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Heart of Recovery at the Montreal Shambhala Center – HIGHLIGHT
By Laurence Corman When I attended my first AA meeting, I was left a little bewildered when I was told that I did not have an alcohol problem because, despite my daily drinking, I was not experiencing blackouts and was able to enjoy healthy family relationships and ... continuePosted June 6, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
The Intersection of Dharma and Addiction by Dave Garton – HIGHLIGHT
The Intersection of Dharma and Addiction by Dave Garton There is a strong tie between the Dharma and recovery from addiction. In the traditional Buddhist Path we must first start with ourselves. The Hinayana Path requires a deep dive into the fabric of creating the separation between “ME” ... continuePosted September 13, 2022 by Jillian_Johnson
The Love for Truth: Buddhism and Recovery – HIGHLIGHT
Photo by Justin Dream on Unsplash by Shelly Webb When I started my recovery process over five years ago, I would tell a dear friend of mine, a dharma sister, about how amazing my Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor was, how much I was getting out of the 12-step meetings ... continuePosted January 8, 2021 by archives-staff
Self-Existing Dignity – HIGHLIGHT
A Shambhala warrior from Baltimore shares her story of abuse, recovery, and connection by Amy Vernon “Warriorship is a basic sense of unshakeability. It’s a sense of immovability and self-existing dignity rather than that you are trying to fight with something else.” – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche On July 21st 2017, the ... continuePosted August 23, 2017 by CGH
The Path to Sobriety – HIGHLIGHT
A Buddhist alcoholic gets sober in AA: A spiritual journey by David Engelbrecht When I returned to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) this year, I was a Buddhist. I took refuge in 2012 and my last AA meeting was in 2009. In 2011, I started drinking again. It took a few ... continuePosted January 16, 2016 by CGH
Refuge Recovery
COLUMN: Radical Compassion Shambhala Times Exclusive Interview with Noah Levine conducted by Cameron Wenaus of retreat.guru and Sarah Lipton, Editor-in-Chief of the Shambhala Times transcribed and written by Emma Sartwell, Shambhala Times Volunteer written by Ani Dawa Chotso, Shambhala Times Volunteer This is an excerpt from an interview that Noah ... continuePosted September 7, 2015 by
Leveraging Compassion – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Radical Compassion Shambhala Times Exclusive Interview with Noah Levine conducted by Cameron Wenaus of retreat.guru and Sarah Lipton, Editor-in-Chief of the Shambhala Times transcribed by Emma Sartwell, Shambhala Times Volunteer written by Amanda Hester, Shambhala Times Volunteer Noah Levine is an American Buddhist teacher in the Theravadan tradition, he ... continuePosted March 20, 2015 by
Isolation is Not a Technique – HIGHLIGHT
photo courtesy of Minnesota Public RadioSurviving the Ice Storm of 2013 by Rick Davis, Dallas Shambhala Center “You cannot achieve enlightenment by locking yourself in your room.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, The Fertile Soil of Sangha It’s early December and the Great Ice Storm of 2013 is in full effect. ... continuePosted December 14, 2013 by
The Gift of Faith – HIGHLIGHT
A recent photo of FayCOLUMN: In Everyday Life by Fay Octavia Elliott I have been gifted with breast cancer three times. The third time, I sent an email to my friends and posted it to a blog I set up to keep everyone up to date on my ... continuePosted October 2, 2013 by