Practice Resource Guide

Fourth Noble Truth: The Path

We learn more about a lifeline journey of learning, practice, and growth

About this Page

Introduction of the Concepts and Practices on this page and how they relate to recovery

How this Concept Applies to Recovery

There is a way out

The Eightfold Path is a way of life that each of us follows and practices to the best of our current understanding and capacity. The Path is not a religious journey and has nothing to do with belief, prayer, worship, or ceremony. It’s a guide to practice and a road that leads to a deep experience of the Noble Truths.

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How The Practice Helps

Refuge in Dharma (Buddhist Wisdom)

  • Learn about the Eight Fold Path

Refuge in Buddha (Inner Wisdom)

  • Where would you like to go on this path of recovery? How would you like to change your relationship with your harmful, repetitive, or addictive habits?

Refuge in Sangha (Community Wisdom)


Refuge in the Dharma

Practices that explore and deepen understanding of the Concepts

The Path

Read the Book

Fourth Noble Truth

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

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.

The Path and Growth

Listen to Talks

The Path to Recovery

Here is a talk that helps expand on the Fourth Noble Truth.

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

Stay Curious

Refuge in Dharma - The Path

Lists

Refuge in the Buddha

Practices that connect us to our deepest Wisdom

Meditation

Rewire the Brain for Recovery

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

RAIN
Recognize | Allow | Inquire | Nurture

Choose one of the aspects of the path: (Wisdom, Ethics, or Effort)

  • How does my life become Dharma?

  • How have my views shifted since I began this practice? (happiness, suffering, craving, refuge

  • Contemplate or write about one of the intentions on the path so far. How has it been helpful to the path of recovery? (renunciation, kindness, compassion)

  • How has the practice stabilized since starting?

  • How might practice with the Eightfold Path help to shift the relationship with harmful and repetitive (addictive) behaviors?

Share insights and questions with wise friends and mentors

Renunciation

Practice Letting Go

  • On a scale of one to ten, how confident are you that you can let go of this behavior?

  • What led you to choose (number) and not (a lower number)?

  • What would it take for you to move from (number) to (the next higher number?)

Refuge in the Sangha

Practices that cultivate connections with wise friends and mentors

Meetings

Attend and Befriend

Wise Friends and Mentors

Develop Deep Connection

Wise Friends and Mentors

Find

Connect

Contribute

Core Intentions

Support the Sangha



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

Retreats

Insight Meditation Centers

Thai Forest / Theravada

Thai Forrest / Theravada

Secular / Academic

Secular | Academic Sources

Buddhist Recovery


Zen


Zen

Tibetan


Tibetan

Amplified Voices

Recordings from people who are members of communities that are currently underrepresented, marginalized, or discouraged from speaking in Western Buddhist sanghas will be pulled from the list above and highlighted here.

Workbooks


Books


Contact

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