BRN Podcast: Buddhist Recovery Network
The BRN Podcast brings together teachers, leaders, and peers from different recovery lineages and approaches. In addition to substance addictions, we are committed to the inclusion of process addictions (AKA non-substance or behavioral addictions) as an essential part to the whole discussion of recovery. Join us as we explore themes like: Mindfulness. Gratitude. Compassion. Appreciation.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
BRN #13. Vimalasara ❖ Pt 3. Why Meditate?, Emptiness of the Skandhas, Letting Go of Stories
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Thelargest, up-to-date, comprehensiveBuddhist recovery meeting list.Hundreds of meetings across various…
BRN #12. Vimalasara ❖ Pt 2. Why Meditate?, Nature of Labels, Destroying Mental Constructs
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Thelargest, up-to-date, comprehensiveBuddhist recovery meeting list.Hundreds of meetings across various…
BRN #11. Vimalasara ❖ Pt 1. Why Meditate?, Emancipating the Mind, Transformative Vows
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Thelargest, up-to-date, comprehensiveBuddhist recovery meeting list.Hundreds of meetings across various…
BRN #10. Mary Stancavage ❖ Letting Go of Our Stories, Cultural Conditioning, Returning to Yourself
As soon as we’re born we’re faced with what life throws at us and we develop ways of coping that may or may not be beneficial. We’re also bombarded with messages from family, friends, school and soci…
BRN #9. Kevin Griffin ❖ Living Kindness, Love as Higher Power, Quiet the Inner Critic
In a time of great conflict and contention in our society, it’s helpful to look to the Buddhist teachings on loving-kindness for guidance. In this evening talk, Kevin will introduce the themes of his…
BRN #8. Ruth King ❖ Mindful of Race, "Two-Truths" Doctrine, Belonging & Severed Belonging
Racism remains one of the most rooted and painful impasses of our time. It is fed through unawareness and the misuse of power. Embedded in racism is the skeletal shape of all oppressions. To understa…
BRN #7. Gary Sanders ❖ Gratitude Turns What You Have Into Enough & More, The "And" Practice
Recovery and gratitude seem to go hand in hand. In the heat of our addictions, whether substance or process, we all tend to really focus on the hardships of our lives, our trials and tribulations and…
BRN #6. Vimalasara ❖ What’s Race, Gender, Skin Color, & Sexuality got to do with Non-Self?
Exploring one of the seminal text in the Buddhist teachings -‘ Non-Self’. Paraphrasing the late Pat Parker – she once wrote ‘first you remember I’m a person of color and second you forget I’m a perso…
BRN #5. Vince Cullen ❖ The Pearl in Sorrow's Hand, Hungry Ghost of Recovery, Universal Compassion
The Pearl in Sorrows Hand
I have recently been considering the nature of 'Dukkha' or 'suffering' or 'stress' in a Buddhist context, particularly how it plays itself out in my life.
One ancient talk goe…
BRN #4. J Tuller, K Griffin, Vimalasara, S Tierney, A Hopkins, Carol EBMC ❖ The Opposite of Addiction is Connection, Dealing with Trauma, Reclaiming Self
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Regional Buddhsit Recovery Summit in Oakland CA @ Eastbay Meditation Center. Jean Tuller, Kevin Griffin, Vimalasara, Stephen Teirney, Agusta Hopkins,…
BRN #3. J Tuller, K Griffin, Vimalasara, S Tierney, A Hopkins, Carol EBMC ❖ Harm Reduction, MBRP (Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention), Healing Through Authenticity & Relationships
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Regional Buddhsit Recovery Summit in Oakland CA @ Eastbay Meditation Center. Jean Tuller, Kevin Griffin, Vimalasara, Stephen Teirney, Agusta Hopkins,…
BRN #2. Vimalasara ❖ Coming Home to the Body, Reclaiming the Birthright of the Body
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Imagine not being able to find your way home to your loved one’s, to your friends and family. Imagine how traumatic this would be. And this is the sa…
BRN #1. Tuere Sala ❖ Seeing Past the Impulse, Addiction to Depression, Urban Meditation
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Seeing Past the Impulse
Tuere Sala, Guiding Teacher for Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS), is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced…