Les réunions sont hebdomadaires et toutes et tous sont les bienvenues. Les frais de la salle sont payés par des dons volontaires (Dana).

Meetings are weekly and all are welcome. Venue costs are paid by voluntary donation (dana).

À titre de personnes qui ont lutté contre la dépendance, nous sommes déjà intimement familières et familiers avec la réalité de la souffrance. Même si nous n’avons jamais entendu parler de Bouddha, nous connaissons déjà – à un certain niveau – la fondation de ses enseignements que nous nommons le dharma : dans cette vie, il y a de la souffrance.

Le Bouddha a également enseigné le chemin à prendre pour nous libérer de cette souffrance. Le coeur de ses enseignements sont les quatre nobles vérités, et les engagements qui y correspondent constituent les fondations de notre programme:

Les Quatre Vérités

1. Il y a de la souffrance. Nous nous engageons à comprendre la réalité de la souffrance.
2. Il y a une cause à la souffrance. Nous nous engageons à comprendre que l’envie compulsive conduit à la souffrance.
3. Il y a une fin à la souffrance. Nous nous engageons à comprendre et à constater que la diminution de l’envie compulsive conduit à une diminution de la souffrance.
4. Il y a une voie qui conduit à la fin de la souffrance. Nous nous engageons à cultiver cette voie.

As people who have struggled with addiction, we are already intimately familiar with the truth of suffering. Even if we have never heard of the Buddha, at some level we already know the foundation of his teachings, which we call the Dharma: in this life, there is suffering.

The Buddha also taught the way to free ourselves from this suffering. The heart of these teachings are the Four Noble Truths and the corresponding commitments, which are the foundation of our program:

The Four Truths

1. There is suffering. We commit to understanding the truth of suffering.
2. There is a cause of suffering. We commit to understanding that craving leads to suffering.
3. There is an end to suffering. We commit to understanding and experiencing that less craving leads to less suffering.
4. There is a path that leads to the end of suffering. We commit to cultivating the path.

Le Chemin Octuple

Le Bouddha a enseigné qu’en vivant de manière éthique, en pratiquant la méditation et en développant notre sagesse et notre compassion, nous pouvons mettre fin à la souffrance qui est créée par le fait de résister, de fuir, et de mal comprendre la réalité. Nous avons constaté que ces pratiques et ces principes peuvent mettre un terme à la souffrance issue de la dépendance. Le noble sentier octuple nous aide à trouver notre chemin dans le processus de guérison. Il est constitué des éléments suivants:

1. Compréhension juste
2. Intention juste
3. Parole juste
4. Action juste
5. Moyens de subsistance justes
6. Effort juste
7. Pleine conscience juste
8. Concentration juste

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The Eightfold Path to Recovery

The Buddha taught that by living ethically, practicing meditation, and developing wisdom and compassion, we can end the suffering that is created by resisting, running from, and misunderstanding reality. We have found that these practices and principles can end the suffering of addiction. The Eightfold Path helps us find our way in recovery and consists of the following:

1. Wise Understanding
2. Wise Intention
3. Wise Speech
4. Wise Action
5. Wise Livelihood
6. Wise Effort
7. Wise Mindfulness 
8. Wise Concentration

Learn more about the four truths, the eightfold path, and what addiction and, renunciation mean to us → 

Divers et accueillant à tous

[NEEDS TRANSLATION] We are committed to providing an environment of safety, respect, and inclusion – representing and appreciating diversity at the broadest level. Our group doesn’t just accept our differences; we celebrate and thrive as a result of them. We recognize the individual experience in each person’s journey towards an authentic life and we embrace you just as you are. All are welcome here. 

Diverse and welcoming to all

We are committed to providing an environment of safety, respect, and inclusion – representing and appreciating diversity at the broadest level. Our group doesn’t just accept our differences; we celebrate and thrive as a result of them. We recognize the individual experience in each person’s journey towards an authentic life and we embrace you just as you are. All are welcome here. 

L’organisation

[Needs Translation] Recovery Dharma is a peer-led movement and community that is unified by the potential in each of us to recover and find freedom from the suffering of addiction. We use the Buddhist practices of meditation, self-inquiry, wisdom, compassion, and community as tools for recovery and healing.

We welcome anyone who is looking to find freedom from suffering, whether it’s caused by substance use or process addictions like codependency, sex, gambling, eating disorders, shopping, work, technology, or any obsessive or habitual pattern. We approach recovery from a place of individual and collective empowerment and we support each other as we walk this path together.

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The organization

Recovery Dharma is a peer-led movement and community that is unified by the potential in each of us to recover and find freedom from the suffering of addiction. We use the Buddhist practices of meditation, self-inquiry, wisdom, compassion, and community as tools for recovery and healing.

We welcome anyone who is looking to find freedom from suffering, whether it’s caused by substance use or process addictions like codependency, sex, gambling, eating disorders, shopping, work, technology, or any obsessive or habitual pattern. We approach recovery from a place of individual and collective empowerment and we support each other as we walk this path together.

Learn more about the organization →