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Here is the second part of Paramabandhu\\u2019s excellent exploration of the lessons Buddhist techniques around meditation and mindfulness training can bring to the field of mental health \\u2013 especially to problems with depression and addiction. Drawing on many years of experience as a consultant psychiatrist and Dharma teacher, here he takes questions on his previous talk and elaborates on the general theme. There\\u2019s a wide range of material opened up \\u2013 and considerable detail about how we can actually go about applying these techniques to whatever challenges we face in your own lives. Essential listening.

Please note \\u2013 the questions in this recording were made at very low levels. We\\u2019ve amplified and clarified where possible \\u2013 but the general sound quality drops noticeably at these points. However, they are all now audible and, in almost all instances, questions are repeated by Paramabandhu before he answers.

Talk given at San Francisco Buddhist Center, 2006

Contents

01 Question-and-answer session \\u2013 two books to reference on mindfulness; working with depression \\u2013 discrepancy monitor and rumination

02 Knowing what you can and cannot change \\u2013 considered action

03 Difficulty doing mindfulness work when actively depressed; noticing subtle shades of pleasant and unpleasant

04 Can mindfulness initiate depression? Stepping out of patterns of thinking; difference between rumination and \\u2018staying with\\u2019; body awareness

05 Over-active mind; 12 step program \\u2013 something to actually do; expectations and suffering; having your experience \\u2013 the truth as sometimes uncomfortable

06 Letting go of what you don\\u2019t have; relationship break-up; staying with unpleasant experience and not compounding it \\u2013 the Buddha in the \\u2018Dart Sutta\\u2019

07 Not identifying with one feeling; sexual addiction; recovery from addiction and mindfulness practice

08 Rumination in the body; working with internal sensations; using metaphors to work with your mind

09 Psoriasis and mindfulness

10 What is meditation? A brief introduction and exercise \\u2013 the \\u2018Three Minute Breathing Space\\u2019

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