Recent Posts
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How to Take Refuge in Recovery: Objects of Refuge – The Buddha
We work with refuge in our meditations with "objects" to take refuge in. We started the topic on a simple way. Now we get into the weeds on refuge in this ongoing series. We draw from a rare translation on Refuge and Bodhicitta by Patrul Rinpoche. Having received many teachings and transmissions on famous and esoteric texts by this amazing master, I comment in terms of the application of refuge in recovery.
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How to Take Refuge in Recovery: Objects of Refuge
Two weeks of dental suffering brought my practice, and my sobriety, to the test. This week we take a deeper look at refuge and it's application to our lives as Buddhists in recovery. More personal sharing this week as I talk about managing pain, with an without an opiate at hand. This is how I dealt with it, in the context of refuge and bodhicitta - compassion, but Supreme, not only relative.
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Five Week, Non-Religious, Secular Zoom Friendly to Buddhists in Recovery
Igor's style and approach is definitely perfect for those of us in recovery who do not want a religious box to fit into. In my personal experience with him, a clarity beyond concepts is readily apparent! That means for people in recovery, I couldn't recommend anyone more highly. If you have trouble affording a course, he'll work it out. According to Igor, the main point is to have fun!
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How to Take Refuge in Recovery: Being Refuge
To understand what is meant by refuge in recovery, we must first understand and integrate some basic Buddhist principles. Intellectual understanding is not sufficient, but we gotta start somewhere. We discuss the meaning of refuge in Buddhism. It There are many lineages and views to consider! It depends on what the Tibetans call Thowa, or the view that the teaching begins with and is based upon. Believe it or not, there are different views! Today we open a Series on Refuge in Recovery. Our show begins with the reasons why addicts would be motivated to make the move of Buddhist refuge as part of recovery from trauma, and recovery from addictions as it pertains to The Four Noble Truths, The Four Immeasurables and more. Join me for practices integrated with words and sounds on this and all the shows!
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Easy Does It Dharma; Practices of a Bodhisattva #37 ccl.
If you've ever been to a 12-step meeting, you've probably seen the famous sign, "Easy Does It". Some who've clawed our way out of hell to scratch a morsel of serenity have done so out of sheer force, which can beg the question of how to go easy, when everything has always been hard? Others w/ACEs in recovery may react w/passivity, thus reinforcing a negative action toward ourselves not by what we do, but what we don't do to protect ourselves.
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Shaman Meditation From Peru w/Charo; Practices of a Bodhisattva #36
Direct from Peru, Charo Verastegui (María del Rosario Verástegui Schmitt), a fellow practitioner of the Chod, as well as indigenous spiritual practices. See past and future books and episodes for more on Chod as the best tool available to cut the root of attachment, which is the root of addiction. Continuing with Practices of a Bodhisattva, #36.
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Is Suffering Optional?; Practices of a Bodhisattva #35
As addicts in any form of Buddhist Recovery , Dharma Recovery, Refuge Recovery, we try to focus on mindful, compassionate presences in the four moments that Buddha described. Yet, when we have ACEs and are in working with Trauma and Recovery, our resistance seems to persists despite our best efforts. Learn how to apply the Backwards Law, and the Law of Inverse Proportion to release our deepest attachments -even our addiction to suffering.
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What We Resist Persists, But Resistance is Futile; Practices of a Bodhisattva #34
As addicts in any form of Buddhist Recovery , Dharma Recovery, Refuge Recovery, we try to focus on mindful, compassionate presences in the four moments that Buddha described. Yet, when we have ACEs and are in working with Trauma and Recovery, our resistance seems to persists despite our best efforts. Learn how to apply the Backwards Law, and the Law of Inverse Proportion to release our deepest attachments -even our addiction to suffering.
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Release Your Anger; Practices of a Bodhisattva #33
We're told in 12-Step meetings that anger is a dubious luxury for "normal" people. Yet it continues to arise and cause problems no matter how long we're sober. How can we deal with the root our anger as Buddhists in recovery to find compassion, peace and ease?
