http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/ Buddhists in Recovery: A Forum Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:57:18 GMT sangchenyeshe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2734 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2734 "True prayer is the surrender of all of our concepts, including the idea of a higher power that will either reject or accept the prayer." --Anam Thubten, from Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:53:37 GMT sangchenyeshe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2733 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2733 The actions of Avalokiteshvara can respond to the needs of any being and any circumstance, he or she can cover all ground, all of time and space. Many people Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:00:19 GMT kki_kok@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2732 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2732 Free Web Hosting (From Microsoft) Users get: Free Domain Name Free Web Hosting Free Business Email Accounts join now : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:04:56 GMT kki_kok@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2731 We have over 700 companies that will pay you We have over 700 companies that will pay you to: Take online surveys - Get paid from $5 to $125 Each Survey! Get Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:36:45 GMT James Flynn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2730 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2730 !2 step groups unlike many other "spiritual groups," that are sometimes described as cults pejoratively, are based on democratic principles and the assumption Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:44:49 GMT tora.tatsu http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2729 I'm sorry, but if you are using a word with such negative connotations as cult to describe Buddhism, why are you in this group? As for not needing a a priest, Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:18:40 GMT bobdurkin2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2728 Happy Fourth to you Lana and to all. My Club Gratitude out of El Paso is having a BBQ after noon meeting. Potluck and bbq. LOTS of fun. walkin' bob Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:34:51 GMT Evelyn Wright http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2727 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2727 When any cult becomes so authoritarian that means of control include violence--whether burning at the stake, stoning, banishment, etc. it's time, IMO, to step Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:36:03 GMT sangchenyeshe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2726 I do agree which tradition one chooses is very personal. However, since this group is called "Buddhists in Recovery," rather than "Pagans-" or "New Agers in Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:30:05 GMT mycoolfitz46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2725 ... Thanks--Independance Day rather than Dependance Day. I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it. ~Thomas Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:53:47 GMT lanagiessinger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2724 Happy 4th to all you recovery peeps out there! lana g Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:25:10 GMT James Flynn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2723 Here is a little Zen Koan I got from my Grandsponsor, "why do people drive on the parkways and park in their drive ways? ... From: mycoolfitz46 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:24:00 GMT mycoolfitz46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2722 If an unaddicted addict Preceded his addiction, Addiction would be dependent On someone unaddicted. Addicts and addictions go together. Were addicts and Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:46:25 GMT sangchenyeshe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2721 The author, Jeff Wilson, is a Shin practitioner and professor of religious studies. I think it is one of the clearest explanations of twelve-step principles Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:54 GMT James Flynn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2720 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buddhistsinrecovery/message/2720 I believe that ultimately everyone has to work this out for themselves.  That is afterall what choosing your own concept of Higher Power is all about.  Your