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Wang, V.; Stone, B. Buddhism in Addiction Recovery. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/19718 (accessed on 21 September 2026).
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Wang, Vanessa, Bryant Stone. "Buddhism in Addiction Recovery" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/19718 (accessed September 21, 2026).
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Buddhism was established by Guatama Buddha as a practice to liberate sentient beings from suffering. Mindfulness-Based interventions (MBIs) are Western psychologists’ adaptation of mindfulness/Vipassana to treat mental illnesses. In addition to mindfulness, Buddhist recovery peer-support programs also adopt the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, and the Five Precepts, which are the Buddha’s prescription to cease suffering and to discipline one’s ethical conduct.

Buddhism mindfulness-based interventions addiction addiction recovery

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