Suttas and Recovery

The Early Buddhist teachings found in the Pali Canon can give us important and relevant insights into our practice today. In this class we will read together from some of these classic teachings. While these suttas, at first, may seem dusty and opaque, they can bring clarity to our meditation, our recovery, and our spiritual growth. Those in Recovery Dharma as well as Twelve Step practitioners will find resonance in these teachings. Join us in person at 2929 24th street OR online via Zoom: http://bit.ly/sfdharma (password: 108108) or 301-715-8592 to join by phone. Meeting ID: 545 039 806 Kevin Griffin is best known as the author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps (Rodale Press 2004). He has published four other books: • A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery (Hay House 2010) • Buddhism & The Twelve Steps Workbook (One Breath Books 2014) • Recovering Joy: A Mindful Life after Addiction (Sounds True 2015), and • Living Kindness: Metta Practice for the Whole of Our Lives (Shambhala Press, 2022). An audio version of One Breath at a Time was released in 2017. A longtime Buddhist practitioner and 12 Step participant, he is a leader in the mindful recovery movement and one of the founders of the Buddhist Recovery Network. Kevin has trained with the leading Western Vipassana teachers, among them Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, and Ajahn Amaro. His teacher training was as a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, CA.