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The Joy of Living: Don't Miss the Bliss
The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 112
How do we connect with the joy of living, even when it's not so easy? Discussion of Dharma in recovery from addictions on this week's show. OK, we do that every week!

THE FIVE POWERS

Devotion
Joyful Effort
Mindfulness
Concentration
Wisdom

From Restricted Text:

Two Venerable Khenpos

Alternate title:
Keith Dowman

Suffering as Compassion, Humility as Medicine: How to Overcome Arrogance
The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 111

from Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima,

"Dropping the Attitude of Being Entirely Unwilling to Suffer
Think about all the depression, anxiety and irritation we put ourselves through by always seeing suffering as unfavourable, something to be avoided at all costs. Now, think about two things: how useless this is, and how much trouble it causes. Go on reflecting on this repeatedly, until you are absolutely convinced. Then say to yourself: “From now on, whatever I have to suffer, I will never become anxious or irritated.” Go over this again and again in your mind, and summon all your courage and determination.

2 Cultivating the Attitude of Being Joyful when Suffering Arises
Seeing suffering as an ally to help us on the path, we must learn to develop a sense of joy when it arises. Yet whenever suffering strikes, unless we have some kind of spiritual practice to bring to it, one which matches the capacity of our mind, no matter how many times we might say to ourselves: ‘Well, as long as I’ve got roughly the right method, I’ll be able to use suffering and obtain such and such a benefit’, it’s highly unlikely that we’ll succeed. We’ll be as far from our goal, the saying goes, as the earth is from the sky.

Therefore, use suffering as the basis for the following practices:

c. Using Suffering to Overcome Arrogance
As I explained before, [as long as we are in samsara] we are never independent or truly free or in control of our lives. On the contrary, we are always dependent on and at the mercy of suffering. So we must eliminate ‘the enemy that destroys anything that is wholesome and good’, which is arrogance and pride; and we must do away with the evil attitude of belittling others and considering them as inferior.

Transforming Suffering

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Stabilizing Our Recovery with Dharma Practice 
The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 102
Sutra of Golden Light: Chapter 6 on Emptiness

Dharma has to help, otherwise it's of no value. For it to work, we study, hear words, see things and do practices. Dharma has to be abporped into our lives over time. Our ability to turn confusion into peace without fighting anything comes with time and consistent effort. Never stop trying. Don't give up on the dharma, because the dharma wll never give up on you. This work is for everyone, as it conflicts with nothing. For those taking refuge in recovery, practicing dharma recovery and participating in all manner of yoga recovery and other healing modalities, clarify and deepen your recovery with the King of Glorious Sutras called the Exalted Sublime Golden Light, a Mahayana Sutra. Oral transmission and teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche over many retreats. I don't think we finished it, but we got a lot. Here's a main point in the Chapter on Emptiness.

Host Darren Littlejohn speaks with author Kevin Griffin about his new book, a Burning Desire. 

Website: http://the12stepbuddhist.com

Format: 128kbps MP3 Time: 24:28

Highlights:

• Thanks to jazz pianist Clay Giberson for the show intro
• Meditation from The Dark Red Amulet, 2009 Snow Lion, Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
• Upcoming retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs Jan. 8-10th, 2010
• Webcasts Beginning 10-21-09 4pm PST and by appointment
  

Website: http://the12stepbuddhist.com Format: 128kbps MP3 Time: 23:07

Highlights:

• Thanks to jazz pianist Clay Giberson for the show intro
• Meditation from A Guide to the Deities of the Tantra (Meeting the Buddhas)">A Guide to the Deities of the Tantra by Vessantara
• Upcoming retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs Jan. 8-10th, 2010
• Webcasts, Workshops, Study Groups

Website: http://the12stepbuddhist.com Format: 128kbps MP3 Time: 27:55

• Thanks to jazz pianist Clay Giberson for the show intro
• Discussion of the principles and methods of acupuncture as they apply to a comprehensive treatment approach for addiction

Website: http://the12stepbuddhist.com Format: 128kbps MP3 Time: 29:31

Highlights:

• Thanks to jazz pianist Clay Giberson for the show intro
• Recitation of the Extraordinary Aspiration of the Practice of Samantabhadra - the King of Prayers
• Advice for applying this sutra in daily practice as a recovering addict
• Some criticism of 12-Step fundamentalism

Website: http://the12stepbuddhist.com Format: 128kbps MP3 Time: 44:31

Highlights:

• Thanks to jazz pianist Clay Giberson for the show intro
• Ask the 12-Step Buddhist - audience question: from a listener, "I'm a Buddhist and a sex addict, what can I do?"
• Answer: An interview with
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