Episode 6 - Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery Group - no it is not for folks recovering from being Buddhists. This show features SGI member Mark Hackman, co-founder of BRG - The Buddhist Recovery Group is for those who suffer from, or because of, the disease of addiction. All are welcome as this disease effects us all in one way or another. The monthly BRG meeting is the third Saturday of the month @ South Bay Community Center at 7 PM. SBCC website for address: http://www.sgi-usa-southbaycc.org/
The show’s featured musician is Laurie Lester, playing her dulcimer and singing The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry. Go back in time… Listen to the ancient voices… Hear the sweet melody of the dulcimer…. Laurie Lester is an accomplished soprano, her vocal repertoire includes music from the middle ages and Renaissance, folk music from many lands…Laurie Lester’s Myspace.
She is also co-innkeeper, with her husband Dave, of Willow Pond Bed & Breakfast in Grand Junction, CO http://www.grandjunctioncoloradobedandbreakfast.com/. Willow Pond B&B is now the #1 Bed and Breakfast in Grand Junction, CO on TripAdvisor.com. Please visit this link to see the TripAdvisor site: Willow Pond B&B.
June 10th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
What an informative and encouraging interview! If you ever do a followup, I would love to know if people in recovery have found some specific guidance from Nichiren to be especially helpful. Your interviewing skills are getting better each time, the music choice was very touching, and sound quality is getting better too. You are really demonstrating the breadth of compassion found in Nichiren’s teachings as practiced within the Soka Gakkai.
June 14th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
It’s so interesting that this podcast in particular went from being just a cool podcast to something that really pulled me through a big struggle in the past few days. I’m so happy to know that this group exists and definitely plan on attending in order to make me stronger to support someone I love. Thank you for this episode.