Buddhist-oriented practices to support life after alcohol, drugs and other compulsions
10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)
Kindness is the language
– Christian Nestell Bovee [source: Thoughts, Feelings and Fancies]
which the deaf can hear
and the blind can see.
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You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.
Vince, who will be our host, chose the topic.
All welcome.
Whatever a person frequently thinks and ponders upon, that will become the inclination of her mind.
~ Buddha [source: Dvedhavitakka Sutta: Two Sorts of Thinking]
Wednesday, 18 December 2024
3:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MST (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CST (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday, 19 December 2024
8:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
9:30 am AWST (eg Perth)
10:30 am JST (eg Tokyo)
12:30 pm AEDT (eg Sydney)
2:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)
No registration is required. The meeting link is –
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360
or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.
https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/brn-online-meetings.htm
Gary, who will be our host, chose the topic.
All are welcome.
Guilt says, “I am a bad person”
~ The Forgiveness Workbook
Remorse says, “I regret a thought, word, or act that has caused myself or others to suffer”
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
3:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MST (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CST (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday, 21 November 2024
8:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
9:30 am AWST (eg Perth)
10:30 am JST (eg Tokyo)
12:30 pm AEDT (eg Sydney)
2:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)
No registration is required. The meeting link is –
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360
or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.
https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/brn-online-meetings.htm
Gary, who will be our host, chose the topic.
All are welcome.
The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.
~ Jack Kornfield [source: Attributed]
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
2:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MDT (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday, 17 October 2024
7:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
8:30 am AWST (eg Perth)
8:30 am CST (eg Taipei)
9:30 am JST (eg Tokyo)
11:30 am AEST (eg Sydney)
1:30 pm NZST (eg Auckland)
No registration is required. The meeting link is –
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360
or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.
https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/brn-online-meetings.htm
Gary, who will be our host, chose the topic.
All are welcome.
11 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)
One of the most painful barriers we can experience is the sense of isolation the modern world fosters,which can only be broken by our willingness to be held,by the quiet courage to allow our vulnerabilities to be seen.
– Mark Nepo [source: The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have]
No registration is required. The meeting link is –
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699
You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.
Janet, who will be our host, chose the topic.
All welcome.
The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to.
~ Jack Kornfield [source: Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters]
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
2:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MDT (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday, 17 October 2024
7:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
8:30 am AWST (eg Perth)
8:30 am CST (eg Taipei)
9:30 am JST (eg Tokyo)
11:30 am AEST (eg Sydney)
1:30 pm NZST (eg Auckland)
No registration is required. The meeting link is –
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360
or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.
https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/brn-online-meetings.htm
Gary, who will be our host, chose the topic.
All are welcome.
10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)
Managing your impulsive, emotional chimp as an adult will be one of the biggest factors determining how successful you are in life.
– Professor Steve Peters [source: The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness]
No registration is required. The meeting link is –
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You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.
Janet, who will be our host, chose the topic.
All welcome.
10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)
Life is so fragile, no more than a bubble blown to and fro by the wind.
– Nagarjuna [source: As quoted in Chapter 2 of Lessons From The Dying by Rodney Smith]
How astonishing to think that after an out-breath, there will be an in-breath or that we will awaken after a night’s sleep.
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Vince, who will be our host, chose the topic.
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10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)
Be disciplined about what you respond and react to. Not everything or everyone deserves your time, energy and attention. Stay in your light.
– Anonymous
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Claudia, who will be our host, chose the topic.
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10 am (US Pacific)
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So there is a place every day for a little rejoicing, a rejoicing in one’s own good fortune and good work. And when we practice this – even in ordinary daily life – it comes so naturally to rejoice in the good fortune and good qualities of others.
– Bhante Bodhidharma [source: Encouragement Towards Awakening]
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Shaku, who will be our host, chose the topic.
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