Isolation and Connection

Links to the chapter of the book on which the rest of this page is based.

• Isolation and Connection

  • • Book | Audio

Recordings

Scroll down to the Growth section of this page for links to talks and guided meditations led by Buddhist teachers. Choose one, then listen or watch.

Refuge in Dharma - Buddhist Wisdom

• Buddhist Concepts and Widsom

• Refuge

• Wisdom, Discernment, Insight

• Compassion

• Aversion, Resentment, Hatred

• Curiosity

• Wise Friend or Mentor

Lists

• Recovery Dharma Glossary

• Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

• Ten Pāramitās: Perfections or Wise Practices

• Five Hindrances: Craving, Resentment, Sloth, Worry, Doubt

• Four Heart Practices: Kindness, Compassion, Equanimity, Appreciative Joy

Mindfulness of Sound

Pause several times a day for 30-90 seconds

• Notice the sounds that arise around you

• Practice just letting them be received in your ear rather than going looking for them.

Mantra: Compassion Phrases

Several times a day, pause to repeat a supportive phrase for a few moments

• May I be kind and gentle with myself

Sitting Practice

Take time to sit in meditation

• Sound: Script | Recording

• Compassion: Script | Recording

If you need inspiration with this part of the practice, return to the Inquiry heading on the Title Page of the Practice Guide

RAIN
Recognize | Allow | Inquire | Nurture

• Think of a time when you had an experience of belonging - or imagine what belonging might be like.

• Pause to explore what thoughts or sensations arise and move around when you bring to mind this sense of belonging.

• After a period of time of exploring, journal about insights or questions

• Share insights or questions with wise friends or mentors.

Renunciation -Learning to Let Go

Under Construction.

In the meantime, feel free to explore how these practices around refuge support the rest of the concepts on this page.

• Plum Village 5 Mindfulness Trainings

• Recovery Dharma - Wise Action

• Wikipedia - Five Precepts

Meetings

Find

• recoverydharma.org/meeting-list

• Buddhist Recovery Network - List of other programs and meetings

Connect

Contribute

Community Connection

The Survey

• Continue to attend meetings

• Take note of those who offer to support others or share their contact information

  • Save the Zoom chat (3 dots at the bottom of chat)

  • Have a pen and paper ready to write down numbers or emails.

• Reach out by phone or text

• Ask everyone the same question: "What is your experience with x?"

  • The topic of a meeting you attended

  • Something you read in the book

  • One of the practices from "The Practice"

  • A question you have been wondering

Sangha Support

Find

Connect

Contribute

• recovery-dharma.org/resources/inquiry/

• RDFA Inquiry Practice Ideas

Insight

• Talk: Belonging - Rene Rivera, Fresh! White - IMC Berkley

• Talk: Reconnecting to Ourselves and Each Other in a World of Separation - Sebene Selassie - Flagstaff IMC

• Talk: The Role and Value of Community Practice - IMC Redwood City

• Talk: Mindfulness and Intimacy - IMC Washington

• Talk: Connection to Life - Spirit Rock IMC

Retreats

• The links to these specific retreats will be repeated throughout the Practice Resources section of this site. You can focus your listening on these talks as you work through the Recovery Dharma Program.

• Insight Meditation Retreat 2022
  Mindfulness Meditation and Heart Practices
  James Baraz, Tempel Smith, JD Doyle
  Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Thai Forrest / Theravada

• Talk: The Inner Tyrant, Ajahn Sucitto - Unseating the Inner Tyrant

• Talk: Sangha Heals Afflictions of Exclusion - Ajahn Sucitto - IMS Forest Refuge

• 12:09 - A Friend When You Are On Your Own - Metta Forest Monastery

• 9:39 - Community - Metta Forest Monastery

Secular | Academic

• 3:10 - How to be Kinder to Yourself - UC Berkeley

• 18;07 - Internal and External Aspects - SBA

• 22:35 - Compassion Meditation: Second of the Brahmaviharas - SBA

• Topic Page - Social Connection - UC Berkeley

• Quiz - Social Capital - UC Berkeley

Tibetan

• Talk: How to Connect with the Unobstructed Clarity of Your Own Being in Every Moment - Pema Chodron

• Talk: Embracing Each Moment - Anam Thubten - Common Ground Meditation Center