of Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni and Ven. Pannadipa Bhikkhu. Mikey also holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. He integrates these two worlds: the old school Buddhist teachings with new school psychology, in a way to help individuals free themselves from suffering of all kinds.
LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/MikeyLivid
https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org
