Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery

Jan 13, 2026 Death and the Deathless

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Jan 13, 2026 Death and the Deathless
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Connecting Dharma with death and the deathless.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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11/25/25 The Inner Experience

Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
11/25/25 The Inner Experience
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Exploring the term “interoception,” the internal sense perception.

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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.

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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.

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