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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\u2019s advice, \u201cDon\u2019t get entangled with what you long for or dislike\u201d? 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: \u201cDon\u2019t get entangled. It is empty.\u201d

Don\u2019t get entangled\xa0

With what you long for or dislike.

Not seeing what you long for is suffering;

So also is seeing what you dislike. (210)*\xa0

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Therefore, do not turn anything\xa0

Into something longed for,\xa0

For then it\u2019s dreadful to lose.\xa0

Without longing or dislike,\xa0

No bonds exist.

\u2014Buddha, The Dhammapada

References

Buddha. The Dhammapada, translated by Gil Fronsdale. (2011). Shambala, pp. 56.