sleepie

Does anyone know of anything like this?
Than I can do it regardless of work schedule and I don;t have to wait for a once a week Buddhist meeting I may or may not be able to attend.

zjw

I'm not sure about a buddahist recovery on youtube. but if thats your sort of thing maybe you might like some of Mooji's videos or eckhart tolles videos. I'm stuck on mooji myself latly. He has a way of slicen up our egos and stuffing the whole universe into a grain of sand and feeding it to us. its been beneficial for me with coping.

mick3580

Boleo would be a good person to ask about this.

Spacegoat

Sleepie hi. I posted this in the Spirituality forum last week or so.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...kornfield.html

Somebody sent it to me and I listened to the first hour, it was ok.

zjw

HAHAHHAHA yep for days now i've been wanting to put up a thread asking where Boleo is!!

sleepie

Okay thanks people!
I do like Pema Chodron as she is a fellow female but there are no addiction specific videos much less a series. Who's Boleo and where is he?

Spacegoat

He is a very Laozi old man. A selfless tao-rag

sleepie

Oh THAT guy yeah I noticed that laozi thing once. Huh. Thanks for the video link I am listening to it now
Also off topic I think we are fellow Louis Wain fans.

zjw

BAHHAHAHHAAHA

yep dont inflate his non-existent ego! AAAAAAAAAA

this is terrible I wish i new where he's been lately.

zjw

I read taking the leap by her it was good and i'm reading the places that scare you now. I really like her as well.

the term I learned from her that i toss around a lot is Shenpa
ShenPa

George89

Count me as your dedicated Buddhist layperson : D

I would recommend a very accessible Buddhist monk, British by birth, now a resident in Australia and an Abbott of his own Buddhist monastery - Ajahn Brahm.

He in fact has a video on addictions that I think is very good - whilst funny, open minded and..Buddhist!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxPWGf2QZPs

Enjoy guys.

Spacegoat

He is probably off Master Baiting somewhere, with a bit of luck…

(Used to describe those lone male individuals who go to Dharma centers to challenge a teacher, either to try to get them angry or to test their insight with silly questions or koans. Also occurs in martial arts centers.)

Nice one. I listened to it when I was in bad form and felt a bit better afterwards I fell asleep actually. I was going to listen to more as whats the harm, see what you think.

Yeah I'm not sure who showed me all those paintings before, it was probably a friend who was studying psychology at the time thats part of the course. Far out anyway.

Interesting concept, Buddhism is full of those. Kinda cool but there is so much to learn that it can be a bit baffling at times. I used to listen to the occasional bit of Alan Watts here, clever idea's but much practice to it.

sleepie

I have witnessed this. The person who ran the temple was female. What a colossal waste of time listening to this guy waste everyone's time trying to make her angry. His partner was obviously embarrassed.

Spacegoat

You must have missed the joke! And maybe I have gone to far, I should have left it at calling him a selfless laozi tao-rag

I don't know much about Buddhism other than bits and pieces that I've heard. I practiced meditation a bit, took me years.

I like those koans though. Eg. "If you think you have a problem, and you're an ego and you're in difficulty, the answer the Zen master makes to you is "Show me your ego. I want to see this thing that has a problem." When Bodidharma, the legendary founder of Zen, came to China, a disciple came to him and said "I have no peace of mind. Please pacify my mind." And Bodhidharma said "Bring out your mind here before me and I'll pacify it." "Well," he said, "when I look for it, I can't find it." So Bodhidharma said "There, it's pacified." Little aha moments every now and again like that are fun

Kaneda8888

Sleepie

I would recommend you visit the website Refuge Recovery. It is an addiction recovery site based on Buddhism.

oak

You might be able to find dharma talks from Noah Levine or Dharma Punx.

I also like Refuge Recovery a lot. They do have phone and internet meetings. And a book.

oak

June 12-18, there is a free online conference about recovery.

Recovery 2.0 Online Conference - #MoveBeyond Addiction

sleepie

ok thanks!

Hawkeye13

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