Recovery Dharma is a peer-led movement that uses the Buddhist practices of meditation, self-inquiry, wisdom, compassion, and community as tools for recovery and healing. The program is based on the idea that every one of us is our own guide in recovery from addiction, with the help and understanding of our wise friends and sangha (community).
Adapted from the Recovery Dharma website: www.recoverydharma.org
This thread is being created with the intention of discussing the Recovery Dharma book and offer support to anyone working through it. It is not intended to replace meetings, as there are many already taking place, nor is attendance at meetings a necessary part of engaging here. A regular meditation practice, or the intention of cultivating one, is essential.
There are lots of sources for meditation inspiration, including in the Recovery Dharma book and on the Sangha Support page of the Recovery Dharma website.
Refuge does not arise in a particular place, but in the space within the goodness of our hearts. When this space is imbued with wisdom, respect, and love, we call it sangha. We hope that the pain of addiction, trauma, and feeling “apart” actually leads us back toward the heart and that we might understand compassion, wisdom, and change ever more deeply. As we have learned from practice, great pain does not erase goodness, but in fact informs it.
May we make the best use of our practice, and whatever freedom arises from our efforts here today. May this be a cause and condition for less suffering and more safety in our world.
Lots of tears and happy soft faces after class.
I’ve also purchased a copy from Amazon, as it was suggested it might be helpful to have a hard copy and there are meditations at the back (I think… I just received it the other day, so I look forward to digging into it!)
there’s also a podcast on Spotify dedicated to Refuge Recovery (dharma), here’s a link 