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Compilation of many audio teachings that  are recommended in Sogyal Rinpoche’s  book, How to Overcome Depression (not included in product).Full details on each title can be found here:[http://zamamerica.stores.yahoo.net/suteonhowtoo.html]The Basic Attitude of Healing and Working with Emotions:Whether we experience happiness or unhappiness depends entirely upon the habits of our mind. If we continually struggle with the negative aspect of situations, we attract unhappiness and happiness will never get a chance. If we put the blame on external obstacles and circumstances alone, then pain, suffering, negative karma, and aggression will spread without end. Instead, it is essential to realize that whether we experience events and circumstances in our life as pleasant or unpleasant depends entirely upon how our mind perceives them.Overcoming Obstacles and Purifying Negative Emotions:Obstacles can either come in dramatic ways, or they can gather over months and years, especially if we do not purify them. For example in relationships, over time we build concepts of each other which can result in impenetrable barriers. We can get stuck in habitual patterns and wrong views of one another, just as we form wrong views of the teacher and the teachings. That is how we create karma—through false impressions and strong reactions. When we fall into negativity and confusion, it is important to see how we got there and to take responsibility for it rather than blaming circumstances or others. When we analyze our concepts one by one and take them apart, they lose their power.Transforming Suffering:Here, Rinpoche uses Dodrupchen Jigmé Tenpé Nyima’s classic text ‘Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment’.Sometimes when you go through difficulties, you need help. At such moments, simply remembering the view can pacify your turbulent emotions. When you cannot instantly enter into the view, remembering your master or the Buddha can open your heart and transform your mind in a matter of seconds.Transforming the Mind Through Devotion:Rinpoche shows how devotion can be such an important dimension of our lives—the key to transcending ordinary mind.The Richness Inside:How do we overcome depression? Often when we are unhappy or depressed, we attribute it to outer circumstances, or blame it on other people, when actually it is our own doing—our own attitudes and ways which have created a certain kind of karma. Sometimes happiness can be right in front of us, but our doubt and mistrust prevent us from seeing it. We are full of expectations and demands which are never completely satisfied. We need to learn contentment, to regard every situation with equanimity.But first it is important to learn how to love yourself. The teachings show you how to take care of yourself, to become your own guide.Preventing Negativity and Depression:“In all my deeds may I probe into my mind, And as soon as mental and emotional afflictions arise— As they endanger myself and others— May I strongly confront them and avert them.”— from the Eight Verses on Transforming the MindUnfortunately for us, our minds are stuck in a shell of ignorance, and we don’t dare go beyond the confines of our ordinary mind. Whereas the infinite space of our sky-like nature lies beyond the clouds of our ordinary mind, we tend to get stuck below the clouds, and become the casualty of our own pain, depression and worry. The teachings of the Buddha are the means through which we can break out of the shell of ignorance, realize our true nature and discover happiness.You Are What YouThinkPart 1: Being in touch with yourself Part 2: The benefit of bringing the mind homePart 3: Taking care of your mind Part 4: Recognizing your true nature  Part 5: Advice on Integration Let Go of Ego and Embody RealizationMany of us have profound experiences during the teachings or in practice, but we are unable to embody it. We don’t know how to take that inspiration and realization with us into our everyday lives. We may follow the teachings and understand on an intellectual level, but we don’t really integrate them into our being. Instead, we compromise and let ego have its way. When ego is in control, your life becomes a mess, because ‘you’ are not you. Our real self, our true nature, is buddha-nature.