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This podcast is from Kevin Griffin's Tuesday morning Zoom classes exploring Dharma and Recovery. Topics cover meditation, Buddhism, addiction, depression, anxiety, and spirituality. Kevin Griffin is the bestselling author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and several other books bridging dharma and recovery. A co-founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network, he is a leader in the mindful recovery movement and a sought after speaker and teacher. He offers retreats, workshops, and public talks internationally. He was trained and teaches regularly at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the West Coast’s leading Buddhist retreat center. He has been featured in such Buddhist publications as Tricycle Magazine and Inquiring Mind, the Journal of Vipassana Meditation. He has appeared on Krista Tippett’s public radio show, “Speaking of Faith” (now “On Being”), and been a guest on many popular podcasts. Kevin is steeped in the early Buddhist teachings of the Theravadan tradition. His book Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled Mind is a deeply personal exploration of the Buddha’s discourses on loving-kindness and compassion through the suttas of the Pali Canon.
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Distinguishing ordinary passing thoughts from the ones that sweep us away in meditation. How to work with the proliferating thoughts.
How self-consciousness gets in the way of being present and enjoying life.
Looking at the simile of the bowl of water and the five hindrances.
Exploring the classic sutta The Dart which tells how aversion increases the suffering of our pain.
Talking about what the connections are between Buddhism and recovery and the role of meditation in that connection.
As I leave for a weeklong self-retreat, I talk about the fear of being with my own mind.
Looking deeply at how physical pain connects with impermanence and not self.
Reading from Jack Kornfield’s “A Path with Heart” on working with difficult emotions.
How throughout our days and lives we seek pleasure and comfort. Working to develop equanimity around the changes experiences of mind and body.
Exploring the sutta “Two Kinds of Thoughts” (Majjhima Nikaya 19) which talks about letting go of unwholesome and cultivating wholesome thinking.
Drawing from Ajahn Pasanno’s “Abundant, Exalted, Immeasurable,” to explore how we work with thoughts in meditation.
Using the breath to modulate the nervous system. This is how we work with emotions and moods in meditation.
Exploring what makes Dharma a unique way of working with recovery.
Drawing from Ajahn Pasanno’s book “abundant, exalted, immeasurable.” To skip the guided meditation, scroll ahead about 20 minutes.
Exploring Ajahn Pasanno’s comment that we can sense mental activity more easily through mindfulness of the body.
Exploring the non-verbal quality of thoughts, and the intention behind them.
Exploring the uplifting energy of mindful breathing. Note: this episode has no guided meditation.
March 3, 2026 Learning to be with the difficult without reactivity.
Feb 17, 2026 The developmental process from the five hindrances, to the Seven Factors of Awakening, to the Four Noble Truths.
Feb 10, 2026, Reading from Ajahn Amaro on the protection of sila and sobriety.
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