The dharma can help people wake up to the truth of their substance abuse and find a way to get—and stay—sober. We present four true stories of recovery.
This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features Dave Smith, meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and founder of the Secular Dharma Foundation.
Valerie Mason-John talks to Lion’s Roar’s Rod Meade Sperry about the Buddhist Recovery approach to contending with addiction.
When life was at its worst, breath was her companion. Now in recovery, Rev. Sarah Siegel finds the breath is still her path to love and a sense of peace.
The Buddhist Recovery Summit 2017 will run from October 20 to 22 at the Gwinwood Retreat Center in Lacey, Washington.
Photo by A. Jesse Jiryu DavisWith Brooklyn Zen’s 12-Step Sangha, Luke Holland, brings together people with addictions of all kinds, to find support in Buddhism and the 12 steps.
"It's possible to learn to relate to the clouds of conditioning as just clouds, and see them more and more within the context of the sky." Photo by Gregory Palmer.Author and Zen teacher Ezra Bayda say our Buddhist practice involves cultivating awareness of our addictions to comfort, self-judgement, thoughts, identities, and fears.
Buddy Nielsen performing with Senses Fail in 2006. Photo by Lindsay Blair Brown.Buddy Nielsen, founding singer of Senses Fail, tells Lion’s Roar how his Buddhist practice is helping him come to terms with his traumatic past.
Author Paul Garrigan tells how Buddhist monks in a Thai temple helped him to drop his drinking, and even the very idea that he was an addict.
Noah Levine uses Buddhist principles and meditation practices to help people take refuge from the terrible suffering of substance abuse.
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