04/21/16: “Working with Anxiety, Fear, Pain, & other Strong Experiences,” with Dennis Warren Part 2

This second of two evening discussions is about what we all find difficult – strong experiences in daily life that threaten, or do, throw us spinning out of balance. To review Part 1 of this topic, click here. For Part 2 on this topic, we look at what the historical Buddha had to say about the roots of such strong experiences. We explore a number of important and practical questions including:

• How do we lay a sound foundation for working with such challenging experiences?
• How do we directly apply the Buddha’s teachings to our experience in a skillful way?
• What is reasonable to expect regarding our ability to make real strides in dealing with strong experiences that have proven problematic for us in the past?

Dennis’ discussion references three teachings of the Buddha:

• The Discourse Concerning Malunkyaputta
• The Kumma Sutta: The Tortoise
• The Sutta on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

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• Handout in PDF: Neutral, Unpleasant, Uncomfortable, Painful, An Expanded Sensory Spectrum Tool

Dennis also suggested to read the two Suttas he spoke of in his talk. Here are the two links: Malunkyaputta Sutta and Kumma Sutta