Episode 70 - Don’t get entangled

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is so easy to get entangled with the pressures of work, family dramas, relationship issues etc. The body and mind are finely tuned to handle acute stress, but not the prolonged, daily stress we experience from these emotional entanglements. How then do we follow the Buddha’s advice, “Don’t get entangled with what you long for or dislike”? In this episode, we explore how we turn situations and people into things we long for or dislike. We can engage in a mindfulness practice to stop ourselves from getting stressed, angry or attached by reminding ourselves: “</span><strong>Don’t get entangled. It is empty.”</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Don’t get entangled </span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">With what you long for or dislike.</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Not seeing what you long for is suffering;</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">So also is seeing what you dislike. (210)* </span></em></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Therefore, do not turn anything </span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Into something longed for, </span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">For then it’s dreadful to lose. </span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Without longing or dislike, </span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">No bonds exist.</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">—Buddha, <em>The Dhammapada</em></span></p> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buddha.</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Dhammapada-Translation-Buddhist-Classic-Annotations-ebook/dp/B00CS5KMBM/ref=sr_1_5?crid=6ONDCWJARBIM&keywords=t