Err, Uh, William,
It counts for nothing, but, no, he did not say that.
I think the translation is "Desire". To me, that is not attachment.
Attachment is, well, attachment. It entails and implies a time- commitment,
however unwitting; but, sticky.
Of course, between the languages of Pali and Sanskrit, coming to impinge like
GANGBUSTERS upon current-day English, and wanting to make mince-meat of us
Moderns, even then, even so, ...NO!... .
Desire is still desire, and attachment is something else ENTIRELY.
Thank goodness we are multi-dimensional beings, and can have and can entertain
as much complexity as this, between these two concepts and two terms, which
apparently few of us understand, nor even care to study.
And lots more, be sure. Well, YOU know, I know you know.
But: Now, back to Buddhism 101.
Embarrassing! ;-)
--Joe
> William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote:
>
> I thought that the Buddha said that attachment was the root of all suffering.
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