The Four Noble Truths of Recovery – Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

YouTube Invitation The Buddha taught a path to freedom from compulsion. Over four online evening sessions and one daylong online retreat, we will explore connections between the Buddha’s teachings and the path of recovery from addiction. We will look at correlations between the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the 12 Steps. Besides making […]

The Four Noble Truths of Recovery – Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

YouTube Invitation The Buddha taught a path to freedom from compulsion. Over four online evening sessions and one daylong online retreat, we will explore connections between the Buddha's teachings and the path of recovery from addiction. We will look at correlations between the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the 12 Steps. Besides making […]

Event Series Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

These weekly classes meet Tuesdays from 10-11am and Fridays from 7-8pm Pacific Time on Zoom.  Classes are casual, drop-in. I guide meditation for the first 20 minutes, then pick up a topic on Buddhism and recovery. Here is the Zoom information for the regular Tuesdays and Fridays (except the 2nd Friday of each month). You […]

Indigo Yoga IN PERSON

Indigo Yoga 1512 Palos Verdes Mall, Walnut Creek, CA, United States

Mindfulness and Recovery In this workshop we will introduce mindfulness meditation and the uses of Buddhism as a support for a recovery program. Connections will be made between the 12 Steps and the Buddha's Four Noble Truths, showing how the theistic elements of the Steps can be replaced with Buddhist teachings and practices, the Dharma. […]

Event Series Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

These weekly classes meet Tuesdays from 10-11am and Fridays from 7-8pm Pacific Time on Zoom.  Classes are casual, drop-in. I guide meditation for the first 20 minutes, then pick up a topic on Buddhism and recovery. Here is the Zoom information for the regular Tuesdays and Fridays (except the 2nd Friday of each month). You […]

Event Series Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

These weekly classes meet Tuesdays from 10-11am and Fridays from 7-8pm Pacific Time on Zoom.  Classes are casual, drop-in. I guide meditation for the first 20 minutes, then pick up a topic on Buddhism and recovery. Here is the Zoom information for the regular Tuesdays and Fridays (except the 2nd Friday of each month). You […]

Event Series Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

These weekly classes meet Tuesdays from 10-11am and Fridays from 7-8pm Pacific Time on Zoom.  Classes are casual, drop-in. I guide meditation for the first 20 minutes, then pick up a topic on Buddhism and recovery. Here is the Zoom information for the regular Tuesdays and Fridays (except the 2nd Friday of each month). You […]

Event Series Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

These weekly classes meet Tuesdays from 10-11am and Fridays from 7-8pm Pacific Time on Zoom.  Classes are casual, drop-in. I guide meditation for the first 20 minutes, then pick up a topic on Buddhism and recovery. Here is the Zoom information for the regular Tuesdays and Fridays (except the 2nd Friday of each month). You […]

Event Series Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

Dharma and Recovery on Zoom

These weekly classes meet Tuesdays from 10-11am and Fridays from 7-8pm Pacific Time on Zoom.  Classes are casual, drop-in. I guide meditation for the first 20 minutes, then pick up a topic on Buddhism and recovery. Here is the Zoom information for the regular Tuesdays and Fridays (except the 2nd Friday of each month). You […]

A Positive Light Daylong HYBRID

A Positive Light 6470 Kelsey Creek Drive, Kelseyville, CA, United States

Introducing the Anapanasati Sutta: Mindfulness of Breathing A daylong retreat exploring one of the Buddha's most important teachings on meditation. I will be in person; the event will be streamed […]

Free Yourself from Mental Craving

Omega Institute 150 Lake Drive, Rhinebeck, NY, United States

A weekend residential retreat with Kevin Griffin and Vimalasara (Valerie Mason-John). The Buddha tells us that suffering is caused by our craving. Whether it's smoking, smartphones, alcohol, food, or drugs, […]

Ithaca, NY Daylong retreat

Fountain of Light 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca, NY, United States

This will be a drop-in Buddhist recovery daylong retreat. We will do some meditation, I will give some talks, and we'll have some interaction and discussion. By donation. For information, […]

Delaware Valley Insight Daylong HYBRID

Delaware Valley Insight

Buddhist Ethics, Mindfulness, and Insight for Recovery. A daylong retreat with meditation instruction, lecture, Q&A, and interaction. I will be in person; the event will also be available on Zoom. […]

Anapanasati Daylong in Berkeley – Hybrid Event

Berkeley Buddhist Monastery 2304 McKinley Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

This daylong retreat will explore the key Buddhist teaching on Mindfulness of Breathing, the Anapanasati Sutta. We will look at the original text and compare it to contemporary meditation instruction […]

Living Kindness Day at Sati Center HYBRID

Sati Center 108 Birch St, Redwood City, CA, United States

Lovingkindness, or metta, is sometimes depicted as a simple “open your heart and love everybody” practice, but a closer look at the Buddha’s teachings reveals a more complex and nuanced picture. […]