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My Favorite Dharma Talks on Illness

These talks have brought me a lot of comfort during some incredibly scary and difficult periods of illness. I hope they offer you some comfort and keep you company.

Note: some Buddhist ideas on illness can be very challenging so take what is useful and leave the rest.

Thich Nhat Hanh - Dispair, Pain, and the Second Arrow

Ajahn Brahm - Bringing Joy Into Sickness

Ajahn Sunyo - Being at Peace with Sickness

Ajahn Brahm - How to Deal with Sickness

Ajahn Brahm - How to Deal with Chronic Pain

Ajahn Brahm - Only the Body is Sick

Ajahn Brahm - How to deal with Pain

Ajahn Brahm - How Do We Deal with Deeper Suffering

Matt Gibson - And My Teacher was Pain

Ajahn Brahm - Our Mind and Our Health

Ajahn Brahm - How to Make Difficult Decisions



My Favorite Dharma Talks

on Life Around Illness

These talks speak less directly to illness itself and more so to aspects of life around being ill - how to work on your own mind and emotional wellbeing, how to handle act and speak with challenging people, and how to contemplate the body itself.

Ajahn Brahm - Happiness and a Simple Life

Ven. Robina Courtin - Be Your Own Therapist

Ajahn Sunyo - Accepting Depression

Ajahn Brahm - How to Handle Anxiety

Ajahn Brahm - Dealing with Difficult People

Ajahn Brahm - Getting Along with Difficult Family Members

Ajahn Nissarano - Right Speech : A Gift to Everyone

Ajahn Nissarano - Right Speech

Ajahn Brahmali - Learning from Everything

Ajahn Nayanamoli - Putting the Body First