<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, so many of us are experiencing worry, fear and grief. How can we manage these mind states? How can we stop them from taking over? The Vitakkasanthana Sutta (<a href='https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.020.soma.html'>MN 20</a>) has 5 steps to help remove distracting thoughts, and Kate uses practical examples to describe how these tools can be used. </p>

During the COVID-19 pandemic, so many of us are experiencing worry, fear and grief. How can we manage these mind states? How can we stop them from taking over? The Vitakkasanthana Sutta (MN 20) has 5 steps to help remove distracting thoughts, and Kate uses practical examples to describe how these tools can be used.

<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, so many of us are experiencing worry, fear and grief. How can we manage these mind states? How can we stop them from taking over? The Vitakkasanthana Sutta (<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.020.soma.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">MN 20</a>) has 5 steps to help remove distracting thoughts, and Kate uses practical examples to describe how these tools can be used.&nbsp;</p>

5 Tools to help with Difficult Thoughts

A weekly podcast exploring early Buddhist teachings and how they apply to 21st century life. Kate Spina is trained to share Buddhist teachings in the Theravada lineage. IG: @towardlight108www.towardlight.netinfo@towardlight.netToward Light is committed to continuing the tradition of the Buddha by making Early Buddhist teachings accessible to all who are interested in them. We offer multiple tools to help people cultivate and maintain a meditation practice and a spiritually-oriented life. Toward Light was founded to fill a gap in Early Buddhist meditation offerings, which have often been passed down through patriarchal lineage, and do not always take feminist and 21st century perspectives into account.

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