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Mindfulness for Recovery

Admirable Friends and Fellowship

In the ancient Buddhist texts, there is a conversation between the Buddha and his cousin and disciple Ānanda in which Ānanda enthusiastically declares,

'This is half of the spiritual life, lord: admirable friendship, admirable companionship, admirable camaraderie.‘
 
The Buddha replies:
 
'Don't say that, Ānanda. Don't say that. Admirable friendship, admirable companionship, admirable camaraderie is actually the whole of the spiritual life.’

Recovery groups are:

• For mutual support
• For sustenance
• For community

Related resources:

Online recovery support UK:

Wired-in-to-Recovery Forum :      www.wiredintorecovery.org
 

Online talks and videos: for example:

Insight Meditation Centre : www.audiodharma.org Dharma Seeds : www.dharmaseed.org/talks/ Against the Stream :  www.againstthestream.org/audio/

Books, downloads and links :        www.buddhistrecovery.org/resources.htm

Buddhist Retreat Centres in the UK

 

The Barn : (a gentle caring introduction to mindful living) www.sharphamtrust.org/barn/ Gaia House : (for more experienced meditators) www.gaiahouse.co.uk London Insight :  (short non-residential retreats) www.londoninsight.org

Wat Thamkrabok Drug Treatment Center – Thailand

Official website : www.thamkrabok-monastery.org Independent website : www.thamkrabok.org Thamkrabok Support Forum : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/friends-of-thamkrabok-monastery

International Recovery Community - Thailand

New Life Foundation : www.newlifethaifoundation.com

Please note that this page and the linked pages below are a ‘work in progress’ so please check back here from time-to-time for updates.

[Mindful Recovery Home] [Foundations of Buddhist Recovery] [The Truth of Addiction] [Harm Reduction and Relapse Prevention] [Meditation and Mindful Recover] [Sila Forgiveness Meditation] [Healing the Past] [Loving Kindness - Metta] [Commitment and Ethics] [Notes on Sajja : As Practiced at Thamkrabok Monastery] [A Sajja Vow] [The  purpose of Buddhist moral precepts] [The Healing Power of the Precepts] [The Five Mindfulness Trainings] [A Discipline of Sobriety] [A Simple Guide to Life] [Being Human Mindfully] [The Precepts in Recovery] [The Rahula Rules] [Forgiveness Meditation Practice] [The Practice of Metta] [The Blessings of Recovery] [Taking the Five Precepts]