Happiness Follows Like a Never-Departing Shadow

March BRN Academy

SUNDAY March 1, 2026 at 10AM PST

Join us Online with George Beecher

In this talk, we explore what the Walk For Peace monastics have to teach us about an ox, a plow, a shadow, a dog, and happiness. Their message is a simple one: peace is something we choose. Together, we remind ourselves that the paths not about eliminating struggle or avoiding pain, but about choosing the direction we move in, and the companion that joins us on that walk.

Drawing inspiration from the Monastics’ message, “Today will be my peaceful day,” we see how peace is a practice rather than a destination. We are not asked to avoid conflict, silence pain, or arrive at some perfected state. Instead we walk the path of life as it is, choosing peace again and again, until it becomes our shadow that never departs.

More About George

George Beecher first encountered the Dharma in 2010 when he read Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung’s book Savor, about mindful eating and the Buddhist path. Over the next 11 months, George lost 110 pounds and found a passion for the Dharma. This passion for sharing the Dharma led him to found his own local meditation group, Two Hands Sangha, in 2012, and in the Mindful Eating and Living Sangha (M.E.A.L.S.) program in 2014. He has since launched and led various in-person and online Buddhist communities including over 30 Recovery Dharma chapters. He served the Recovery Dharma community at both the local and national level as it formed and grew to over 500 chapters worldwide.

In 2018, he graduated as a Certified Facilitator through the original Against The Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, taught by Vinny Ferraro and JoAnna Hardy, and in June 2022 he completed the Dharmacharya training program with Venerables Pannavati and Pannadipa of Heartwood Refuge and ordained as Reverend George Beecher (Dharmacharya Khantu-Abatti).

In 2020, he started the first ever Recovery Dharma meeting in virtual reality and enjoys teaching the Dharma and leading meditations twice a week with the MindfulnessVR Community.

Read more about Rev. George Beecher and Listen to his Podcast : Tea with Mara Here

https://bio.reverendgeorgebeecher.com/

More About the Academy

The Academy has invited some of the leading teachers in the field of Buddhist recovery. On the first Sunday of every month for an hour each teacher will explore the sharp edges of suffering through the lens of the Buddhist Teachings.

The Academy brings together teachers from different Buddhist lineages and approaches. Themes like addiction, alcoholism, depression, stinking thinking and compulsive behaviors will be explored.

During this event we will meditate, listen to the teaching, then have time for a Q & A at the end.

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This event is offered freely, but signing up with any donation helps support the Buddhist Recovery Network mission to promote the use of Buddhist teachings and practices to help people recover from the suffering caused by addictive behaviors . Your support will also allow us to connect with you and send you a reminder, 24 hours and 1 hour before the event.

ZOOM LINK

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87579202512?pwd=b3PXF6s4kd3HHgoqSeZNzNDhzdcYnw.1

Meeting ID: 875 7920 2512 and passcode: 414176

Happiness Follows Like a Never-Departing Shadow - BRN Academy

with Rev. George Beecher - March 1, 2026