Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery

Form and Formlessness

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Form and Formlessness
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Discussing styles of meditation, then talking about how to hold past regrets.

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Long Enduring Mind

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Long Enduring Mind
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Talking about how Ajahn Pasanno responds to questions about high states and enlightenment. Keeping it simple and down to earth.

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Forty Years Sober

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Forty Years Sober
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Reflecting on the stages and lessons of forty years of sobriety.

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What Is Mindfulness?

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
What Is Mindfulness?
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Reflecting on separating mindfulness from the larger Dharma. The importance of an integrated practice, including morality, wisdom, and mind training. Viewing the practice as a long term training rather than a fix.

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Craving, Addiction, and Letting Go

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Craving, Addiction, and Letting Go
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April 29, 2025. Reading from my own work in progress, “Let It Go,”, referencing Judson Brewer’s “Craving Mind”, and Christina Grof’s” Thirst for Wholeness.”

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April 15, 2025 Working with Thoughts

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
April 15, 2025 Working with Thoughts
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Strategies for sustaining focus in meditation.

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April 8, 2025 Factors of Concentration

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
April 8, 2025 Factors of Concentration
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Right Concentration and the five factors of absorption.

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April 1, 2025 Getting Started with Meditation

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
April 1, 2025 Getting Started with Meditation
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Exploring the challenges of learning meditation.

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March 25, 2025 Right Effort

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
March 25, 2025 Right Effort
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Two teachings on effort: the Four Great Efforts and the simile of tuning the lute.

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3/18/2025 Our Constructed Reality

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
3/18/2025 Our Constructed Reality
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The moments that remind us that our memories and view of the world are a construction. At times we discover an alternative version of events.

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