An accessible, compassionate guide to Buddhist principles and practices that can help support recovery from addictions and addictive behaviors—written by an experienced lay teacher with long-term recovery. For anyone struggling with addiction, Buddhism offers powerful, grounding wisdom and tools to help support recovery. In The Zen Way of Recovery, Laura Burges shares her experience as a…
Table of Contents: Introduction Preface Foreward Apparent Similarities Teaching What? “What is Zen?” What is Zen? What is God’s Will? God and Zen, Can They Work Together? Bodhidharma Arrives From the West Koans The Koan Is About YOU Have you been using too many colons? Is That So? The Steps and Koans Working Together Step…
Chapter headings: Preface Foreword Introduction 1935-1939 — Buddhists Not To Be Found Buddhist influence not overlooked The Higher Power Thing Prayer Where Perceived Barriers Become Wisdom Gates It Works For Us 12 & Zen Comments Comments From Others A Teacher Writes
Chapter headings: Thanks Preface Yet another finger pointing at the moon: An Introduction Foundations: The Finger Hi! My name is… What is Zen? What is Recovery? The Zen of Recovery: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps The Zen of Recovery Heart Sutra Reflections: The Pointing You are enlightened already You are dead already This world is dream enough The…
Modern English Tanka Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. publisher@themetpress.com, Selected excerpts: “Herein lies the root connection between haiku and recovery: Both are informed by the unceasing breath of surrender, whose Latin root means “to give back to”. The haiku poet surrenders to Nature in the here-and-now such that the self-as-separate disappears; the recovering alcoholic or addict surrenders…
Chapter headings: Foreword by Roshi Bernie Glassman Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Mountain Seat 2. A Little Bit Different 3. Descent into Heaven 4. Boy So Pretty 5. Baddest of the Bad Chicago Queens 6. Go Ask Alice 7. Beginner’s Mind 8. White Bird in Snow 9. “You Get What You Deserve, Whether You Deserve It…
Chapter 29 pp. 137-1471990 essay by Katy Butler Selected excerpts: “As a member of San Francisco Zen Center in the 1980s, I was mystified by my own failure – and the failure of my friends – to challenge the behavior of our teacher, Richard Baker-roshi, when it seemed to defy common sense. Since then, friends…
hapter headings: Introduction Patterns Meditation Grasping Mental Habits Lost in Emotions Signals of the Body Recovering from Addiction Love Compassion Ethics A Creative Path Afterword Acknowledgements Bibliography Index Selected excerpts: “In England there is an association, The Prison Phoenix Trust, which is dedicated to teaching meditation and yoga to prisoners. This organization sends out a…
Update from the Publisher: Shambhala has re-published a newer edition of this book, under the title “Ordinary Recovery: Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety”.You can find a link to it here. Chapter headings: Introduction: something’s happening here Breakdown, ordinary recovery and autumn prayers Coming home Off the cushion and out the door My liver, my…