Meeting pain with mindfulness is a very skilful way of understanding the true nature of unpleasant physical sensation.

Mindfulness of the body as a vehicle of awakening - this talk explores what's challenging about being in the body - working with physical pain, difficult emotions, and how mindfulness practice helps bring insight and ease.

After sharing a personal story about suffering and the end of suffering, the talk outlines working with "the darkness" and cultivating the light in terms of working with hindrances, physical pain, strong emotions, & cultivating happiness & compassion; the talk concludes with an introduction of Prajnaparamita.

understanding the manifestations of Dukkha: change-ability, conditionability, physical and emotional pain