Buddhist Recovery Network

Kevin Griffin - Zoom Classes
2024-06-11 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-06-04 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-28 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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
2024-06-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-06-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-05-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-05-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-05-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-05-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-27 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 and 6 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

BRN Online Recovery Dharma Meeting
2024-06-06 01:30 - 02:30, 2024-05-02 01:30 - 02:30, 2024-04-04 01:30 - 02:30, 2024-03-07 01:30 - 02:30
Buddhist Recovery Network is offering meetings every Wednesday of the month, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm Pacific Time.
Zoom Link

The first wednesday of every month will be a Recovery Dharma Meeting
The second wednesday of every month will be a Noble Steps Meeting
The third wednesday of every month will be a Sit-and-Share meeting
The fourth wednesday of every month will be an 8 step recovery meeting
When there is a 5th wednesday there will be a Sit-and-Share meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 679 413 6360
Passcode: brn

How 'Not Wanting' is the Key
2024-06-02 10:00 | BRN Academy
Next BRN Academy teaching with Walt Opie — June 2nd 2024 @ 10:00am US Pacific Time

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 will explore how I understand this and what it has meant to my practice and in my recovery process. Certainly when I was still drinking and using drugs I never once recall thinking that “not wanting” was the way to go.

Freedom of Heart - Kevin Griffin and Vimalasara, MA - ONLINE
2024-06-02 09:00 - 12:00 | Spirit Rock – Online and In Person, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Box 169, Woodacre, CA, 94973, United States
Freedom of Heart: Mindfulness Practices for Healing Addiction (KG1H24)
Kevin Griffin and Vimalasara, MA
While we all long for safety and freedom in our lives, many of us struggle with compulsive and addictive thoughts and behaviors that undermine our happiness. Through meditation, interactive exercises, Dharma talks, and Q&A, we will explore ways to release ourselves from these painful habits and find more freedom and joy throughout our lives.

Venerable Pannavari Bhikkhuni - Loosening the Pain of Regret
2024-05-05 10:00 - 11:00 | BRN Academy
The pain of regret can bind us. We will discuss the ways we can unbind through the Dharma.

BRN Online Sit and Share Meeting
2024-04-17 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-03-17 08:30 - 09:30
Buddhist Recovery Network is offering meetings every Wednesday of the month, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm Pacific Time.
Zoom Link

The first Wednesday of every month will be a Recovery Dharma Meeting
The second Wednesday of every month will be a Noble Steps Meeting
The third Wednesday of every month will be a Sit-and-Share meeting
The fourth wednesday of every month will be an 8 step recovery meeting
When there is a 5th Wednesday there will be a Sit-and-Share meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 679 413 6360
Passcode: brn

Kevin Griffin - Deepening Attunement to Body, Feelings, and Mind
2024-04-07 10:00 - 11:00
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.

Vince Cullen - Higher Truths & Advanced Understandings
2024-03-03 10:00 - 11:00
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. The first and most critical step of the Middle Way is appropriate understanding. And the first things we need to understand correctly are the realities and possibilities of being human.
Join me to explore what an advanced understanding of the ‘true’ realities of existence are and what an appropriate response might be in both our mental attitude and our engagement with the spectrum of sensuality.

BRN March Teaching
2024-03-03 10:00 - 11:00
