Don't forget that Kevin Griffin, author of One Breath at a Time and A Burning Desire, will lead the Berkeley Dharma & Recovery Group on Tuesdays, May 1 and May 8. For more info on Kevin, visit www.kevingriffin.net.
This site is for the Berkeley Dharma and Recovery Group led by Walt Opie. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month from 7:30 - 9 pm at the Northbrae Community Church (941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA) in Room #1 upstairs. Walt is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders program and the Sati Center Buddhist Chaplaincy program. He has been mentored by Kevin Griffin (author of "One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps").
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Here's an interesting list of 108 Defilements of Buddhism: http://www.virtuescience.com/defilements.html
"Try to recognize that defilements are simply defilements; that they are not ‘your’ defilements. Every time you identify yourself with them or reject them, you are only increasing the strength of the defilements." --Sayadaw U Tejaniya
A random sampling from the list from above:
ostentatiousness
grudge
gambling
ingratitude
dipsomania
ambition
dominance
faithlessness
manipulation
stinginess
pessimism
hostility
abuse
debasement
sexual lust
sarcasm
humiliation
jealousy
gluttony
unruliness
"Try to recognize that defilements are simply defilements; that they are not ‘your’ defilements. Every time you identify yourself with them or reject them, you are only increasing the strength of the defilements." --Sayadaw U Tejaniya
A random sampling from the list from above:
ostentatiousness
grudge
gambling
ingratitude
dipsomania
ambition
dominance
faithlessness
manipulation
stinginess
pessimism
hostility
abuse
debasement
sexual lust
sarcasm
humiliation
jealousy
gluttony
unruliness
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