Diego Perez (Yung Pueblo)
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taste and practice small amounts of unconditional love because even though we want to love someone as well as possible we still come in with our own attachments we still come in with with our previous heartbreak with our old pain and as long as we're cognizant of that we can overcome that heaviness of the mind that stops us from taking care of ourselves and the person in front of us better.
We get to practice love. We get to practice unconditional love in our relationships. And a lot of that is just, we have to be aware, aware of like, where am I building tension in the relationship? Where am I too attached?
We get to practice love. We get to practice unconditional love in our relationships. And a lot of that is just, we have to be aware, aware of like, where am I building tension in the relationship? Where am I too attached?
We get to practice love. We get to practice unconditional love in our relationships. And a lot of that is just, we have to be aware, aware of like, where am I building tension in the relationship? Where am I too attached?
Because a lot of times we don't realize that the attachments that we have in our minds, literally, you know, the craving for things to exist in a particular way, these attachments will manifest as control. And that just sucks the life out of a relationship.
Because a lot of times we don't realize that the attachments that we have in our minds, literally, you know, the craving for things to exist in a particular way, these attachments will manifest as control. And that just sucks the life out of a relationship.
Because a lot of times we don't realize that the attachments that we have in our minds, literally, you know, the craving for things to exist in a particular way, these attachments will manifest as control. And that just sucks the life out of a relationship.
We're talking old school attachment.
We're talking old school attachment.
We're talking old school attachment.
I appreciate that, but we're talking old school attachment, 2,600 years ago. What does that mean?
I appreciate that, but we're talking old school attachment, 2,600 years ago. What does that mean?
I appreciate that, but we're talking old school attachment, 2,600 years ago. What does that mean?
So suffering is an interesting and big word. I think a lot of times people say that the Buddha's teaching is life is suffering or life is misery. These are big words. Sometimes we don't necessarily relate to them. A different way to translate dukkha, that Pali word dukkha, is not just suffering, but dissatisfaction or stress. And now that's something we can relate to. Life is quite dissatisfying.
So suffering is an interesting and big word. I think a lot of times people say that the Buddha's teaching is life is suffering or life is misery. These are big words. Sometimes we don't necessarily relate to them. A different way to translate dukkha, that Pali word dukkha, is not just suffering, but dissatisfaction or stress. And now that's something we can relate to. Life is quite dissatisfying.
So suffering is an interesting and big word. I think a lot of times people say that the Buddha's teaching is life is suffering or life is misery. These are big words. Sometimes we don't necessarily relate to them. A different way to translate dukkha, that Pali word dukkha, is not just suffering, but dissatisfaction or stress. And now that's something we can relate to. Life is quite dissatisfying.
And I know this firsthand because I grew up extremely poor. That was very dissatisfying. I now am not poor. I'm not wealthy either, but I'm not poor anymore. It's also very dissatisfying, right?
And I know this firsthand because I grew up extremely poor. That was very dissatisfying. I now am not poor. I'm not wealthy either, but I'm not poor anymore. It's also very dissatisfying, right?
And I know this firsthand because I grew up extremely poor. That was very dissatisfying. I now am not poor. I'm not wealthy either, but I'm not poor anymore. It's also very dissatisfying, right?
So being able to be cognizant of that doesn't help, like it takes that tension away so that I'm not relying and putting my happiness on what's happening externally, that it's something that I'm building from within. But that suffering, that attachment that we have, it creates a lot of dissatisfaction and it