Podcast: Dharma and Recovery

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Jan 6, 2026 The Terror of Undefined Being

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Jan 6, 2026 The Terror of Undefined Being
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Drawing from Ajahn Amaro’s teaching on watching the arising of self and the suffering that comes with it.

Concentration

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Concentration
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Reflections on the role of concentration in meditation. Exploring different challenges and subtleties of practice. How we get stuck in striving or judgment when the mind doesn’t get quiet.

Watching the Wheels

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Watching the Wheels
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Reflections on my early practice. Anecdotes from that time, including hearing John Lennon during a meditation retreats.

12/16/25 It’s Like This

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
12/16/25 It’s Like This
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The non-verbal reality of experience. Referencing Ajahn Sumedho’s famous phrase.

12/9/25 Thinking vs. Feeling

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
12/9/25 Thinking vs. Feeling
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Meditation focusing on feeling rather than thoughts. Connecting to the nervous system as a source of intelligence.

12/2/25 Feeling Tone in the Foundations of Mindfulness

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
12/2/25 Feeling Tone in the Foundations of Mindfulness
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Beginning with background on the mindfulness and Insight Meditation movement, then moving to “vedana,” the feeling tone of each experience.

11/18/2025 Thoughts and Feelings in Practice

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
11/18/2025 Thoughts and Feelings in Practice
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Discovering our habitual emotional states by exploring thoughts.

11/11/25 Mindfulness and Addiction

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
11/11/25 Mindfulness and Addiction
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Reflecting on the the feelings that drive addiction and how mindfulness can help.