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We are friends in Recovery Dharma. We take action for our recovery
We learn more about the Buddhist concept of Admirable Friendship
About this Page
About this Page
Introduction of the Concepts and Practices on this page and how they relate to recovery
Introduction of the Concepts and Practices on this page and how they relate to recovery
How this Concept Applies to Recovery
How this Concept Applies to Recovery
Service and Generosity
Generosity with our time, energy, and attention is not only of benefit to others on this path. As we become more generous, it also helps us loosen the grip of greed and attachment that caused so much of our own suffering. From the first time we mindfully put a couple of dollars in the offering bowl or introduce ourselves to a newcomer after a meeting, we can start to feel the benefit of being generous without asking for thanks. In our meditation practice, we learn through direct experience how our bodies and our wealth are impermanent, and this insight makes us more willing to do good with them while we still have them. Sharing our experience at a meeting, or even simply meditating along with others and giving our silent encouragement and support, is an act of kindness that benefits both ourselves and our sangha.
How The Practice Helps
How The Practice Helps
Three Jewels Inquiry Practice
Three Jewels Inquiry Practice
Refuge in Dharma (Buddhist Wisdom)
Learn how the practice of serving others is a powerful tool for healing.
Refuge in Buddha (Inner Wisdom)
Explore our own experience with service and genrosity
Refuge in Sangha (Community Wisdom)
Integrate personal practice with service and generosity
Refuge in the Dharma
Refuge in the Dharma
Practices that explore and deepen understanding of the Concepts
Practices that explore and deepen understanding of the Concepts
The Path
The Path
Read the Book
Wise Friends
Wise Friends
Links to the chapter of the book on which the rest of this page is based.
Wise Friends:
The Path and Growth
The Path and Growth
Listen to Talks
Listen to Talks
Cultivating Community
Cultivating Community
Here is a talk that helps expand on the Third Noble Truth.
Talk: On Cultivating Community -Jonathan Foust - IMC Washington
Scroll down to the Playlists for links to more recorded talks meditation, articles, and books.
Use the phrases listed under Concepts to search for relevant talks and meditations in Buddhist Sources.
Growth
Growth
Learn about the Concepts
Refuge in Buddha Nature
Buddha Nature
Impermanence
Focus
Lists
Lists
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
Refuge in the Buddha
Refuge in the Buddha
Practices that connect us to our deepest Wisdom
Practices that connect us to our deepest Wisdom
Meditation
Meditation
Rewire the Brain for Recovery
Practicing just one of these can be beneficial.
Mindfulness of Sound
Pause several times a day for 30-90 seconds
Listen for sounds, notice how they can be heard even without "reaching" for them.
Remember to breathe
Mantra Practice
Mantra Practice
Repeat a supportive phrase
May I be kind and gentle with myself
Sitting Meditation
Sitting Meditation
Take time to sit in meditation
Compassion: Script | Recording
Inquiry and Investigation
Inquiry and Investigation
Explore and Experience
If you need inspiration with this part of the practice, return to the Inquiry heading on the Title Page of the Practice Guide
Remember
List some acts of generosity that you have seen within a Recovery Dharma Sangha Group.
What are some acts of generosity that you have practiced with your Recovery Dharma Sangha Group?
What are some of the ways that acts of generosity might support and strengthen your path of recovery?
What acts of generosity seem too big or intimidating for you?
Speak with your wise friends and mentors about their experiences with generous acts with the sangha group.
Inquire about more opportunities to serve with your sangha group. Share with others the benefits you receive from Generosity Practice.
Renunciation
Renunciation
Practice Letting Go
Craving
Craving
Buddhism describes the experience of craving or greed as poison, fire, or a hindrance to mindfulness.
Antidotes
Calming the mind
Remembering Impermanence
Refuge in the Sangha
Refuge in the Sangha
Practices that cultivate connections with wise friends and mentors
Practices that cultivate connections with wise friends and mentors
Meetings
Meetings
Attend and Befriend
Meetings
Meetings
Find
Connect
Contribute
Wise Friends and Mentors
Wise Friends and Mentors
Develop Deep Connection
This week
Generosity and Connection
Generosity and Connection
Find meetings to attend
start to participate in meetings by sharing or reading.
Practice repeating the Loving Kindness (Metta) meditations for yourself and others throughout the day.
Start to reach out to others between meetings
Find out if the meeting has a discussion board
Start to reach out between meetings.
Core Intentions
Core Intentions
Support the Sangha
Sangha Support
Sangha Support
Find
Connect
Contribute
Playlist
Connect with others who have traveled this path. Each of the links on this list addresses the concepts of this section. So feel free to start with any link. If none of these recordings interest you, then use the concepts listed under the Growth heading to search for talks from the Buddhist Sources page.
Playlist
Connect with others who have traveled this path. Each of the links on this list addresses the concepts of this section. So feel free to start with any link. If none of these recordings interest you, then use the concepts listed under the Growth heading to search for talks from the Buddhist Sources page.
Insight Community
Insight Community
Insight
Insight
40:26 - Practicing in Community - IMC Redwood City
42:01 -
50:30 - Community as Refuge, Community as Practice - IMS - Retreat Center
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 Forest / Theravada
Thai Forest / Theravada
13:31 - How to be an Admirable Friend - Metta
Secular, Academic, Therapeutic
Secular, Academic, Therapeutic
Secular | Academic
Secular | Academic
Topic Page - Empathy - UC Berkeley
Quiz - Relationship Trust - UC Berkeley
17:10 - Is a Guru Necessary? - SBA
10:55 - Why Be Generous? - SBA
Amplified Voices
Amplified Voices
Workbooks
Workbooks
Books
Books
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