Buddhist Recovery Network retreat

Transforming self, Transforming world

On this weekend retreat we’ll be transforming the ways we experience ourselves and the world around us. We’ll be able to go deeper than at our usual one and a half hour meetings, creating a warm, friendly, supportive atmosphere so that practising mindfulness and loving kindness can really change our hearts and minds. We’ll also be exploring the Buddha’s teachings to see what they can tell us about happiness and the causes of happiness.

The Buddhist Recovery Network (BRN) is an international network which supports the use of Buddhist teachings, traditions and practices to help people recover from the suffering caused by addictive behaviours. Open to people of all backgrounds, and respectful of all recovery paths, the organisation promotes mindfulness and meditation, and is grounded in Buddhist principles of non-harming, compassion and interdependence.

This weekend retreat build on the regular weekly BRN meetings at the Auckland Buddhist Centre (every Thursday from 1:00 to 2.30pm and every Sunday from 6:00 to 7:30 pm). These weekly meetings include explorations of how mindfulness and other Buddhist tools can help with maintaining mental health in general and abstinence from drugs and alcohol in particular. We also meditate every time we meet, usually for 20-30 minutes. We give plenty of guidance on how to meditate and can also help with posture.