Joe, Desire is attachment. It is defined as an attachment to something one does not possess. It's attachment to the idea of that thing...
Edgar On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:56 AM, Joe wrote: > 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. > >
