Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin: Dharma and Recovery
Kevin Griffin
This podcast is from Kevin Griffin's Tuesday morning Zoom classes exploring Dharma and Recovery. Topics cover meditation, Buddhism, addiction, depression, anxiety, and spirituality. Kevin Griffin is the bestselling author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and several other books bridging dharma and recovery. A co-founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network, he is a leader in the mindful recovery movement and a sought after speaker and teacher. He offers retreats, workshops, and public talks internationally. He was trained and teaches regularly at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the West Coast’s leading Buddhist retreat center. He has been featured in such Buddhist publications as Tricycle Magazine and Inquiring Mind, the Journal of Vipassana Meditation. He has appeared on Krista Tippett’s public radio show, “Speaking of Faith” (now “On Being”), and been a guest on many popular podcasts. Kevin is steeped in the early Buddhist teachings of the Theravadan tradition. His book Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled Mind is a deeply personal exploration of the Buddha’s discourses on loving-kindness and compassion through the suttas of the Pali Canon.
April 7, 2026 Comparing Mind
Drawing from Ajahn Pasanno’s book “abundant, exalted, immeasurable.” To skip the guided meditation, scroll ahead about 20 minutes.
Apr 10
1 hr 5 min
March 30, 2026 The Body Mirrors the Mind
Exploring Ajahn Pasanno’s comment that we can sense mental activity more easily through mindfulness of the body.
Apr 10
1 hr
March 24, 2026 What Are Thoughts?
Exploring the non-verbal quality of thoughts, and the intention behind them.
Apr 10
59 min
March 10, 2026 Rapture in Meditation and Recovery
Exploring the uplifting energy of mindful breathing. Note: this episode has no guided meditation.
Apr 10
41 min
What We Resist Persists
March 3, 2026 Learning to be with the difficult without reactivity.
Mar 10
1 hr 4 min
Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
Feb 17, 2026 The developmental process from the five hindrances, to the Seven Factors of Awakening, to the Four Noble Truths.
Mar 10
59 min
Precepts and Boundaries in Recovery
Feb 10, 2026, Reading from Ajahn Amaro on the protection of sila and sobriety.
Mar 10
1 hr 5 min
Dharma and the World
Feb 3, 2026, Balancing engagement with the world with spiritual practice and recovery.
Mar 10
1 hr 5 min
Understanding Mindfulness
January 20, 2026 Exploring misconceptions about mindfulness meditation.
Mar 10
58 min
Jan 13, 2026 Death and the Deathless
Connecting Dharma with death and the deathless.
Jan 15
1 hr 2 min
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