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Join us each week for our Recovery Dharma meeting. Recovery Dharma of New Haven meets weekly at the New Haven Zen Center. ▪Monday evenings 7:30-9 PM (doors open at 7:15) New Haven Zen Center, 193 Mansfield St, New Haven, CT 06511 Enter at the back door. Remove shoes. Please do not congregate near the center. The Zen Center is a non smoking facility. Please do not smoke or vape on the property or in front of the center. #RecoveryIsPossible #RecoveryDharma #TakeRefuge #Buddha #Dharma #Dhamma #Sangha #Recover #Recovery #Satipațțhāna (at New Haven Zen Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqF4RDpu3Ud/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Abandon Jealousy, Cultivate Joy I suggest that the transformation of jealousy through the cultivation of sympathetic joy bolsters the awakening of the enlightened heart. As jealousy dissolves, universal compassion and unconditional love become more easily available to the individual. — Jorge N. Ferrer, “What’s the Opposite of Jealousy?” #RecoveryIsPossible #RecoveryDharma #TakeRefuge #Buddha #Dharma #Dhamma #Sangha #Recover #Recovery #Mindfulness #Satipațțhāna #Lovingkindness #Maitri #Metta #SympatheticJoy #Mudita #Equanimity #Upekkha #Impermanence #Anicca #Impersonal #Anatta (at New Haven Zen Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYbsu6srshQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Unsatisfactory At the first glimpse of insight into impermanence, people usually wonder, “If everything’s always changing, where can we find lasting happiness?” The answer is simple. Once we stop looking for happiness in impermanent things, we begin to find an internal source of happiness that is not dependent on or addicted to circumstances. As we accept the unsatisfactory nature of all conditioned phenomena, we begin to seek the unconditioned source of all happiness. This is what the Third Truth points to; what we uncover or recover is the liberated heart of unconditional freedom. - Noah Levine, "Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovery from Addiction" #Dukkha #Refuge #RecoveryIsPossible #RefugeRecovery #TakeRefuge https://www.instagram.com/p/CIddWbYpnGQ/?igshid=1tf9516621zyf

“The body breathes by itself. The mind thinks by itself. Awareness simply observes the process without getting lost in the content.” ― Noah Levine, Dharma Punx: A Memoir

Eliminating Thoughts of Unworthiness Without cultivating love for ourselves, regardless of how much discipline we have, regardless of how serious we are about practice, we will still stay stuck in the subtle mercilessness of the mind, listening to the voice that tells us we are basically and fundamentally unworthy. We should never underestimate the need for lovingkindness on the long and sometimes daunting path of learning to awaken. - Ezra Bayda, “The Three Things We Fear Most”

Reflect on one way you’ve seen God’s goodness recently. Thank Him and rest in His protection and care.

Join us each week for our Recovery Dharma meeting. Recovery Dharma of New Haven meets weekly at the New Haven Zen Center. ▪Monday evenings 7:30-9 PM (doors open at 7:15) New Haven Zen Center, 193 Mansfield St, New Haven, CT 06511 Enter at the back door. Remove shoes. Please do not congregate near the center. The Zen Center is a non smoking facility. Please do not smoke or vape on the property or in front of the center. #RecoveryIsPossible #RecoveryDharma #TakeRefuge #Buddha #Dharma #Dhamma #Sangha #Recover #Recovery #Satipațțhāna (at New Haven Zen Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpcpf9ROQei/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Join us each week for our Recovery Dharma meeting. Recovery Dharma of New Haven meets weekly at the New Haven Zen Center. ▪Monday evenings 7:30-9 PM (doors open at 7:15) New Haven Zen Center, 193 Mansfield St, New Haven, CT 06511 Enter at the back door. Remove shoes. Please do not congregate near the center. The Zen Center is a non smoking facility. Please do not smoke or vape on the property or in front of the center. #RecoveryIsPossible #RecoveryDharma #TakeRefuge #Buddha #Dharma #Dhamma #Sangha #Recover #Recovery #Satipațțhāna (at New Haven Zen Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoHuK6MOd7K/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=