Buddhist Recovery Group

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Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background, but more importantly, a Buddhist background, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering.

For additional informational please call, text, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251, brian@sactoinsight.org.

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Buddhist Recovery Group

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Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background, but more importantly, a Buddhist background, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering.

For additional informational please call, text, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251, brian@sactoinsight.org.

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Buddhist Recovery Group

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Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background, but more importantly, a Buddhist background, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering.

For additional informational please call, text, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251, brian@sactoinsight.org.

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Buddhist Recovery Group

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Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background, but more importantly, a Buddhist background, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering.

For additional informational please call, text, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251, brian@sactoinsight.org.

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Buddhist Recovery Group

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Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets every Monday evening from 6:30 pm–8:00 pm at the Friend’s Meeting House located at 890 57th Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. “Newcomers” and “old timers” alike are welcome to attend. The solution to craving and addictive behaviors will be explored using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Registration is not required nor are there any dues or fees. However, to cover rent and literature we will pass the “hat.” We have a Sit and Read from an Author who has not only a personal 12 Step background, but more importantly, a Buddhist background, on how to use our Buddhist Practice in conjunction with the 12 Steps to Recover from extreme Suffering.

For additional informational please call, text, or email Brian McKinsey at (916) 225-7251, brian@sactoinsight.org.

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06/09/16: “The Fruits of Living a Contemplative Life,” with Dennis Warren

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF LIVING THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE?

This is the question put to the historical Buddha by King Ajatasattu. The dialogue that continues is one of the most comprehensive and eloquent presentation of the Buddha regarding his teachings; a comparison of his teaching to the other major spiritual and philosophical theories of the time; the original Sangha’s code of ethics; the Buddha’s own lifestyle, and more.

The Samannaphala Sutta is consider one of the most useful and helpful discourses of the Buddha. The question “What is the benefit of living the contemplative life?” is as relevant to all of us today as it was in the time of King Ajatasattu. Ajatasattu was a layman who become a devoted follower of the Buddha after this encounter and sponsored the First Buddhist Council.

The evening will explore the specifics of this sutta and how they have direct application to our practice and daily life today in an urban setting. This will be the first in a series of two or three talks Dennis will give based on this sutta.

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05/19/16: “Opening the Heart,” with Heather Sundberg

Dharma Discussion with Heather Sundberg, Senior Visiting Teacher. Opening the Heart: Heather’s Recent Journey To Sri Lanka, woven together with two more favorite suttas.

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05/05/16: ” Causes and Conditions,” by Rich Howard

What do the Battle of Puebla, an allergic attack, and the Cycle of Reactivity (aka Dependent Origination) have in common? Using a lesser known teaching on Dependent Origination from the Kalahavivada Sutta (Sutta Nipata IV 11), we explore the world of causes and conditions, actions, reactions, and over-reactions. Our focus is on using awareness of reactivity to reduce suffering we cause to ourself and others in daily life.

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04/21/16: “Working with Anxiety, Fear, Pain, & other Strong Experiences,” with Dennis Warren Part 2

This second of two evening discussions is about what we all find difficult – strong experiences in daily life that threaten, or do, throw us spinning out of balance. To review Part 1 of this topic, click here. For Part 2 on this topic, we look at what the historical Buddha had to say about the roots of such strong experiences. We explore a number of important and practical questions including:

  • How do we lay a sound foundation for working with such challenging experiences?
  • How do we directly apply the Buddha’s teachings to our experience in a skillful way?
  • What is reasonable to expect regarding our ability to make real strides in dealing with strong experiences that have proven problematic for us in the past?

Dennis’ discussion references three teachings of the Buddha:

  • The Discourse Concerning Malunkyaputta
  • The Kumma Sutta: The Tortoise
  • The Sutta on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

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Dennis also suggested to read the two Suttas he spoke of in his talk. Here are the two links: Malunkyaputta Sutta and Kumma Sutta

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