Recovery Dharma Vermont
Welcome to Burlington, Vermont's Page for All Things Recovery Dharma
This site is a resource for anyone curious about Recovery Dharma. Many of us arrive here after trying to manage addiction and suffering on our own, often feeling stuck or alone. What makes this path different is that it doesn’t ask you to believe anything. It simply invites you to look closely at your experience and discover what supports healing.
Our mission is to support recovery through Buddhist teachings, meditation, and a community that understands what it’s like to struggle. Whether this is your first time exploring recovery or part of your ongoing journey, this space is here to help you build a relationship with yourself that is grounded, compassionate, and real.
Please note: The perspectives shared here reflect lived experience within our local community and are not official statements from Recovery Dharma Global. Each sangha is autonomous, and the content on this site represents the author’s understanding of the Dharma in recovery.
What is Recovery Dharma?
Recovery Dharma is a peer-led, non-theistic approach to recovery that uses Buddhist principles as a practical framework for healing from addiction and the suffering that drives it. We explore mindfulness, ethical living, compassion, and supportive community. There’s no doctrine or required beliefs, only an invitation to get curious about the patterns that cause harm and to walk a path toward freedom together.
Our practices are rooted in the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This site offers Vermont-based meetings, meditation opportunities, and resources to help you find connection and support as you grow in recovery.
“This program leads to recovery from addiction to substances like alcohol and drugs and from process addictions like sex, gambling, pornography, technology, work, codependence, shopping, eating, media, self-harm, lying, stealing, and obsessive worrying.”
— Recovery Dharma, p. X
Explore the Site
Below you’ll find descriptions of the pages:
Find local in-person Recovery Dharma meetings and other meditation groups in Burlington and beyond.
Learn about Buddhism and how its teachings inform Recovery Dharma practices. We cover key concepts, meditation techniques, ethical guidelines, and links to additional resources.
A compassionate look through Buddhist, AA, and neuroscience lenses—reducing shame by explaining habit loops and how they change.
Explore meetings, meditations, links, and other local meditation groups to deepen your understanding and practice through Recovery Dharma.
Join special meditation offerings, retreats, and group practices.
Reach out to share an event, ask questions, or get involved.
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