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Kevin Griffin

Kevin Griffin is a Buddhist teacher and author best known for his work integrating Dharma and recovery. He is a co-founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network, and the author of several books, including One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps. He has been practicing Insight meditation for over forty years and teaching since the late 1990s. His recovery dates from 1985. He has taught in a wide range of settings including Esalen, Kripalu and Omega Institute; diverse Buddhist centers; academic and research institutions; treatment centers, rehabs, and prisons. His latest book is Living Kindness: Metta Teachings for the Whole of Our Lives, an exploration of the broad meaning and purpose of the Buddha’s teachings on lovingkindness. His interest in the suttas of the Pali Canon is now a prime source of study and teachings.

His books include:
A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery
One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
Buddhism & The Twelve Steps Workbook
Recovering Joy: A Mindful Life After Addiction

Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World

His CDs include:
Recovery One Breath at a Time
One Breath, Twelve Steps
Laughing Buddha (music)

Website: http://www.kevingriffin.net/

Teachings

• April 2nd 2023 — Long Enduring Mind
  

  Recovery and dharma practice go through many ups and downs. How do we sustain our spiritual lives through the seasons of life?

• January 1st 2023 — Beginning Again
  

  As the New Year starts, we renew our commitment to recovery and practice. This talk will focus on the importance of persistence and continuity in practice and recovery. The importance of finding joy in the simple experiences of life, in breathing, in walking, in being with others. 

• February 6th 2022 — The Breath of Recovery
  

  Mindfulness of breathing is both the most basic meditative tool and an advanced path to enlightenment, as described by the Buddha. Kevin will discuss the range of uses of mindful breathing, from simple stress-reduction to the higher insights and their value on the path of recovery.

  Bio:

  Kevin Griffin is a Buddhist teacher and author in the Theravada tradition. He is a co-founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network and teaches internationally across Buddhist traditions. He has been a Buddhist practitioner and in recovery for over three decades. His teacher training was at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California, where he still teaches his flagship Dharma and Recovery class. Besides teaching at Buddhist and other spiritual centers, Kevin works with treatment centers and has consulted with leading addiction researchers.
  His books include:
  A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery
  One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
  Buddhism & The Twelve Steps Workbook
  Recovering Joy: A Mindful Life After Addiction

  Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World

  His CDs include:
  Recovery One Breath at a Time
  One Breath, Twelve Steps
  Laughing Buddha (music)

   

  Website: http://www.kevingriffin.net/

• August 1st 2021 — Outside Issues and All Our Affairs: The Challenge of Integrating Social Activism in Our Spiritual Practice
• July 5th 2020 — Reflection on Recovery
  

  Having just passed the milestone of 35 years sober, exactly half his life, Kevin looks back on his own path and the lessons he has learned as a clean and sober Buddhist.

   

  Kevin Griffin is a Buddhist teacher and author in the Theravada tradition. He is a co-founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network and teaches internationally across Buddhist traditions. He has been a Buddhist practitioner and in recovery for over three decades. His teacher training was at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California, where he still teaches his flagship Dharma and Recovery class. Besides teaching at Buddhist and other spiritual centers, Kevin works with treatment centers and has consulted with leading addiction researchers.